COVID hospitalizations on the rise as U.S. enters Labor Day weekend
[ad_1] The U.S. is seeing a significant rise in COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations as it enters Labor Day weekend. According to the latest data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, there were 15,067 new COVID patient hospitalizations for the week ending Aug. 19. That marked an 18.8% jump from the week before, and a staggering 86.9% More...
Ambulance rides can be costly — and consumers aren’t protected from surprise bills
[ad_1] Americans are protected from most surprise medical bills by the No Surprises Act that took effect last year. But there’s one key item the legislation left out: ambulance rides. A recent report More...
She paid her husband’s hospital bill. A year after his death, they wanted more money.
[ad_1] Last summer, Eloise Reynolds paid the bill for her husband’s final stay in the hospital. In February 2022, doctors said that Kent, her husband of 33 years, was too weak for the routine chemotherapy More...
Maui wildfire leaves behind “toxic air” that locals fear will affect their health for years to come
[ad_1] Weeks after a devastating wildfire ripped across the historic Maui town of Lahaina, residents are working to pick up the pieces of their homes’ and businesses’ remains. But the threat of the More...
Why you sweat, and why that’s a good thing
[ad_1] We’ve all felt it: At first comes the trickle, and then the flood. It’s embarrassed us, and even torpedoed a presidential campaign. But when was the last time you were grateful for … sweat? Many More...
Missouri’s ban on gender-affirming health care for minors can take effect next week, judge rules
[ad_1] A Missouri judge ruled Friday that a ban on gender-affirming health care for minors can take effect on Monday, as scheduled. The ruling by St. Louis Circuit Judge Steven Ohmer means that beginning next More...
The CDC works to overhaul lab operations after COVID test flop
[ad_1] In early February 2020, Kirsten St. George and her team at New York state’s public health lab received a test developed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to diagnose people infected More...
Air pollution may be to blame for thousands of dementia cases each year, researchers say
[ad_1] Nearly 188,000 dementia cases in the U.S. each year may have been caused by air pollution, researchers estimate, with bad air quality from wildfires and agriculture showing the strongest links to a person’s More...
Atlanta area doctor, hospital sued after baby allegedly decapitated during birth
[ad_1] Clayton County doctor, hospital sued after baby allegedly decapitated during birth Clayton County doctor, hospital More...
Unsafe levels of likely cancer-causer found in underground launch centers on Montana nuclear missile base
[ad_1] Washington — The Air Force has detected unsafe levels of a likely carcinogen at underground launch control centers at a Montana nuclear missile base where a striking number of men and women have reported More...
