Historic flooding caused by Tropical Storm Harvey has forced 23 hospitals in the Houston area to evacuate more than 1,500 patients, according to the Houston Chronicle.
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HHS has established a 250-bed federal medical station at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston to assist those affected by Hurricane Harvey.
Several national health insurers pledged assistance in the wake of Hurricane Harvey's landfall and subsequent catastrophic flooding.
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Due to flooding caused by Tropical Storm Harvey, Ben Taub Hospital in Houston is evacuating patients, Memorial Hermann Sugar Land (Texas) Hospital is shutting down and University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center has cancelled all appointments through at least…
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HHS is taking member nominations for a new pain management task force that will work to establish best practices for prescribing pain medications and managing chronic and acute pain.
The Harvey storm correlated with more births in the Houston area, according to a Houston Chronicle report.
Hurricane Harvey battered the east coast of Texas Friday evening as a Category 4 storm, creating storm surges and flooding comparable to Hurricane Katrina, in which 1,836 people were killed in 2005.