Two Kansas state agencies scheduled several August public meetings to discuss KanCare, the state's Medicaid program, but canceled the meetings a week prior, The Wichita Eagle reports.
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After Seoul, South Korea-based Samsung announced a recall of its latest Galaxy Note 7 cell phones in September, various reports indicate that at least five individuals have suffered injuries and subsequent hospitalizations as a result of contact with the company-issued…
With Hurricane Matthew fast approaching the eastern coast, Miami-based Jackson Health System and Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-based Broward Health are aiming to proactively assist pregnant women through the duration of the storm, according to ABC10 News.
Nevada, Oregon and California led the nation in the largest change in uninsured rates from 2010 to 2015, a WalletHub analysis found.
A power plant fire in Puerto Rico caused an islandwide power outage Wednesday, causing hospitals in the U.S. territory to cancel elective surgeries and non-urgent appointments, according to a Chicago Tribune report.
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Lakewood (Ohio) Hospital ceased inpatient services in February, but more than 50 percent of the ambulance runs in the area end up at the hospital's emergency department, which has remained open since the facility closed its inpatient beds, according to…
A strong chemical odor coming from paint used at a nearby parking garage caused Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha to evacuate about 350 people due to eye and lung irritation, Omaha World-Herald reports.
The New Jersey police officers and the man tied to bombings in New York City and Seaside Park, N.J., were taken to University Hospital in Newark, N.J., following a shootout during which the suspect was apprehended, according to a My…
Three individuals remain hospitalized after a helicopter belonging to Robbinsdale, Minn.-based North Memorial Medical Center crashed on Saturday, according to the Star Tribune.
Suicide is a growing problem in the U.S., with suicide death rates rising from 29,000 people in 1999 to 43,000 people in 2014, according to PBS. Yet many hospitals are ill-prepared to take in patients enduring psychiatric crises, with many…