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New Billing Practices at San Francisco's Largest Public Hospital Could Help Low-Income Patients Save Money
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Doctors and Nurses Treat Gunshot Wounds All the Time. Now They're Preparing for Active Shootings at Their Own Hospitals
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The Scary Reason Healthy People Die After an ER Visit
It's not because they're old or sick
By Mandy Oaklander
February 1, 2017
This Hospital Empowered NICU Babies With Superhero Costumes
Move over, Batman and Superman, there’s a new batch of heroes
By Melissa Locker
November 1, 2016
5 Dead in 'Unprecedented' Houston Floods
Authorities have declared a state of emergency
By Rishi Iyengar
April 18, 2016
How Hollywood Changes Movies to Appease Foreign Censors
These are today's best ideas
By The Aspen Institute
March 31, 2016
Texas Now Allows Guns in Mental Hospitals
Employees and patients are still prohibited from carrying firearms on the premises
By Denver Nicks
January 9, 2016
Your Mood Can Predict How Well Your Surgery Goes: Study
A new study sheds light on an unexpected factor in surgical outcomes.
By Alexandra Sifferlin
December 3, 2015
Nepal Border Blockade Leads to Shortage of Medicines
Lack of fuel also means firewood must be used to cook food for patients
By Rishi Iyengar
November 11, 2015
We Might Be on the Verge of a War in Space
These are today's best ideas
By The Aspen Institute
October 15, 2015
This website is like a Yelp for hospitals
You can check the grade of your hospital to see how it stacks up against others
By Kia Kokalitcheva/Fortune
May 20, 2015
Are "Micro-Schools" the Future of Education?
These are today's best ideas
By The Aspen Institute
May 5, 2015
Inside Nepal's Hospital Crisis
The country's health care system is under enormous pressure after a deadly earthquake
By Alexandra Sifferlin
April 29, 2015
The Epic Scale of Lobbying Cash
These are today's best ideas
By The Aspen Institute
April 21, 2015
Five Best Ideas of the Day: March 19
1. Instead of fighting about the Iran nuclear talks, Congress and the White House should be planning smart sanctions in case a deal falls through. By Elizabeth Rosenberg and Richard Nephew in Roll Call 2....
By The Aspen Institute
March 19, 2015
U.S. Hospitals Get Better at Preventing Infections
Progress in combatting a worldwide problem
By Alexandra Sifferlin
January 14, 2015
What I Learned From My $190,000 Surgery
The author of "America's Bitter Pill" recounts his own experience with our broken healthcare system
By Steven Brill
January 8, 2015
Five Best Ideas of the Day: January 6
1. China is the key to solving the problem of North Korea. By Christopher Hill in Project Syndicate 2. Squeezing cells to make their walls temporarily permeable could open the door to new cancer and...
By The Aspen Institute
January 6, 2015
George H.W. Bush in Hospital for Christmas
Even so, his day was "terrific" and spent with family
By Elizabeth Barber
December 25, 2014
Nonprofit Hospitals Seize Low-Income Patients' Wages
An investigation reveals the ongoing struggles of people too poor to afford health insurance but no poor enough to qualify for Medicaid
By Denver Nicks
December 19, 2014
Five Best Ideas of the Day: December 17
1. Independent and third party candidates could break D.C. gridlock — if they can get to Washington. By Tom Squitieri in the Hill 2. A new software project has surgeons keeping score as a way...
By The Aspen Institute
December 17, 2014
NHL Teams Postpone Seasonal Hospital Visits
'Tis the season for NHL players to get the mumps
By Elizabeth Barber
December 16, 2014
Power Restored in Detroit
Schools, colleges and public transportation are expected to resume normal operations Wednesday morning
By Rishi Iyengar
December 3, 2014
More Than 5,000 Health Care Workers Attend Ebola Training
"We are having a family meeting"
By Alexandra Sifferlin
October 21, 2014
CDC Considers Sending U.S. Ebola Patients to Special Hospitals
Officials are weighing the possibility in the wake of failures in Dallas, but there is only room for 19 patients
By Alex Altman
October 15, 2014
Five Best Ideas of the Day: October 7
1. Learning from our mistakes: Global response to the current Ebola crisis should improve our handling of the next outbreak. By Lena H. Sun, Brady Dennis, Lenny Bernstein, Joel Achenbach in the Washington Post 2....
By The Aspen Institute
October 7, 2014
Lawmakers Push Increased Access to Emergency Contraception
Bill comes ahead of a midterm elections in which women are expected to be a key voting bloc
By Charlotte Alter
September 23, 2014
Study: Bumpy Surface Lessens Disease Transmission
Bacteria doesn't stick to the sharky material
By Justin Worland
September 17, 2014
This Man Amputated His Own Leg: That's How Bad China's Health Care Crisis Is
The horrifying case of Zheng Yanliang epitomizes the health care crisis in the world's most populous nation
By Emiy Rauhala / Dongzang
September 11, 2014
Joan Rivers Autopsy Inconclusive
The comedien apparently went into cardiac arrest while undergoing a procedure at an outpatient center, and had to be transported to a hospital for emergency care
By Alice Park
September 5, 2014
Chris Pratt Visits Children's Hospital in
Guardians of the Galaxy
Costume
Confirms suspicions that he's perfect
By Samantha Grossman
August 21, 2014
Fed Government Removes Many Hospital Errors from Public Access
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services removed data about many serious hospital errors from public access earlier this month, preventing patients from thoroughly researching the malpractice rate of various hospitals
By Melissa Hellmann
August 6, 2014
Facebook Helps Find Kidnapped Baby
A woman has been arrested for kidnapping a newborn baby from a Canadian hospital after a Facebook user recognized the suspect from an alert that went viral on social media
By Michelle Arrouas
May 28, 2014
Study: 'Barbaric' Lack of Care for Syrian Children
A new report by Save the Children New warns that children in Syria are dying from treatable or preventable diseases that have metastasized in the country during the civil war, which is about to enter its fourth year
By Kharunya Paramaguru
March 10, 2014
Hospitals Struggle With IV Saline Shortage
FDA is working with manufacturers to maintain the supply
By Alexandra Sifferlin
January 29, 2014
Why It's More Deadly to Get Sick at Night Or On Weekends
New research from Mayo Clinic experts shows that you're more likely to die of a heart attack at night or on the weekend. The scientists reviewed nearly 50 studies involving 1,896,859 patients that showed that...
By Alexandra Sifferlin
January 21, 2014
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