https://kffhealthnews.org/morning-breakout/to-protect-substance-abuse-patients-hhs-looks-at-records-privacy/
Axios reports on how efforts to marry HIPAA with CARES Act standards could prevent providers unknowingly prescribe opioids for those with a history of...
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https://www.york.ac.uk/news-and-events/events/public-lectures/sem2-23-24/long-waiting-times/
CHE presents its 2024 Policy Forum 'Living with long waiting times: approaches to prioritising patients'.
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https://www.aljazeera.com/video/2019/11/11/more-ebola-patients-being-treated-in-dr-congo
How health workers in the Democratic Republic of Congo are fighting mistrust and fear to treat patients.
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https://www.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/oxygen-leaks-at-covid-19-hospital-in-maharashtra-staff-saves-14-patients-121042800393_1.html
A quick intervention by staff saved the lives of 14 patients on oxygen support in the Parbhani district hospital in Maharashtra as the pipeline supplying the...
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https://kffhealthnews.org/news/as-hospitals-post-sticker-prices-online-most-patients-will-remain-befuddled/
The new rule took effect Jan. 1 but, for consumers seeking hospital price information, using it to find answers may be like searching for a needle in a...
hospitalspoststickerpricesonline
https://www.wunc.org/2025-01-14/why-some-doctors-have-started-asking-patients-about-their-spiritual-lives
Indiana University Hospital system is pairing patients with local faith groups to ease feelings of loneliness and isolation. The unique new program comes as...
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https://kffhealthnews.org/news/more-exchange-plans-offer-patients-easier-access-to-some-expensive-drugs-report/
The analysis by Avalere examines changes in how silver plans on the insurance marketplaces handle coverage for high-cost specialty drugs.
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https://www.adventhealth.com/news/elves-rappel-down-childrens-hospital-surprise-patients
Santa Claus and Mrs. Claus made a special visit to AdventHealth for Children, and they brought a team of acrobatic elves with them to help patients celebrate...
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https://kelownacapnews.com/sponsored-content/kelowna-patients-are-exploring-the-benefits-of-emerging-light-therapy/
Nov 24, 2025 - How a Kelowna chiropractor is using photobiomodulation (PBM) to support healing, mobility and overall wellness For nearly two decades, Kelowna chiropractor Dr....
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https://www.bluewin.ch/en/news/international/rafah-border-crossing-open-patients-leave-gaza-strip-2543844.html
For the first time in almost nine months, the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip has been reopened. Several patients were brought from Gaza...
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https://www.foxnews.com/video/5795283077001
Fox News medical correspondent discusses the suicide rates in the U.S.
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https://news.vcu.edu/article/he-is-putting-addiction-therapy-in-the-hands-and-headsets-of-patients
Jarrod Reisweber’s self-directed virtual reality program extends the impact of professional care.
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https://www.miragenews.com/revoice-device-gives-stroke-patients-their-1604016/
Researchers have developed a wearable, comfortable and washable device called Revoice that could help people regain the ability to communicate
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https://kffhealthnews.org/news/tennessee-medicaid-long-term-care/
The program, designed to save the state money, is the first of its kind because it creates a new category for patients who don't qualify for nursing home care.
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https://www.ama.org/press-releases/press-release-from-the-journal-of-marketing-bad-medical-news-causes-patients-to-choose-brand-name-drugs-over-generics-costing-billions/
Researchers from Johns Hopkins University published a new Journal of Marketing article that examines how receiving negative medical results might affect how...
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https://www.asiaone.com/world/french-doctor-charged-killing-nine-patients-resuscitation-scam
STRASBOURG, France - An anaesthetist in the French eastern city of Besancon is suspected of poisoning patients during surgery to trigger heart failures and...
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https://www.foxnews.com/story/patients-infected-with-hepatitis-at-doctors-offices-clinics-launch-campaign
Patients who got hepatitis from contaminated syringes and medicine vials are joining infection control advocates to warn Americans about a problem they say is...
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https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/news/tms-economic-analysis
A major new study has found that transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), which applies magnetic energy to the brain, can be a cost-effective treatment option...
