By Wafaa Shurafa and Samy Magdy | Associated Press DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — Reem Abu Hayyah, just three months old, was the only member of her family to survive an Israeli airstrike in the Gaza Strip late Monday. A few miles (kilometers) to the north, Mohamed Abuel-Qomasan lost his wife and their twin babies … Read more
Two Texas women have filed federal complaints against hospitals, including one in Arlington, alleging denial of necessary care for their life-threatening ectopic pregnancies. Both women claim they have suffered life-changing injuries as a result. Represented by the Center for Reproductive Rights, these complaints are the first of their kind since the overturning of Roe v.Wade.Allegations … Read more
When 20-year-old Paco Rojas woke up in his hospital bed at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, the catastrophic crash that landed him there on Nov. 3, 2023 was a blur. That night, a drunk driver traveling 150 mph on the I-280 ramp slammed into his red Toyota GR86, busting the gas tank and igniting the … Read more
For most of the summer, COVID levels in California and the Bay Area have been high. Test positivity rates have reached 14.3%, growing over 2 percentage points from the week before, according to Friday’s update from the California Department of Public Health. That’s the highest the positivity rate has been in a year. After rising … Read more
MUMBAI: Insurance regulator Irdai has brought in several reforms in health covers aimed at improving service standards for policyholders. The new norms will require insurers to approve cashless claims within an hour and provide final authorisation for discharge from a hospital within three hours.Insurers will also need to provide a one-month grace period for annual … Read more
SAN JOSE — As the closure of critical life-saving programs at Regional Medical Center — including its trauma center — looms, community groups are calling on California Attorney General Rob Bonta to intervene. The pressure on the AG comes a little over a month after Santa Clara County officials pleaded with the state to halt … Read more
It was a regular Tuesday in spring, sunny and warm, and a little foggy at the coast. But as April 2, 2024 came to a close, a silent victory emerged: the day had passed without a single Californian dying from COVID. Over the next several weeks, as death certificates were filed and processed, it would … Read more
By Amanda Seitz and Allen G. Breed | Associated Press WILLIAMSTON, N.C. — Weeds have punctured through the vacant parking lot of Martin General Hospital’s emergency room. A makeshift blue tarp covering the hospital’s sign is worn down from flapping in the wind. The hospital doors are locked, many in this county of 22,000 fear … Read more
Medics treating critically ill babies and children are citing instances of “considerable moral distress” that they say is being caused by the actions of a rightwing Christian group involved in several end-of-life court cases. The Guardian’s north of England editor, Josh Halliday, tells Hannah Moore that while the Christian Legal Centre is not be a … Read more
Sakata, Yamagata Pref. – Prime Minister Fumio Kishida visited a hospital in northeastern Japan on Sunday to learn firsthand about the situation surrounding local medical services. At Nihonkai General Hospital in the city of Sakata, Yamagata Prefecture, Kishida inspected reception work for which the number of staff was reduced through the use of My Number … Read more