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Supreme Court Weighs Biden’s Workplace Vaccine Requirements

Jan 10, 2022 at 08:11 pm by pj

  By Julie Rovner, Kaiser Health News  The Supreme Court on Friday took up one of the most contentious issues of the covid-19 pandemic, hearing a series of ca.... Read More

Hospitals Recruit International Nurses to Fill Pandemic Shortages

Jan 10, 2022 at 08:02 pm by pj

  By Nick Ehli, Kaiser Health News BILLINGS, Mont. — Before Mary Venus was offered a nursing job at a hospital here, she’d never heard of Billings or v.... Read More

The War on Cancer at 50: The Origin Story Begins With a Socialite Citizen-Lobbyist

Jan 10, 2022 at 07:58 pm by pj

  By Gabrielle Emanuel, WBUR, Kaiser Health News The roots of the National Cancer Act can be traced to a small home in Watertown, Wisconsin. In the early 1900s, a.... Read More

A New Paradigm Is Needed: Top Experts Question the Value of Advance Care Planning

Jan 10, 2022 at 07:49 pm by pj

  By Judith Graham, Kaiser Health News  For decades, Americans have been urged to fill out documents specifying their end-of-life wishes before becoming termi.... Read More

OMNI Healthcare Offers Covid-19 Rapid and PCR Testing at All Offices; Soon to Offer Monoclonal Antibody Treatments

Jan 06, 2022 at 08:04 pm by pj

  OMNI Healthcare President and CEO Dr. Craig Deligdish will be discussing the recent Covid-19 surge at a press conference to be held at the OMNI Healthcare headquarters.... Read More

OMNI Healthcare Offers Covid-19 Testing, Vaccine, and Boosters

Dec 29, 2021 at 05:03 pm by pj

MELBOURNE, FL - In light of the recent surge in Covid-19 cases in Central Florida, OMNI Healthcare reminds the public that testing and vaccine are available at its offices t.... Read More

Nursing Homes Bleed Staff as Amazon Lures Low-Wage Workers with Prime Packages

Dec 29, 2021 at 11:28 am by pj

  By Sarah Varney, Kaiser Health News  ERLANGER, Ky. — The sleek corporate offices of one of Amazon’s air freight contractors looms over Villaspri.... Read More

As Patients Fell Ill With Covid Inside Hospitals, Government Oversight Fell Short

Dec 29, 2021 at 11:19 am by pj

  By Lauren Weber and Christina Jewett, Photos by Heidi de Marco, Kaiser Health News One by one, the nurses taking care of actress Judi Evans at Riversid.... Read More

Pandemic Poses Short- and Long-Term Risks to Babies, Especially Boys

Dec 27, 2021 at 10:09 am by pj

  By Liz Szabo, Kaiser Health News  The pandemic has created a hostile environment for pregnant people and their babies. Stress levels among expectant mother.... Read More

Veterans Burial Benefits: Did you know…

Dec 22, 2021 at 12:09 pm by pj

By TEE ROGERS  First, to all veterans, thank you for your service. I hope this information will help you or someone you know. Recently I met with a young man whose fath.... Read More

NICU Bill Installment Plan: That’ll Be $45,843 a Month for 12 Months, Please

Dec 22, 2021 at 11:56 am by pj

  By Victoria Knight, Kaiser Health News Close to midnight on Nov. 12, 2020, Bisi Bennett was sitting on the couch in her pajamas and feeling uncomfortable. She wa.... Read More

Crash Course: Injured Patients Who Sign ‘Letters of Protection’ May Face Huge Medical Bills and Risks, Especially in Florida

Dec 22, 2021 at 11:33 am by pj

  By Fred Schulte, Kaiser Health News  Jean Louis-Charles couldn’t afford spine surgery to ease nagging neck and back pain after a car crash. So he sign.... Read More

‘The Charges Seem Crazy’: Hospitals Impose a ‘Facility Fee’ for a Video Visit

Dec 22, 2021 at 11:27 am by pj

  By Michelle Andrews, Kaiser Health News When Arielle Harrison’s 9-year-old needed to see a pediatric specialist at Yale New Haven Health System in June, a.... Read More

Nurses in Crisis Over Covid Dig In for Better Work Conditions

Dec 22, 2021 at 11:21 am by pj

  By Christine Spolar and Mark Kreidler and Rae Ellen Bichell, Kaiser Health News Nurses and health care workers across the country are finding.... Read More

UF Health Study Suggests Association Between COVID-19 and Erectile Dysfunction

Dec 22, 2021 at 11:15 am by pj

By Bill Levesque If the threat of death or severe disability isn’t enough to convince someone to get a COVID-19 vaccination, men can add this possible consequence of co.... Read More

FYI: CDC Science Brief on Omicron (B.1.1.529) Variant

Dec 17, 2021 at 05:42 pm by pj

    On November 24, 2021, South Africa reported the identification of a new SARS-CoV-2 variant, B.1.1.529, to the World Health Organization (WHO). B..... Read More

An Inspiration to Give. What Can You Do?

Dec 15, 2021 at 04:36 pm by pj

A Reflection on Providing COVID-19 Medical Relief to India   Editor’s note: In this Christmas season, we have reason to celebrate and mourn. The past 23 months ha.... Read More

Healthcare’s Digital Revolution: Are We Ready to Reimagine the Work?

Dec 15, 2021 at 11:06 am by pj

  By David L. Feldman, MD, MBA, FACS Robert M. Wachter, MD, began his recent presentation for the Healthcare Risk Advisors (HRA) Virtual Conference Series by admitting.... Read More

Taking the Proper Steps in Diagnosing and Treating Achalasia

Dec 14, 2021 at 07:28 pm by pj

    And How Not to Mistake it for GERD   By SRINIVAS SEELA, MD   Achalasia Achalasia is a rare disorder that makes it difficult for food and liq.... Read More

The Dangers of Benzodiazepine Misuse

Dec 14, 2021 at 07:14 pm by pj

  By HILARY ORTEGA and DR. REBECCA WANG-HARRIS   Benzodiazepines fall under the class of medication called anxiolytics. They are considered schedule IV contr.... Read More