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OCTOBER 10, 2024

hospitals, officials said the federal government is reaching out internationally to help restore supply.The. THURSDAY, Oct. 10, 2024 -- After Hurricane Helene knocked out a North Carolina production plant for a major supplier of IV fluids for U.S.

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JULY 12, 2024

FRIDAY, July 12, 2024 -- After an anesthesiologist may have exposed thousands of people treated at several hospitals in Oregon to hepatitis and HIV, those patients are being advised to get tested for the diseases.Two health care providers in.

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JUNE 26, 2025

THURSDAY, June 26, 2025 — Updated COVID-19 vaccines are keeping up with new coronavirus strains and remain effective for keeping people out of the hospital, a new study says. The study, which examined the effectiveness of the 2023-2024 COVID.

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OCTOBER 9, 2024

9, 2024 -- As Hurricane Milton barreled toward the west coast of Florida, hospitals in its path were making ready. Milton is projected to make landfall a bit south of the Tampa area late Wednesday night. Long-term care facilities in.

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

2, 2024 -- If you're lucky enough to survive a battle with the bloodstream infection sepsis, risks of a recurrence that sends you back to hospital within a month remain high, new data shows.In MONDAY, Sept. a study involving over 7,100 patients.

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JULY 10, 2024

WEDNESDAY, July 10, 2024 -- Many Americans like the idea of receiving hospital-level care at home, believing they'd recover from their ills faster and without safety risks. Patients of course want the best-quality care, but often prefer to be at.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2025

The new post-pandemic national hospital occupancy average is 75% -- a full 11 percentage points higher than the pre-pandemic average, largely due to a reduction in staffed hospital beds. on track for a severe shortage of hospital beds by 2032 unless action is taken. This puts the U.S.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2025

hospitals could face a bed shortage as early as 2032, with occupancy remaining elevated even as the country recovers from the COVID pandemic, a new study suggests.Average hospital occupancy following the pandemic has. THURSDAY, Feb. 20, 2025 -- U.S.

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DECEMBER 19, 2023

19, 2023 -- Hospital coffee machines have received some side-eye as a potential source of spreading infection, but a new study debunks the belief.“To TUESDAY, Dec. To our great relief…a general ban on coffee makers doesn’t seem necessary,”.

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DECEMBER 18, 2024

18, 2024 -- In a case first reported in Louisiana last Friday, a patient has now developed the first known case of bird flu so severe as to require hospitalization, according to the U.S. WEDNESDAY, Dec. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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AUGUST 16, 2023

16, 2023 -- New hospitalizations for Americans with severe COVID are climbing once again. The number of patients being admitted to hospitals has grown for each of the past four weeks, U.S. WEDNESDAY, Aug. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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JANUARY 3, 2024

3, 2024 -- The average cost of hospital care for COVID-19 patients skyrocketed during the pandemic, outstripping what might be expected under inflation, a new study shows.Average hospital costs for COVID patients increased five. WEDNESDAY, Jan.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2024

13, 2024 -- Amid an ongoing outbreak of bird flu in American dairy herds and poultry flocks, Canadian officials have announced that a teen in British Columbia has been hospitalized in critical condition with what is believed to be. WEDNESDAY, Nov.

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OCTOBER 2, 2024

2, 2024 -- One in 14 hospital patients may be the victim of damaging diagnostic mistakes, new research suggests.The finding is from a study of 675 patients admitted to one large hospital in Boston at various periods between July. WEDNESDAY, Oct.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2023

20 , 2023 -- Salmonella-tainted cantaloupe has landed 17 people in the hospital, warns the U.S. MONDAY, Nov. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. At least 43 people across 15 states and Canada have been sickened in the outbreak, which are.

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DECEMBER 27, 2023

27, 2023 -- When hospitals support trauma survivors' mental health during and after treatment, patients are less likely to return in crisis, researchers report.There's no uniform guidance on how to offer mental health services to. WEDNESDAY, Dec.

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JANUARY 9, 2024

9, 2024 -- It's an approach that's becoming more widespread: Receiving hospital-level care in the home.A new study finds that folks "hospitalized" at home tend to do at least as well as if they’d been checked into a hospital for. TUESDAY, Jan.

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JULY 22, 2024

Large language models may pass medical exams with flying colors but using them for diagnoses would currently be grossly negligent. Medical chatbots make hasty diagnoses, do not adhere to guidelines, and would put patients' lives at risk.

