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Maryland is the first state to sign into new federal health care program

Mon, 2024-11-04 11:26 — mike kraft
Maryland is the first state to sign into new federal health care program Maryland is the first state to sign an agreement with the federal government designed to improve health care and lower costs. AP News

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Data Indicates Deadly Fungal Outbreaks Are on the Rise Since Covid

Mon, 2024-11-04 10:33 — mike kraft
Fungal Infections: Deadly Outbreaks Surge Following Covid Pandemic A largely unnoticed surge of rare but deadly fungi is accelerating around the world, helped by the Covid-19 pandemic and a warming planet that appears to be training them to survive at higher and higher temperatures. Jinshan Hong,Bhuma Shrivastava Bloomberg

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Hospital patient safety suffered under COVID pandemic pressures-- study

Fri, 2024-11-01 10:24 — mike kraft
Hospital patient safety suffered under COVID pandemic pressures, study shows The recommendations were made to shore up protection in vulnerable groups and add clarity for patients and healthcare providers. CIDRAP
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U.S. shortage of IV fluids because of Huricane Helene leads to some canceled surgeries

Wed, 2024-10-30 12:33 — mike kraft
Shortage of IV fluids leads to canceled surgeries IV fluids used in hospitals remain in short supply, after Hurricane Helene shut down a key North Carolina factory. The closure has hospitals scrambling to stretch supplies and prioritize care. NPR

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Fact check on claims about closings of rural U.S. hospitals.

Tue, 2024-10-29 10:20 — mike kraft
Vance Wrongly Blames Rural Hospital Closures on Immigrants in the Country Illegally - KFF Health News Experts disputed the claim by Republican vice presidential candidate JD Vance, noting that a range of other issues — from low reimbursement rates to declining patient use — combine to cause these facilities to shutter. khnkytjaw KFF Health News

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Floor swabbing in hospitals could help prevent COVID-19 outbreaks --study

Wed, 2024-10-23 09:33 — mike kraft
Floor swabbing could help prevent COVID-19 outbreaks in hospitals COVID-19 is here to stay. As restrictions and human testing have waned, new research is tackling the challenge of how we can monitor, predict, and prevent cases and outbreaks of COVID-19, especially among ... Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute Medical Xpress

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Young children more likely to be hospitalized for COVID-19 than older kids--study

Tue, 2024-10-22 16:47 — mike kraft
Young children more likely to be hospitalized for COVID-19 than older kids, study shows Today a Kaiser Permanente Northern California study of children during the COVID-19 pandemic finds children too young to be vaccinated had the highest hospitalization rate, while adolescents had the highest rate of intensive care unit (ICU) admission. The findings are published in Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses. CIDRAP
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Philadelphia-area health systems end use of four race-based algorithms to guide care

Tue, 2024-10-22 10:22 — mike kraft
Philadelphia-area health systems end use of four race-based algorithms to guide care A coalition of 12 Philadelphia-area health systems have abandoned the use of race adjustments in four clinical tools Usha Lee McFarling STAT
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As U.S. Hospitals Consolidate, Prices and Patient's Medical Debt Is Rising--Study

Thu, 2024-10-17 13:27 — mike kraft
As Hospitals Get Bigger, Medical Debt Is Harder for Patients To Shake - KFF Health News If you get sick in America, there’s a good chance you’ll end up in debt. Four in 10 U.S. adults have some form of health-care debt, KFF has found. One surprising risk: living in a community where hospitals have consolidated — an increasingly common development as health systems merge or large systems gobble up smaller hospitals. That’s […] khnerich KFF Health News

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Hurricane suppply disruptions of IV fluid prompt Biden administration to invoke wartime powers to bolster recovery

Wed, 2024-10-16 09:50 — mike kraft
IV fluid supply disruptions prompt Biden administration to invoke wartime powers to bolster recovery | CNN Disruptions from Hurricane Helene exacerbated shortages of critical intravenous fluids in the United States, and now the Biden administration has invoked the wartime powers of the Defense Production Act in the latest move to help speed recovery efforts. Deidre McPhillips CNN

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