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https://www.redcross.org/local/indiana/about-us/news-and-events/press-releases/donate-blood-at-the-annual-henderson-holiday-heroes-blood-drive.html
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https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/agga-dental-device-lawsuits-teeth-damage/
A dental device called AGGA has been used on about 10,000 patients without FDA approval or proof that it works. In lawsuits, patients report irreparable harm....
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https://kffhealthnews.org/morning-breakout/fda-permits-more-chinese-cancer-drug-imports-as-shortage-hits-patients/
Bloomberg reminds us that the ongoing drug shortage is forcing doctors to ration care and putting patients' lives at risk. Separately, the hot-topic...
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https://www.keranews.org/2022-12-05/for-patients-with-sickle-cell-disease-fertility-care-is-about-reproductive-justice
The disease, which predominantly affects patients of color, can damage the body in ways that can make it difficult to have a child. But patients don't always...
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https://www.kcur.org/2012-01-04/in-us-hospital-round-trips-more-common-for-heart-attack-patients
In the U.S., hospitalized heart attack patients go home sooner than in other countries. They are also more likely to return to the hospital within a month of...
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https://kffhealthnews.org/morning-breakout/crozer-health-diverts-patients-as-owners-closure-plans-get-approved/
A day after a federal bankruptcy judge approved Prospect Medical Holdings' plans, Crozer Health hospitals began sending emergency patients to other hospitals....
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https://www.cbsnews.com/video/blood-plasma-of-recovered-patients-used-in-trial-treatments/
Researchers are testing a blood therapy treatment that's been used since the Spanish flu. It's being used to treat some of the most severe cases of COVID-19....
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https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/organ-centers-to-transplant-patients-get-a-covid-shot-or-move-down-on-waitlist/
At issue is whether transplant patients who refuse the shots are not only putting themselves at greater risk for serious illness and death from covid-19, but...
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https://www.imperial.ac.uk/news/209033/arthritis-drug-effective-treating-sickest-covid-19/
Critically ill COVID-19 patients treated with an arthritis drug are significantly more likely to have improved outcomes, a study has found.
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https://kffhealthnews.org/news/1-in-6-insured-hospital-patients-get-a-surprise-bill-for-out-of-network-care/
On average, 16% of inpatient stays and 18% of emergency visits left a patient with at least one out-of-network charge, most of those came from doctors offering...
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https://www.foxnews.com/health/patients-metastatic-colorectal-cancer-could-find-hope-fda-approved-treatment
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Nov. 8 approved a new oral medicine called Fruzaqla (fruquintinib) for the treatment of patients with previously...
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https://kffhealthnews.org/news/study-diabetes-afflicts-1-in-3-hospitalized-patients-over-34-in-california/
In California, roughly one in three hospitalized people over 34 years old has diabetes, increasing the complexity and cost of their care, according to a report...
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https://kffhealthnews.org/news/medicare-hospitals-costly-patients/
The new data, which include beneficiaries' bills in the hospital and for 30 days afterward, are a first step toward using bonuses and penalties to encourage...
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https://kffhealthnews.org/morning-breakout/medicare-probes-whether-health-care-providers-steered-patients-to-private-plans/
The investigation will look at whether the providers, such as dialysis centers, encouraged people eligible for Medicare and Medicaid to buy private plans...
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https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2013/4/2/china-says-patients-with-bird-flu-critical
Three women and a retired man in eastern Jiangsu province contract new strain of bird flu and are in critical condition.
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https://kffhealthnews.org/news/as-er-wait-times-grow-more-patients-leave-against-medical-advice/
Crowded emergency rooms are likely to blame. In 2017, the median ER wait time for patients before admission as inpatients to California hospitals was 336...
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https://www.sootoday.com/helpers/when-storms-hit-these-volunteers-make-sure-staff-patients-get-to-the-hospital-11680894
Jan 1, 2026 - 'Extremely grateful': Sault Search and Rescue sprang into action during Monday's nasty snowstorm to transport essential healthcare workers and a...
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https://www.adventhealth.com/news/care-coordination-program-streamlines-journey-adventhealth-patients
AdventHealth's ED Care Coordination Program is ensuring patients get the right level of care, avoiding unnecessary ED visits.
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https://news.vcu.edu/article/2025/10/vcu-research-in-action-teaching-patients-to-take-a-deep-breath
A research team is exploring the clinical impact of HRV biofeedback, which could be a low-cost, noninvasive treatment for stress, concussions, burnout and...
