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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.

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…

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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…

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