The need to improve maternal and child health equity in America while reducing access disparities has become a national focus. Nevertheless, gaps in maternal health persist. The rate of pregnancy-related mortality in the U.S. has been rising steadily for three decades, according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) […]
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CDC says masks are optional in places where hospitals are not under strain : Shots
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Friday it is relaxing its mask guidance for communities where hospitals aren’t under high strain. Under the new guidance, nearly 70% of the U.S. population lives in an area considered to be low or medium risk, and residents there are advised they […]
During COVID surges, rural hospitals struggle to transfer patients : Shots
It had only been about six months since Katie Ripley finished radiation therapy for Stage 4 breast cancer. But now the 33-year-old was back in the hospital. This time, it wasn’t cancer – she was still in remission – but she’d come down with a nasty respiratory infection. It wasn’t […]
U.S. hospitals recruit foreign nurses to ease health care worker shortage : Shots
Mary Venus, a nurse from the Philippines, on duty at Billings Clinic in Billings, Mont. Nick Ehli/Kaiser Health News hide caption toggle caption Nick Ehli/Kaiser Health News Mary Venus, a nurse from the Philippines, on duty at Billings Clinic in Billings, Mont. Nick Ehli/Kaiser Health News Before Mary Venus was […]
Hospitals and health care workers face inordinate violence. They need our protection.
The week between Christmas and New Year’s might be a lull in most workplaces, but not in hospitals. Overcrowding and understaffing are common, and that can have dangerous results. The very people charged with protecting the health of the public at large face an unsafe environment themselves. Health care workers […]