• Duluth close to retiring retiree health care liability

    Unfunded health care obligations once threatened to bankrupt the city.

  • Bluffton women’s health clinic closing on the heels of hospital ending childbirth services

    The last day for appointments at the Meridian Women’s Health clinic is June 28.

    • WRIC

    Petersburg Health Department closed ‘until further notice’ after potential health hazard discovered

    According to an announcement from the Virginia Department of Health on Monday, May 13, a "potentially hazardous environmental odor" was discovered while repair work was being completed on the building's roof.

    • KGBT

    Taking care of your Mental Health

    HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCental) — May is Mental Health Awareness Month and South Texas Health System and STHS clinics do a program called South Texas Healthy Living on NBC 23, once a month. According to Tom Castañeda, System Director of Marketing & Public Relations for STHS said, "This month, a lot of people always think about []

    • WMDT

    Is the Future Blind? Vision Health and Care

    DELMARVA – Is the future blind? Taking care of your eyes is a priority, just like eating healthy and physical activity. Some citizens in Delmarva suffer from vision impairments, but not everyone can afford to address those issues. In honor of Healthy Vision Month, the CDC is teaming up with the National Eye Institute to prioritize eye health. They say

  • Dobbs has created a health care apocalypse

    Dr. Leilah Zahedi-Spung spent four years in medical school, four years in an OB-GYN residency, and three years in a maternal-fetal medicine fellowship learning how to care for high-risk pregnant patients. In her decade-plus of medical training, she learned that in some cases, the only rational and responsible option for medical intervention is an emergency […]

    • KTVZ

    States with the biggest mental health care deserts

    ADHD Advisor used data from the Health Resources & Services Administration to map and analyze mental health provider shortages across the U.S.

    • WISN

    Ascension Health Care confirms ransomware attack

    Ascension Health Care confirmed a ransomware attack last week. The health

  • Ascension health care network disrupted by cyberattack

    CHICAGO (CBS) -- The Ascension health care network announced Wednesday that its clinical operations have been disrupted by a cyberattack.In a news release, Ascension said it responded immediately, and access to some systems has been interrupted with remediation efforts in progress."Our care teams are trained for these kinds of disruptions and have initiated procedures to ensure patient care delivery continues to be safe and as minimally impacted as possible," Ascension said in a news release....

  • Lost in the crowd: the hidden bias of health care crowdfunding

    More than 100 million Americans have medical debt, with half owing more than $2,000; disabled people are twice as likely to have it than those without disabilities. Annually, around half a million Americans are pushed into bankruptcy by health care costs. That’s understandably made medical fundraising through websites like GoFundMe appealing, with Americans seeking a combined $10 […]

  • Ocasio-Cortez: State of US health care is ‘barbarism’

    Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) described the state of health care in America as “barbarism” in a forthcoming episode of Sen. Bernie Sanders’s (I-Vt.) podcast. In a preview of Wednesday’s episode of “Bernie: The Podcast,” Ocasio-Cortez lamented the high costs of health care and housing and the difficult choices many Americans must face, as she recommitted

  • Green energy investments are helping rural health care

    "When you think of the Biden administration’s climate investments, you may imagine subsidies for Tesla drivers in affluent coastal cities. But those investments are helping Americans at all income levels."