WHO experts now agree diseases like COVID spread through the air
The World Health Organization (WHO) and around 500 experts have agreed for the first time what it means for a disease to spread through the air, in a bid to …
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Alberta’s neonatal intensive care units in ‘crisis’ and babies at risk, doctors warn
Some Alberta doctors say neonatal intensive care units are in “crisis,” putting vulnerable babies at risk, and they’re calling on the provincial government to take immediate action. The Edmonton Zone …
Santa Clara County asks state to intervene over closure of Regional Medical Center’s trauma center – The Mercury News
SAN JOSE — Santa Clara County officials, doctors and community members are imploring the state to intervene in HCA Healthcare’s decision to close Regional Medical Center’s trauma center and other …
Ontario may not hit LTC care target due to staff shortages
Difficulties hiring and retaining enough nurses and personal support workers for long-term care homes could mean the Ontario government may not meet its target for the amount of hands-on care …
Colorado’s West Springs psychiatric hospital could close without help
Colorado’s only psychiatric hospital west of the Front Range is in danger of closing in the coming months if it doesn’t receive a cash infusion, the head of its parent …
Wounded Gazans are receiving care in Italy, but their future in the country is uncertain
In a community complex that once housed Rome’s central slaughterhouse, men and women holding infants leaned over platefuls of golden rice dotted with chicken, cashews and raisins, chatting and laughing, …
How one Colorado overdose victim fell through the cracks
Even as she lay on a friend’s floor in Wheat Ridge, unconscious from the effects of the drugs she’d taken, Rachel Skanron still had people who believed she could overcome …
Poland has a near-total abortion ban. Lawmakers have taken 1st steps to possibly lifting it
Polish lawmakers voted Friday to move forward with several bills aimed at reforming the Catholic country’s abortion laws, including two that would lift the near-total ban on abortion that currently exists in the …
Quadriplegic Quebec man chooses assisted dying after 4-day ER stay leaves horrific bedsore
On a Thursday in January, Normand Meunier arrived at the hospital in Saint-Jérôme, Que., with a respiratory virus. Weeks later, he would emerge with a severe bedsore that would eventually lead him …
Historic Montana hospital hits the market for just $10 — but potential buyers face this huge obstacle
A historic and sprawling Spanish-mission-style building that functioned as a working hospital in Montana until the 1940s is on the market for just $10. But if that seems too good …