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Spurred by concerns about opioid addiction and antibiotic overuse, experts have urged clinicians across health care disciplines to take a…
As public health officials grapple with strategies to respond to natural disasters and disease outbreaks, they face a host of…
Public health emergencies often happen — from a severe flu season or measles outbreak to wildfires or a severe weather…
For the fifth time in its history, the World Health Organization declared on July 17, that the Ebola outbreak in…
Over the past year, Sarah Kliff (@sarahkliff) at Vox has been collecting emergency department bills from around the country and…
In April, Anna Wolfe, who covers health care for the Mississippi Clarion Ledger, started reporting on what appeared to be…
Older adults can be especially vulnerable to natural disasters, be it a hurricane, tornado, earthquake, or the recent eruptions from…
A unique emergency department program focused on geriatric transitional care is helping older patients avoid unnecessary hospital admissions by as…
Emergency medicine physicians contend that Anthem’s policy regarding payment for emergency room visits in some of its markets has been…
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In recent years, hospital emergency departments (EDs) have drawn millions of poor and underinsured patients coping with dental problems. Yet…