There are no reported injuries following a Jan. 14 active shooter situation at Dillingham, Alaska-based Kanakanak Hospital, managed by Dillingham-based Bristol Bay Area Health Corp., according to a Jan. 14 news release shared with Becker's.
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Oklahoma University Health, located in Norman, is the first in the state to offer a tissue freezing procedure to promote fertility, the system announced Jan. 4.
HCA Healthcare's Mission Hospital in Asheville, N.C., is at risk of losing CMS funding after a preliminary survey by inspectors found aspects of care that threatened patient health and safety, resulting in an immediate jeopardy warning, the Asheville Watchdog reported…
Aduhelm, a drug that received accelerated approval from the FDA for Alzheimer's treatment, has shown success in early trials. Now researchers are working to find a way to deliver more of the drug to the brain to boost its effectiveness,…
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force has drafted recommendations for behavioral treatment for children and adolescents with high body mass index.
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Nearly a fourth of patients who are transferred to intensive care units or die in hospitals are misdiagnosed or have delayed diagnoses, according to research published Jan. 8 in JAMA.
As many as 10% of patients diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes actually have latent autoimmune diabetes of adults, according to a KFF Health News report.
One patient was treated for burns after an equipment malfunction at Hopemont Hospital, a long-term care facility.
While Paxlovid is highly effective at preventing severe COVID-19 and death, only a small proportion of high-risk patients take the medication, according to research conducted by the National Institutes of Health.
Health system violence and violence against physicians and practitioners has continued to rise in the last few years, with the healthcare and social services industry recording 453,200 nonfatal injuries in 2021 — more than any other industry.