Some US hospitals are canceling non-emergency surgeries and procedures amid the global IT outage

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Hospital systems are seeing effects to patient care stemming from the global Crowdstrike IT outage.

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Big corporate American hospitals now want you to pay up front for surgery

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Some corporate-owned hospitals are demanding payment up front for surgeries.

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Hospital wait times will still be bad this year, even with labor gains

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The US is slowly recovering from a physician shortage.

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Why America's hospitals are on life support

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In community after community, the hospitals keep closing. In 2018, it was Northside Regional Medical Center in Youngstown, Ohio.

Oldest siblings tend to make more money. Researchers have a new theory that explains why.

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Researchers have a new theory for why older siblings tend to make more money than their younger siblings.

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Healthcare startups are rushing to sell AI to hospital systems. But a new survey suggests many simply aren't ready for it.

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As startups seek to bring AI to the healthcare industry, many health systems don't have clear policies in place to govern the tech.

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The Red Cross has seen a 40% decrease in blood donations over the last 20 years. Experts say Gen Z is to blame.

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An American Red Cross bloodmobile.

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Up to 10 hospital patients in Oregon died from tap water injections instead of fentanyl: report

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Syringes of the opioid painkiller fentanyl in an inpatient pharmacy.

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A harrowing video shows decomposing babies in a Gaza hospital after they had to be abandoned amid Israeli attacks, say reports

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Injured Palestinian kid receives medical treatment at Al-Nasr Children's Hospital after an Israeli attack in Khan Yunis, Gaza on November 18, 2023.
Injured Palestinian kid receives medical treatment at Al-Nasr Children's Hospital after an Israeli attack in Khan Yunis, Gaza on November 18, 2023.

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Respiratory illness hits children in China after COVID-19 restrictions lift

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Hospitals in China are receiving over 9,000 patients a day after a spike in respiratory illnesses, especially among children.

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