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https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2011/6/7/africa-hiv-patients-reel-from-price-rise
Many cannot afford the food necessary to supplement their medication.
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https://www.miragenews.com/patients-with-private-insurance-skip-rural-1606333/
About The Study: Rural hospital bypass (when rural residents receive care at hospitals other than their nearest hospital) rates among commercially
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https://www.wfae.org/united-states-world/2013-04-04/lawyers-join-doctors-to-ease-patients-legal-anxieties
A compatible medical-legal partnership may sound like an oxymoron. But in hospitals and clinics across the country, doctors are welcoming lawyers into their...
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https://nyulangone.org/news/study-shows-patients-without-cancer-use-different-forms-marijuana
A new study by NYU Langone researchers found that people with cancer use different forms of medical marijuana than with people without cancer. Learn more.
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https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/11/11/fire-at-romanian-covid-19-hospital-kills-two
Deadly blaze at hospital in central city of Ploiesti marks fourth such incident at healthcare facilities within a year.
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https://www.foxnews.com/world/spanish-surnamed-patients-in-california-were-targeted-for-sterilization-study-says
A disproportionate number of people with Spanish surnames who were in California psychiatric institutions and homes for the developmentally disabled underwent...
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https://indianexpress.com/article/india/grant-visa-to-afghan-students-patients-and-businessmen-taliban-urge-india-9770498/
Aware of Indian security concerns, Taliban assure vetting of visa seekers.
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https://www.aacr.org/about-the-aacr/newsroom/news-releases/lorazepam-treatment-may-be-linked-to-worse-outcomes-for-pancreatic-cancer-patients/
Lorazepam Treatment May Be Linked to Worse Outcomes for Pancreatic Cancer Patients
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https://www.wfae.org/2005-12-28/hospital-seeks-quieter-stays-for-patients
Florence Nightingale once warned about a major cruelty inflicted on sick people: unnecessary noise. And despite advances in medicine, researchers say today's...
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https://neurosciencenews.com/dementia-death-memory-14376/
Paradoxical lucidity, the phenomenon where some with severe dementia suddenly regain their memory and exhibit normal behaviors immediately prior to death, may...
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https://www.miragenews.com/regenerative-trial-promising-with-patients-own-1422930/
A procedure that takes stem cells from a patient's healthy eye and transplants them into the patient's damaged eye safely restored corneal surfaces in
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https://www.tcd.ie/news_events/articles/2023/competition-inspires-students-to-focus-on-proficiency-in-specialised-care-of-older-patients/
Teams of under-graduate medical students from the medical schools in Ireland will compete for the Dr Jack Flanagan Medal in Gerontology.
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https://www.foxnews.com/story/er-kiosks-let-patients-check-themselves-in
Texas hospital allows patients to use kiosks to check themselves in.
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https://www.kcur.org/2018-05-30/why-some-patients-getting-drugmakers-help-are-paying-more
Some health plans are refusing to count the copayment assistance offered by drugmakers as part of a patient's deductible. That means some patients are paying...
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https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/395903
New treatment developed at the Davidoff Comprehensive Cancer Center eliminates rectal cancer in 65% of patients, reduces need for surgery.
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https://www.foxnews.com/science/amid-coronavirus-pandemic-new-guidance-for-treating-stroke-patients-developed
Researchers unveiled new guidance Wednesday for treating patients who have strokes amid the COVID-19 pandemic as a way to protect health care workers and...
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https://www.kcur.org/2012-01-05/should-patients-see-their-doctors-notes
More than 90 percent of patients in one survey said they'd want to know what doctors write in their charts. The majority of doctors, though, are reluctant to...
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https://www.aha.org/news/headline/2025-09-03-aha-study-finds-hopds-treat-sicker-patients-independent-physician-offices
The AHA Sept. 3 released a study conducted by KNG Health Consulting that found Medicare patients who receive care in a hospital outpatient department are more...
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https://kffhealthnews.org/morning-breakout/reform-big-picture-issues/
More than 7 million people are expected to gain insurance through Medicaid under the federal health law next year. In other news about implementation of the...
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https://www.york.ac.uk/news-and-events/news/2025/research/text-messages-help-tb-patients-quit-smoking/
Tuberculosis (TB) patients who smoke will recover far more quickly if they can quit - and help could come from their mobile phones, according to new research.
