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## hospitals


* ![The Priscilla Chan And Mark Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital And Trauma Center](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6c5a6523e16c5466/698948784ee2626c9c3145dd/zuckerberg-san-francisco-general.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Apr 16, 2019  
## [New Billing Practices at San Francisco's Largest Public Hospital Could Help Low-Income Patients Save Money](https://time.com/5571864/zuckerberg-general-hospital-billing-san-francisco/)  
[HEALTH](/section/health/)  
by Jamie Ducharme
* ![Gunman in Chicago hospital attack had threatened to shoot up Chicago Fire Academy, officials say](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2a0f7afca7615d4f/69894008096a946c5e6a4089/mercy-hospital-shooting1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Nov 28, 2018  
## [Doctors and Nurses Treat Gunshot Wounds All the Time. Now They're Preparing for Active Shootings at Their Own Hospitals](https://time.com/5463358/hospitals-active-shooter-drills/)  
[HEALTH](/section/health/)  
by Jamie Ducharme
* ![TOPSHOT-US-WEATHER-STORM-HARVEY](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt483ce3fc99e3b969/6988dc03bc6cfcff773e2e65/hurricane-harvey-2.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Sep 1, 2017  
## [What Happens When a Hurricane Hits a Hospital: This Week in Health](https://time.com/4923089/what-happens-when-a-hurricane-hits-a-hospital-this-week-in-health/)  
[HEALTH](/section/health/)  
by Alexandra Sifferlin
* ![Rain from Tropical Storm Harvey falls as a firefighter is wheeled to a waiting ambulance after he became fatigued while fighting an office building fire in downtown in Houston, Aug. 28, 2017.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9baf25f28b4d198f/6988db93fb4eac391a8937d5/texas-hurricane-harvey.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Aug 28, 2017  
## [What Happens When a Hurricane Hits a Hospital](https://time.com/4919261/hurricane-harvey-houston-texas-medical-center/)  
[HEALTH](/section/health/)  
by Alice Park
* ![violent-attacks-to-health-care-facilities-are-up-syria-aleppo-hospital](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdb27bbf4b5980f66/6988ce138e06017bb046a6f6/violent-attacks-to-health-care-facilities-are-up-syria-aleppo-hospital.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
May 19, 2017  
## [Attacks on Health Care Facilities Increased in 2016](https://time.com/4785998/violent-attacks-health-care-facilities/)  
[HEALTH](/section/health/)  
by Alexandra Sifferlin  
* ![TIME.com stock photos Health First Aid Kit](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt037a2d17d29dd9c3/69877894cd684867a1098f5e/health-first-aid-kit-1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Feb 1, 2017  
## [The Scary Reason Healthy People Die After an ER Visit](https://time.com/4656619/emergency-room-doctors-hospital/)  
[HEALTH](/section/health/)  
by Mandy Oaklander
* ![The iconic red rectangular TIME logo with the word 'TIME' in white, bold, uppercase serif letters.](/images/missing-image-1x1.svg)  
Nov 1, 2016  
## [This Hospital Empowered NICU Babies With Superhero Costumes](https://time.com/4553028/superhero-icu-babies/)  
by Melissa Locker
* ![Severe Weather Texas](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0c33e77956916011/69888fa22dce01b2179e8b61/severe-weather-texas_wong.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Apr 19, 2016  
## [5 Dead in 'Unprecedented' Houston Floods](https://time.com/4298661/houston-flooding-weather-rain-flash-floods/)  
[U.S.](/section/us/)  
by Rishi Iyengar
* ![The iconic red rectangular TIME logo with the word 'TIME' in white, bold, uppercase serif letters.](/images/missing-image-1x1.svg)  
Mar 31, 2016  
## [How Hollywood Changes Movies to Appease Foreign Censors](https://time.com/4277812/movies-foreign-censors/)  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)  
by The Aspen Institute
* ![Open carry gun rally in Austin, Texas.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltadad24f2806106ac/69887850cd1bba23186fedd4/503101328.jpg?branch=production&width=828&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jan 9, 2016  
## [Texas Now Allows Guns in Mental Hospitals](https://time.com/4174205/texas-guns-mental-hospitals/)  
[U.S.](/section/us/)  
by Denver Nicks  
* ![TIME.com stock health doctor's office patient](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt751cb51a4ac0d9ef/6988604dcf40a8779cc3f555/patient-doctor-office-health-illo.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Dec 3, 2015  
## [Your Mood Can Predict How Well Your Surgery Goes: Study](https://time.com/4131926/your-mood-can-predict-how-well-your-surgery-goes-study/)  
[HEALTH](/section/health/)  
by Alexandra Sifferlin
* ![INDIA-NEPAL-PROTEST-TRADE](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8e1462899dac29e5/69887073a988ca4dc76b53a9/gettyimages-495816922.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Nov 11, 2015  
## [Nepal Border Blockade Leads to Shortage of Medicines](https://time.com/4107703/nepal-border-blockade-india-medicine-fuel-shortage/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Rishi Iyengar
* ![The iconic red rectangular TIME logo with the word 'TIME' in white, bold, uppercase serif letters.](/images/missing-image-1x1.svg)  
Oct 15, 2015  
## [We Might Be on the Verge of a War in Space](https://time.com/4074961/war-in-space/)  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)  
by The Aspen Institute
* ![Empty Hospital Bed in a Ward](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf9029cebf12bea2e/69876449524fc0c68fdea3a7/hospital-room-and-bed.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
May 20, 2015  
## [This website is like a Yelp for hospitals](https://time.com/3891043/yelp-for-hospitals-ratings/)  
[BUSINESS](/section/business/)  
by Fortune
* ![The iconic red rectangular TIME logo with the word 'TIME' in white, bold, uppercase serif letters.](/images/missing-image-1x1.svg)  
May 5, 2015  
## [Are "Micro-Schools" the Future of Education?](https://time.com/3846910/micro-schools-future-of-education/)  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)  
by The Aspen Institute

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