Children's hospitals in the U.S. are experiencing unseasonable capacity issues amid an influx of children sick with flu, enterovirus and respiratory syncytial virus.
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Kansas City, Mo.-based University Health opened a new neonatal intensive care unit Sept. 13, ABC affiliate KMBC reported Sept. 14.
Financial pressures have prompted the closure of an Alaskan community, according to a Sept. 13 report from the Anchorage Daily News.
Radnor, Pa.-based Main Line Health will fully transition its pediatric care from Melbourne, Fla.-based Nemours Children's Health to Children's Hospital of Philadelphia per a new affiliation agreement.
Patients in rural West Texas can access an oasis in a healthcare desert because of the new Ralls Family Medicine Clinic, located in Crosby County, according to a Sept. 12 report from The Texas Tribune.
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Physicians from Nashville, Tenn.-based Vanderbilt University Medical Group's pediatrics department and Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital will provide services at Cookeville (Tenn.) Regional Medical Center as the result of a new agreement.
Geriatric emergency departments are being added to hospitals nationwide as COVID-19 and a rapidly aging population illuminate these patients' vulnerability and distinct needs.
Froedtert Kenosha (Wis.) Hospital is closing its emergency department and shifting acute inpatient services to Froedtert Pleasant Prairie (Wis.) Hospital by Oct. 1.
Colorado children are accessing healthcare steps away from the classroom thanks to the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment's School-Based Health Center program, according to a Sept. 12 news release.
Children's hospitals in Illinois are declining transfer requests and struggling to keep beds open amid an unusually early spike in the number of children infected with enterovirus or rhinovirus, the Chicago Tribune reported Sept. 12.