At least 170 US hospitals face major flood risk: Experts say Trump is making it worse
When a big storm hits, Peninsula Hospital could be underwater.
Oct 8, 2025
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Health Care Facilities Workforce and Services: News and Research on Hospitals, Psychiatric
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Psychiatric beds at large for-profit chains increase as those at public hospitals dwindle
Inpatient psychiatric care has dramatically shifted to large for-profit chains, according to new research from Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health and Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. The researchers ...
Sep 15, 2025
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What suicidal teens say matters most to them
Why would a suicidal teenager choose to live? It's not the kind of question most of us ever want to ask. Suicide is the third leading cause of death among 15–29-year-olds worldwide. Much of the research and media coverage ...
Sep 7, 2025
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Private equity ownership tied to lower psychiatric hospital staffing but also higher quality performance
Private equity (PE) ownership of psychiatric hospitals in the United States is associated with lower staffing levels, but also higher performance on certain quality measures, finds a new study from the Brown School at Washington ...
May 22, 2025
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In a broken mental health system, a tiny jail cell becomes an institution of last resort
When someone accused of a crime in this small northwestern Montana town needs mental health care, chances are they'll be locked in a basement jail cell the size of a walk-in closet.
May 1, 2025
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Montana eyes $30M revamp of mental health, developmental disability facilities
As part of a proposed revamping of the state's behavioral health system, Republican Gov. Greg Gianforte's administration is looking into moving a facility for people with developmental disabilities, beefing up renovations ...
Feb 3, 2025
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Hospitals mostly rebound after Helene knocked out power and flooded areas
While hospitals and health care organizations in the Southeast largely stayed open and functioning during Hurricane Helene to provide essential care for their communities, they were not unscathed.
Oct 2, 2024
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Report finds thousands of Missourians with mental health disabilities held against their will
Thousands of Missourians with mental health disabilities are unnecessarily trapped in nursing homes against their will because of systemic failures by the state, according to a scalding report from the Department of Justice.
Jun 19, 2024
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Calls to US poison centers spiked after 'magic mushrooms' were decriminalized, researchers find
Calls to poison control centers spiked across the U.S. for adolescents and young adults exposed to the hallucinogen psilocybin, according to our analysis of data from 55 U.S. poison centers between 2013 and 2022. The calls ...
Jun 17, 2024
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Study finds private equity expanding to mental health facilities
Private equity firms now account for as much as a quarter of practices providing behavioral health services in some states, according to a new study by researchers from Oregon Health & Science University, the University of ...
May 1, 2024
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