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https://kffhealthnews.org/morning-breakout/plugged-in-patients-and-doctors-alter-traditional-power-dynamic/
Online consultations, self-generated health data and easily accessible information is changing typical doctor-patient interactions, but there are still...
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https://kffhealthnews.org/morning-breakout/vip-treatment-for-president-contrasts-sharply-with-care-of-ordinary-patients/
That is especially true for COVID-19 cases, which have disproportionately struck low-income communities, Black and Hispanic Americans and people with less...
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https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/493672/cancer-patients-still-being-told-of-12-week-wait-times-patient-advocate-says
Letters to cancer patients in the far south warning of delays in being seen have been sent out by Health NZ, shortly before it claimed it was seeing most of...
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https://kffhealthnews.org/morning-breakout/hospital-news-10/
This development in hospital design mirrors a broader trend in health care.
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https://nanaimobulletin.com/2026/01/03/letter-to-the-editor-heart-and-stroke-patients-understand-need-for-cath-lab/
Jan 3, 2026 - Co-founder of the Nanaimo Heart Sisters supports Fair Care Alliance’s advocacy
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https://kffhealthnews.org/morning-breakout/call-for-long-haul-covid-patients-to-get-dedicated-clinics/
New research into "long covid" is throwing a spotlight on persistent symptoms of the disease, particularly neurological ones, amid worries that there is a...
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https://www.wunc.org/2024-04-26/idahos-biggest-hospital-says-emergency-flights-for-pregnant-patients-up-sharply
Idaho's biggest hospital system says the number of people needing flights out of Idaho for emergency abortions is up sharply since the state's abortion ban...
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https://www.inquisitr.com/german-nurse-admits-to-killing-more-than-100-patients
Niels Hoegel, a former nurse in Germany, admits that he killed more than 100 patients at the hospitals where he had worked, according to the New York Post .
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https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/dead-zone-rural-hospitals-outdated-internet-disconnect-care-disparities/?utm_campaign=KHN%3A%20Rural%20Health%20Dispatch&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8R-vQWilft1jzOGjCeRCPanV9HsJSZ94Zyt6QfTWiSISPWEfDYWcjYXqaYF7QIL0D-h2ShoUQ6uJ2qsFlgpupONO3LlA&_hsmi=359025946&utm_content=359025946&utm_source=hs_email
Technological gaps handicap rural hospitals as billions in federal funding to modernize infrastructure lags. The reliance on outdated technology and piecemeal...
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https://www.keranews.org/2023-06-22/muscular-dystrophy-patients-get-first-gene-therapy
The Food and Drug Administration approved the first gene therapy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy, but limited access to those ages four and five.
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https://www.business-standard.com/india-news/heatwave-death-toll-in-ballia-reaches-68-after-14-more-patients-succumbed-123062000149_1.html
With 14 more patients succumbing to heat-related ailments in the last 24 hours, fatalities due to heatwave in Uttar Pardesh's Ballia district has mounted to 68...
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https://kffhealthnews.org/news/hospital-shift-changes-a-dangerous-time-for-patients/
Before physicians at Massachusetts General Hospital finish their 13-hour shifts in the surgical intensive care unit, they hand off their patients to the crew...
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https://www.peninsuladailynews.com/local-marketplace/jefferson-healthcare-welcomes-first-patients-to-new-radiation-oncology-clinic/
This month marked a major milestone for Jefferson Healthcare as the hospital’s new radiation oncology clinic welcomed its first patients.
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https://news.vcu.edu/article/2025/05/class-of-2025-holly-byers-blends-compassion-for-patients-with-scientific-discovery
A graduate of the genetics dual degree program, Byers is preparing for a career as both a genetic counselor and cancer researcher.
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https://www.kcur.org/2015-07-11/vaccine-court-aims-to-protect-patients-and-vaccines
It has been nearly 30 years since Congress established a special court to help keep good vaccines on the market and fairly compensate the rare person who has a...
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https://kffhealthnews.org/news/mysterious-heart-damage-not-just-lung-troubles-befalling-covid-19-patients/?fbclid=IwAR2EiNsrGKrr6O8-exgZ-_GstY3sOSCkbMv8h5TtcrG8-2u0Q5Kfl4NnzM0
Most of the attention in the COVID-19 pandemic has been on how the virus affects the lungs. But evidence shows that up to 1 in 5 hospitalized patients have...
