Early prenatal care improves the chances of having a healthy pregnancy and baby. But a new federal report shows it’s been on the decline.The share of U.S. births…
Read more Early prenatal care, considered best for moms and babies, is on the decline in the US, data showsAL KAWD, Yemen — In the cramped examination room of this tiny village clinic, Rania Moussa lay on her side and covered her eyes with a pillow, her slight,…
Read more ‘You feel helpless’: A Mideast health system buckles after U.S. cutsAn appeals court on Monday overturned a conviction for an ex-UCLA gynecologist serving 11 years in prison on charges of sexually abusing patients after determining that the trial…
Read more Panel tosses ex-UCLA doctor’s sex abuse conviction; lawyers weren’t told of juror’s ‘limited English’A Florida couple has filed an emergency lawsuit against a fertility clinic, alleging their newborn child is not genetically related to either of them after an in vitro…
Read more ‘We are heartbroken’: Florida couple sues IVF clinic after DNA test reveals baby isn’t theirsThe U.S. Department of Justice has agreed to stop demanding medical records that identify young patients who received gender-affirming care from Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, ending a legal…
Read more Justice Department drops demand for records naming transgender kids treated at Children’s Hospital L.A.Thousands of nurses in three hospital systems in New York City went on strike Monday after negotiations through the weekend failed to yield breakthroughs in their contract disputes.Nurses…
Read more Thousands of nurses go on strike at several major New York City hospitalsAn oral version of semaglutide, the active ingredient in blockbuster drugs Ozempic and Wegovy, failed to slow the progression of Alzheimer’s disease in closely watched trials, Novo Nordisk…
Read more Semaglutide fails to slow progression of Alzheimer’s in highly anticipated trials, Novo Nordisk saysA planned labor strike by University of California nurses has been called off after the university system and the nurses’ union reached a tentative deal on pay and…
Read more UC nurses cancel planned strike after reaching tentative deal with universityFive years ago, the COVID-19 pandemic brought fear, anxiety and uncertainty to hospitals across the nation. Grappling with sudden financial, medical and cultural shifts, regional health care leaders…
Read more Still grappling with pandemic changes, hospitals face uncertain future with funding cutsFive years ago, the COVID-19 pandemic brought fear, anxiety and uncertainty to hospitals across the nation. Grappling with sudden financial, medical and cultural shifts, regional health care leaders…
Read more Still grappling with pandemic changes, hospitals face uncertain future with funding cutsFive years ago, the COVID-19 pandemic brought fear, anxiety and uncertainty to hospitals across the nation. Grappling with sudden financial, medical and cultural shifts, regional health care leaders…
Read more Still grappling with pandemic changes, hospitals face uncertain future with funding cutsWhen Texas neurologist Hamid Kadiwala told his parents he was heading to Gaza to volunteer at a hospital there, they begged him to reconsider. “Why would you take…
Read more ‘It’s hard to see so many kids die.’ How volunteering in Gaza transformed American doctors and nursesMETHUEN — Across the Merrimack Valley, signs for three longtime health care institutions are coming down. On Tuesday, mayors, state legislators, Lt. Gov. Kim Driscoll and other officials…
Read more Lawrence General, Holy Family hospitals rebrand with unified nameA group of healthcare workers in Santa Barbara were fired on Wednesday after a video apparently showing patients’ bodily fluids was posted on TikTok, according to their employer.…
Read more TikTok video showing Santa Barbara clinic staff mocking patients stirs angerDoctors may soon have a new way to treat high blood pressure, even among people for whom medicines haven’t worked well in the past.Baxdrostat, an experimental medicine made…
Read more There may soon be a new approach to treat hard-to-control high blood pressureA South Lake Tahoe resident has tested positive for the plague — yes, the same pest-transmitted disease estimated to have killed 25 million Europeans in the Middle Ages.…
Read more California resident tests positive for the plague. Officials blame Lake Tahoe fleaPsychologists, therapists and other mental health professionals who work for Kaiser Permanente across Southern California went on strike Monday morning, protesting that the healthcare organization had failed to…
Read more Kaiser mental health professionals in Southern California go on strikeWATERTOWN, Mass. — When most of the state’s powerful Democrats are decrying private equity investments in the health care system, U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren is making a pitch…
Read more Private equity carves path in pet careLast week, Keck Medicine of USC announced the closure of USC Verdugo Hills Hospital obstetric services on Nov. 20. They cited a 40% decline in deliveries over the…
Read more Opinion: Why are so many California hospitals closing their labor and delivery units?BOSTON — U.S. Rep. Lori Trahan is urging federal authorities to investigate Stewart Health Care System’s plans to sell its Massachusetts hospitals after the bankrupt company announced plans…
Read more Trahan calls for fed probe of Steward finances
