Medical economics

Vaccine gap 'fueling Nigeria's diphtheria outbreak'

Low vaccine coverage and weak infrastructure have fueled a recurrence of diphtheria in Nigeria, especially in rural areas beset by poor access to healthcare services, public health experts say.

Health

N. Carolina governor signs Medicaid expansion bill into law

North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper on Monday signed a Medicaid expansion law that was a decade in the making and gives the Democrat a legacy-setting victory, although one significant hurdle remains before coverage can be implemented, ...

Health

Home-based cardiac rehabilitation may help people live longer

Participating in home-based cardiac rehabilitation after a heart attack or cardiac procedure was associated with a 36% lower likelihood of death from heart-related complications among U.S. military veterans within four years ...

Medical research

Long COVID data tracks fatigue, symptoms by variant

The latest published study from INSPIRE provides important new insight into how lingering symptoms differ by virus variant and more specific data about persistent fatigue—the symptom most associated with what has become ...

Health

Health care vaccine mandate remains as some push for an end

At Truman Lake Manor in rural Missouri, every day begins the same way for every employee entering the nursing home's doors—with a swab up the nose, a swirl of testing solution and a brief wait to see whether a thin red ...

Medical economics

Machine learning model predicts physician turnover

Physician turnover is disruptive to patients and costly to health care facilities and physicians alike. In a new study, Yale researchers have used machine learning to reveal the factors—including the length of a physician's ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

How will life change once the COVID-19 emergency ends?

The declaration of a COVID-19 public health emergency three years ago changed the lives of millions of Americans by offering increased health care coverage, beefed-up food assistance and universal access to coronavirus vaccines ...

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