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https://www.business-standard.com/india-news/akums-gets-nod-for-drug-to-treat-epilepsy-seizures-in-patients-over-12-yrs-123062700570_1.html
Contract manufacturing drug firm Akums Drugs & Pharmaceuticals on Tuesday said DCGI has approved its formulation to treat certain types of seizures in patients...
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https://www.wfae.org/2015-09-09/when-the-hospital-is-boss-thats-where-doctors-patients-go
Stanford researchers found that a hospital's ownership of a doctor's practice "dramatically increases" the odds the doctor will admit patients there instead of...
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https://kffhealthnews.org/morning-breakout/cap-hill-watch-25/
Elsewhere on Capitol Hill, some Senate conservatives are considering taking steps to block a deal to avert the automatic cuts called for under sequester.
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https://www.thequint.com/news/india/kolkata-news-today-west-bengal-headlines-9-corona-positive-patients-to-be-discharged-and-more
Kolkata News Today, West Bengal Top Headlines: 9 corona positive patients to be discharged as they recover. All this and more on QKolkata.
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https://www.foxnews.com/health/ai-model-predict-lung-cancer-risk-patients
An artificial intelligence model developed by researchers in Massachusetts and Taiwan was able to accurately predict an individual's future risk of lung cancer.
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https://kffhealthnews.org/morning-breakout/community-paramedicine-programs-keep-vulnerable-older-patients-out-of-ers/
The hospital can be a dangerous place for older patients, not to mention costly. But programs cropping up across the country are providing both emergency and...
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https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/ahmedabad/six-children-among-19-patients-rescued-after-bhavnagar-building-fire-10400910/
Though the fire was limited to the basement of the building, the thick plumes of smoke and soot spread to the stairwell to the other floors, creating tension.
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https://news.ufl.edu/2025/09/uf-researchers-aim-to-improve-nutrition-/
A new study and first-of-its-kind food pharmacy at UF aim to help patients with cancer access and eat nutritious foods, giving them the best possible shot at a...
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https://kffhealthnews.org/morning-breakout/warnings-that-doctors-mental-health-crisis-is-impacting-patients/
A story in Vox highlights how resistant doctors are to receiving mental health care or medication. Also: Iowa plans to remove mental health questions from...
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https://kffhealthnews.org/morning-breakout/trans-patients-face-discrimination-from-their-health-care-providers-poll/
A survey by The Washington Post and KFF also finds that nearly half of transgender adults say they have encountered ignorance about providing health care to...
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https://www.asiaone.com/digital/mitra-robot-helps-covid-19-patients-india-speak-loved-ones
NEW DELHI - A hospital in India has deployed a customer-service robot to patrol its wards, connecting coronavirus patients to friends and relatives. Mitra,...
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https://kffhealthnews.org/morning-breakout/blaze-destroys-part-of-pa-hospital-77-patients-flee-to-safety-in-frigid-temps/
Lehigh Valley Hospital-Dickson City appeared to sustain major damage Wednesday night as firefighters worked into Thursday in single-digit temperatures to put...
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https://www.keranews.org/2025-08-24/the-fear-of-funding-cuts-for-patients-who-need-mental-health-care
America's mental health care system is facing cuts with the recent passage of the Trump Administration's spending bill. A new podcast from the Seattle Times...
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https://www.miragenews.com/revoice-device-restores-stroke-patients-voices-1604014/
Researchers have developed a wearable, comfortable and washable device called Revoice that could help people regain the ability to communicate
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https://abcnews.go.com/Health/patients-recommendations-prostate-cancer-screening/story?id=46726379
Apr 11, 2017 - Patients are advised to talk to their doctor about the risks of tests.
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https://www.redcross.org/local/california/southern-california/about-us/news-and-events/news/rolling-up-a-sleeve-to-help-thousands-of-patients-in-need--.html
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https://kffhealthnews.org/morning-breakout/many-uninsured-covid-patients-remain-unaware-their-hospital-bills-are-covered/
There's no requirement for hospitals to let uninsured patients with COVID-19 know that their bills are covered through a program of the Centers for Medicare...
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