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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…
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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…
States Set Minimum Staffing Levels for Nursing Homes. Residents Suffer When Rules Are Ignored or Waived
For hours, John Pernorio repeatedly mashed the call button at his bedside in the Heritage Hills nursing home in Rhode Island. A retired truck…
Florence Nightingale overcame the limits set on proper Victorian women – and brought modern science and statistics to nursing
For nearly 200 years, Florence Nightingale’s name has been synonymous with gentle compassion and mercy. In the mid-19th century, Nightingale became perhaps the most…
Bird flu is bad for poultry and dairy cows. It’s not a dire threat for most of us — yet.
Headlines are flying after the Department of Agriculture confirmed that the H5N1 bird flu virus has infected dairy cows around the country. Tests have…
Nearly 100 measles cases reported in the first quarter, CDC says
There were 97 reported cases of measles in the first quarter of the year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports, representing…
Infections after surgery are more likely due to bacteria already on your skin than from microbes in the hospital − new research
Healthcare providers and patients have traditionally thought that infections patients get while in the hospital are caused by superbugs they’re exposed to while they’re…
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…
States Set Minimum Staffing Levels for Nursing Homes. Residents Suffer When Rules Are Ignored or Waived
For hours, John Pernorio repeatedly mashed the call button at his bedside in the Heritage Hills nursing home in Rhode Island. A…
Florence Nightingale overcame the limits set on proper Victorian women – and brought modern science and statistics to nursing
For nearly 200 years, Florence Nightingale’s name has been synonymous with gentle compassion and mercy. In the mid-19th century, Nightingale became perhaps…
Bird flu is bad for poultry and dairy cows. It’s not a dire threat for most of us — yet.
Headlines are flying after the Department of Agriculture confirmed that the H5N1 bird flu virus has infected dairy cows around the country.…
Nearly 100 measles cases reported in the first quarter, CDC says
There were 97 reported cases of measles in the first quarter of the year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)…
Infections after surgery are more likely due to bacteria already on your skin than from microbes in the hospital − new research
Healthcare providers and patients have traditionally thought that infections patients get while in the hospital are caused by superbugs they’re exposed to…
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