New federal loan limits will worsen America’s nursing shortage and leave patients waiting longer for care
There is growing need for nurses in the United States – but not enough nurses currently working, or students training to become nurses, to…
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Limiting access to graduate nursing education: A policy shift that threatens workforce stability and public health
The pathway into nursing is rarely straightforward. I grew up in a working-class family, and college felt out of reach, but with a mentor’s…
Excluding nursing from professions list limits graduate loan eligibility
Proposed regulations before the U.S. Department of Education would exclude nursing from the list of graduate programs eligible for up to $200,000 in federal…
Once a Patient’s in Custody, ICE Can Be at Hospital Bedsides — But Detainees Have Rights
In July, federal immigration agents took Milagro Solis-Portillo to Glendale Memorial Hospital just outside Los Angeles after she suffered a medical emergency while being…
Wary of RFK Jr., Colorado Started Revamping Its Vaccine Policies in the Spring
As Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s dismantling of federal vaccine policy continues to roil the Centers for Disease Control and…
Why Are More Older People Dying After Falls?
For a while, walking the dog felt hazardous. Earl Vickers was accustomed to taking Molly, his shepherd-boxer-something-else mix, for strolls on the beach or…
FDA approves updated COVID-19 vaccines with new restrictions, potentially limiting access for healthy children
Guidance around COVID-19 vaccines has once again shifted after the Food and Drug Administration on Aug. 27, 2025, approved updated shots for the fall season,…
What’s Lost: Trump Whacks Tiny Agency That Works To Make the Nation’s Health Care Safer
Sue Sheridan’s baby boy, Cal, suffered brain damage from undetected jaundice in 1995. Helen Haskell’s 15-year-old son, Lewis, died after surgery in 2000 because…
COVID-19 patients fared worse on ECMO than non-COVID-19 patients: Study
Pneumonia patients with COVID-19 who required extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) fared worse than those without COVID-19, according to a study that looked at six…
Better Nurse Staffing Reduced Cesarean Births: Study
Hospitals that staffed maternity wards at recommended standards had fewer cesarean births, according to a study published in Nursing Outlook. Cesarean rates were 11…
Trump’s Funding ‘Pause’ Throws States, Health Industry Into Chaos
States and the nation’s health industry were thrown into disarray after the Trump administration ordered Monday that the government freeze nearly all federal grants…
Water fluoridation helps prevent tooth decay – how growing opposition threatens a 70-year-old health practice
Driving through downtown Dallas, you might see a striking banner hanging at the U-turn bridge, near the Walnut Hill exit on Central Expressway (US…
New federal loan limits will worsen America’s nursing shortage and leave patients waiting longer for care
There is growing need for nurses in the United States – but not enough nurses currently working, or students training to become…
Limiting access to graduate nursing education: A policy shift that threatens workforce stability and public health
The pathway into nursing is rarely straightforward. I grew up in a working-class family, and college felt out of reach, but with…
Excluding nursing from professions list limits graduate loan eligibility
Proposed regulations before the U.S. Department of Education would exclude nursing from the list of graduate programs eligible for up to $200,000…
Once a Patient’s in Custody, ICE Can Be at Hospital Bedsides — But Detainees Have Rights
In July, federal immigration agents took Milagro Solis-Portillo to Glendale Memorial Hospital just outside Los Angeles after she suffered a medical emergency…
Wary of RFK Jr., Colorado Started Revamping Its Vaccine Policies in the Spring
As Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s dismantling of federal vaccine policy continues to roil the Centers for Disease…
Why Are More Older People Dying After Falls?
For a while, walking the dog felt hazardous. Earl Vickers was accustomed to taking Molly, his shepherd-boxer-something-else mix, for strolls on the…
FDA approves updated COVID-19 vaccines with new restrictions, potentially limiting access for healthy children
Guidance around COVID-19 vaccines has once again shifted after the Food and Drug Administration on Aug. 27, 2025, approved updated shots for the…
What’s Lost: Trump Whacks Tiny Agency That Works To Make the Nation’s Health Care Safer
Sue Sheridan’s baby boy, Cal, suffered brain damage from undetected jaundice in 1995. Helen Haskell’s 15-year-old son, Lewis, died after surgery in…
COVID-19 patients fared worse on ECMO than non-COVID-19 patients: Study
Pneumonia patients with COVID-19 who required extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) fared worse than those without COVID-19, according to a study that looked…
Better Nurse Staffing Reduced Cesarean Births: Study
Hospitals that staffed maternity wards at recommended standards had fewer cesarean births, according to a study published in Nursing Outlook. Cesarean rates…
Trump’s Funding ‘Pause’ Throws States, Health Industry Into Chaos
States and the nation’s health industry were thrown into disarray after the Trump administration ordered Monday that the government freeze nearly all…
Water fluoridation helps prevent tooth decay – how growing opposition threatens a 70-year-old health practice
Driving through downtown Dallas, you might see a striking banner hanging at the U-turn bridge, near the Walnut Hill exit on Central…
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