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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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…
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East Houston Regional Medical Center was on lockdown following reported gunfire outside the facility's emergency department, though the lockdown has now been lifted, KHOU reports.
Two buildings at the University of Kansas School of Medicine in Kansas City were evacuated Monday after construction crews ruptured a gas line in the area, according to a KMBC news report.
California officials are seeking federal approval for a plan to allow undocumented immigrants to purchase health insurance on the state's Affordable Care Act exchange, reports The New York Times.
The U.S. Census Bureau released data Tuesday about health insurance in America from 2014 to 2016.
Progressive senators and activists want to ensure that Americans have access to a public option health plan, reports USA Today.