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MAY 30, 2024

THURSDAY, May 30, 2024 -- Cancer patients receive less effective treatment at hospitals that mainly serve minority communities, a new study shows.More than 9% of cancer patients are treated at hospitals where a significant percentage of patients.

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APRIL 4, 2024

THURSDAY, April 4, 2024 -- Rick Slayman, the first person to receive a kidney transplant from a genetically modified pig, headed home Wednesday after faring so well that he was released from the hospital just two weeks after his groundbreaking.

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MAY 21, 2024

TUESDAY, May 21, 2024 -- Heat waves and heat domes are particularly dangerous to kids with asthma, a new study finds.Daytime heat waves are associated with 19% increased odds that a child with asthma will wind up in the hospital, researchers.

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AUGUST 26, 2024

26, 2024 -- Dr. Anthony Fauci, who helped millions of Americans navigate the health challenges of the pandemic, is recovering at home after being hospitalized for a West Nile infection.Fauci should make a full recovery, a spokesperson. MONDAY, Aug.

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JANUARY 16, 2024

16, 2024 -- Following two weeks of hospital care for complications from prostate cancer surgery, U.S. TUESDAY, Jan. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has been released from Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, the Pentagon announced.

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APRIL 7, 2025

MONDAY, April 7, 2025 -- A notorious hospital-associated infection has been spreading through hospitals much more readily than people suspected, a new study says.The bacterium Clostridium difficile commonly called C. diff spreads within int.

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DECEMBER 8, 2023

8, 2023 -- As the war in the Ukraine rages on, new research shows that hospitals there are waging a battle of their own against a different kind of enemy: antibiotic-resistant "superbugs" that are spreading at an alarming rate.In FRIDAY, Dec.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2024

12, 2024 (Healthday News) -- Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin III, who spent time in intensive care last month for complications related to prostate cancer surgery performed in December, has returned to the hospital with bladder issues, MONDAY, Feb.

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JUNE 4, 2024

TUESDAY, June 4, 2024 -- Folks with sleep apnea are more likely to require hospitalization for an ailment, a new study shows.People aged 50 and older with sleep apnea have 21% higher odds of hospitalization compared to those without the breathing.

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JUNE 7, 2023

WEDNESDAY, June 7, 2023 -- Pope Francis will be hospitalized for several days after a planned surgery to repair a hernia that is causing him “recurrent, painful and worsening” symptoms. The Vatican announced plans for the surgery and.

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MAY 21, 2025

At least 26 people across 15 states have gotten sick, and nine people have been hospitalized, the U.S. WEDNESDAY, May 21, 2025 Health officials are investigating a salmonella outbreak tied to cucumbers grown in Florida. Food and Drug A.

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APRIL 1, 2024

MONDAY, April 1, 2024 -- In a letter sent to teaching hospitals and medical schools across the country, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services said Monday that written consent must be obtained from patients before performing sensitive.

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APRIL 15, 2025

TUESDAY, April 15, 2025 -- People hospitalized for opioid use can better fight their addiction if their path to recovery begins in the hospital, a new study says.Opioid users who receive addiction consultation services during their hospital stay.

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MARCH 4, 2025

TUESDAY, March 4, 2025 -- Pediatric hospital admissions for influenza have been rising across the United States since the beginning of the year, according to the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP).Pediatric Pediatric influenza-related hospital admissions.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Food and Drug Administration has received at least three reports of people being hospitalized after taking counterfeit versions of the wildly popular weight-loss drugs known as semaglutides. WEDNESDAY, Nov 8, 2023 -- The U.S. At least one of these.

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MARCH 11, 2024

FRIDAY, March 8, 2024 -- Real-world data show that a shot that protects babies against RSV is 90% effective in keeping them out of the hospital. Those numbers outstrip what had been expected of Beyfortus (nirsevimab), which in clinical trials had.

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OCTOBER 18, 2024

Detailed data from a Phase 2b/3 study of Merck’s treatment clesrovimab should support the company’s efforts to win approval by the 2025-2026 season.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are expected to approve new draft guidelines for hospital infection control this week, the first update since 2007. FRIDAY, Nov. 3, 2023 -- Advisors to the U.S. But healthcare workers worry whether the.

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JUNE 7, 2023

WEDNESDAY, June 7, 2023 -- New York University doctors and hospital executives are using an artificial intelligence (AI) computer program to predict whether a newly discharged patient will soon fall sick enough to be readmitted. The AI program.

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