Public Health

How well are we dealing with Ebola in the U.S.? The answer depends on who you ask. Some public officials are making a deliberate effort to reduce panic over the Ebola epidemic. Some media outlets, such as the Wall Street…

The Clorox Company is expanding The Safe Water Project, a public health initiative that provides bleach dispensers and health education for rural Peruvians.

  What is emergency care like in California? The following are 13 statistics on emergency care in that state, from the California Office of Statewide Planning & Development and the American College of Emergency Physicians, collected by the Los Angeles Daily…

The fate of San Clemente, Calif.-based Saddleback Memorial hospital's emergency department is quickly becoming a vital issue in the city's council election, according to a report from the O.C. Register.

In light of the first confirmed U.S. Ebola case, hospitals should prepare their emergency departments for an uptick in patients who suspect they have the disease, according to a report from CBS.

Richmond, Va.-based McKesson Medical-Surgical, an affiliate of McKesson Corp., has donated four million pairs of latex gloves to aid health workers treating Ebola in Sierra Leone.

The 10-year total cost to expand Medicaid among non-expansion states adds up to approximately $31.6 billion, according to an Urban Institute report.

Many senior citizens seeking care in emergency departments may be malnourished, according to a study from the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill and reported on by the New York Times.

  The Centers for Disease Control and prevention has released short guidance for hospitals dealing with potential outbreaks of enterovirus D68.

Mundelein, Ill.-based Medline is joining the battle against Ebola in West Africa by donating exam gloves to outbreak response teams.