Health
American Red Cross issues urgent call for blood donations
(HealthDay)—Blood donations to the American Red Cross are down substantially, and the agency says an "emergency situation" could arise within weeks.
Jul 22, 2014
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Health care providers should review response plans for Congo Ebola outbreak
With an Ebola outbreak underway in the Democratic Republic of Congo, experts say health care providers should review their Ebola response plans now to avoid repeating past mistakes.
May 26, 2017
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Health
How Google Maps can help with efforts to tackle delays in accessing critical maternal health services
Every year, 295,000 women die from preventable causes related to pregnancy and childbirth globally. Nigeria accounts for an enormous 23% of these deaths. Each one is a needless tragedy, and preventing them should be a global ...
Sep 7, 2021
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
If woman's life is in danger, doctors must offer abortion: Biden administration
Citing federal law, the Biden Administration on Monday said that if a pregnant woman's life is in danger, hospitals must provide her with care, including abortion services.
Jul 12, 2022
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Health
People surprised by costs of out-of-network care, more patient educated needed
Forty percent of people who received health care outside of their insurance network did so out of necessity, finds a new study in Health Services Research. About half of those patients did not know how much they would have ...
Oct 26, 2012
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Medical economics
Woman in 'shock' over $6,000 bill for lifesaving rabies treatment
Follwoing a a suspected bat bite Caroline Ford, worried she may have been exposed to rabies, sought treatment from AdventHealth Altamonte Springs. She called her insurance company, Anthem Blue Cross, and expected she'd need ...
Feb 20, 2024
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Costa Rica issues health alert over dengue
Costa Rica on Tuesday declared a health alert due to a dengue fever outbreak which has claimed three lives and infected about 12,000 people so far this year, authorities said.
Jul 3, 2013
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Medications
Prescription drug shortages reach all-time high, forcing tough treatment decisions
Doctors and hospitals across the country are scrambling to make every drop of chemotherapy and other prescription drugs count, given the national shortage in medicines used to treat cancer and a multitude of conditions.
Jun 6, 2023
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Vaccination
Brazil private clinics seek deal for Indian COVID vaccine
A Brazilian association of private health clinics said Sunday it was negotiating with Indian pharmaceutical firm Bharat Biotech to buy five million doses of its COVID-19 vaccine, which India has just authorized for emergency ...
Jan 4, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Shared use of ventilation machines is possible in emergency situations
"Splitting the ventilator," connecting two patients to one ventilation machine, is a feasible option in emergency situations during the COVID-19 crisis, especially in situations of shortage of this equipment. This is what ...
Mar 27, 2020
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