New data from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) shows the number of patients being treated from Australia's public hospital elective surgery waiting lists increased during 2020–21 as the hospitals worked ...
Jan 24, 2022
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Public hospitals—never with much spare capacity—have been severely stressed by the latest COVID wave.
Jan 20, 2022
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Rural Americans are less likely to have health insurance, have less access to healthcare services for urgent conditions and are more likely to encounter lower quality care than their urban counterparts, according the Centers ...
Jan 18, 2022
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A World Health Organization official warned last week of a "closing window of opportunity" for European countries to prevent their health care systems from being overwhelmed as the omicron variant produces near-vertical growth ...
Jan 16, 2022
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(HealthDay)—The record-breaking numbers surrounding the Omicron surge are dizzying, with so many Americans falling prey to the highly infectious COVID-19 variant.
Jan 12, 2022
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The U.S. government has approved California's overhaul of the nation's largest insurance program for low-income and disabled residents, officials said Wednesday, a decision that among other things allows Medicaid money to ...
Dec 30, 2021
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In-hospital mortality in patients admitted to Spanish Intensive Care Units (ICU) during the pandemic was 31%, and factors associated with poorer prognoses are associated with the need for mechanical ventilation, age, initial ...
Dec 17, 2021
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New Zealand's government believes it has come up with a unique plan to end tobacco smoking—a lifetime ban for those aged 14 or younger.
Dec 9, 2021
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Hospitals in the southern Dutch province of Limburg warned the government Tuesday that they can no longer cope with new COVID-19 patients amid soaring rates of coronavirus infections.
Nov 9, 2021
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The UK is likely to face a substantial wave of COVID-19 infections, hospitalisations and deaths this winter, new modeling suggests.
Oct 25, 2021
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