Public Health

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.

An increasing number of Medicaid enrollees, many of whom gained coverage under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, are seeking treatment in emergency departments, according to a national study from the Colorado Hospital Association.

Around this time of year, the common cold begins its rounds in schools across the country. This year, however, hospitals in the Midwest are experiencing a strain of Enterovirus — which causes the common cold — so severe that unprecedented…

HHS has approved Pennsylvania's plan to use federal Medicaid expansion funding to launch Healthy Pennsylvania, a program that will promote affordable care and increase access to care for the uninsured, Gov. Tom Corbett (R) announced yesterday.

  Nearly 300 western Pennsylvania veterans have been referred to Pittsburgh-based UPMC while the Department of Veterans Affairs attempts to sort out the backlogs in local VA hospitals, according to a report from the Tribune Live.