Two years ago, the East Central Alabama Area Health Education Center sought out to bring a Remote Area Medical Clinic to Gadsden. “We were within two weeks of having this clinic when Gov. (Kay) Ivey shut the state down, so we had to table this,” Angela Anderson, ECAAHEC’s director, recalled. […]
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Pandemic disruptions mean many older adults still haven’t gotten needed health care
Newswise — They had the appointments on their calendars, for weeks or months, to see their doctor or dentist, or to have an operation, procedure or medical test. But the pandemic disrupted those plans for around 30% of older adults with a scheduled appointment for each of these kinds of […]
Consumers Opted Out of Needed Medical Care
Most consumers typically access healthcare at their primary physician or doctor. In fact, 61% of consumers saw their primary physician or doctor in the last 12 months, in person or online, according to Wellness And Affordability, a PYMNTS report with research sponsored by CareCredit. Get the report: Wellness And Affordability: […]
Thousands of nurses and hundreds of doctors needed in New Mexico
Austin Fisher | Source New Mexico 5 times heroes surprised health care workers and patients A hospital is the last place you think you’re going to be surprised with your service member’s homecoming. Militarykind, USA TODAY In November, a primary care physician prescribed Cameron Mozafari Lexapro, a medication used to […]
Volunteers, donors needed for free medical clinic in Olean | News
OLEAN — Karen Fohl is a recruiter at heart. She helped start the Olean General Hospital Foundation in 1997, and as president for 20 years, oversaw an operation that raised more than $40 million. Over her many years at the hospital she also led a successful recruitment program for physicians, […]
Medical professionals needed for Special Olympics Healthy Athletes Program
RENO, Nev. (KOLO) – Special Olympics Nevada (SONV) wants to make sure all athletes are living their healthiest and happiest lives. “Those with intellectual disabilities are sometimes misdiagnosed, they’re the ones that have a very hard time getting proper healthcare,” Harry Mong, Senior Director of Programs and Partnerships with the […]
The fourth ‘W’ needed to defeat the virus
Experts have made us all familiar with the three Ws we need to follow during the pandemic: wash your hands, wear a mask, watch your distance. If we’re going to defeat this virus, we need to add a fourth W to that list: Wait to go back to work until […]
Contact tracing volunteers needed in Franklin County
Franklin County Public Health is looking for more contact tracers to help keep up with calls, as their team will need more help keeping up with calls. Katie Strack, director of public health in Franklin County, says 100 contacts could be connected to just one positive COVID-19 case, and they’re […]
Overnight Health Care: White House coronavirus task force says ‘significant behavior change’ needed of Americans | HHS working with Biden on transition | 6.4 million COVID-19 vaccine doses expected to be shipped to states by mid-December
Welcome to Tuesday’s Overnight Health Care. The White House coronavirus task force says Americans need to significantly change their behavior to reduce COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths. States could receive the first shipment of COVID-19 vaccines — about 6.4 million doses — by mid-December. Meanwhile, global flu infections have hit […]
In Sabah, donations needed to maintain programme that helps poor patients get to hospital for check-ups
PETALING JAYA, Oct 19 — Ayesha* has only one wish for the future: To live long enough to see her twin children grow up. The 33-year-old hotel worker who lives in Labuan has been fighting a hard battle with retroviral disease since she was diagnosed in 2008. Retroviral disease is […]
‘Traumatised’ paramedics needed counselling at height of Covid pandemic
Paramedics have been left “traumatised” during the coronavirus pandemic after patients died unnecessarily because they had delayed seeking treatment. Patients have been reluctant to go to hospital through fears of both overwhelming the NHS and contracting the virus, Paul Younger, the chairman of the College of Paramedics, said. “The last […]
‘I needed to be on that field’: Hempfield girls lacrosse coach talks about breast cancer fight | Food + Living
General guidance for when women should begin getting mammograms is between ages 40 to 45. Claudia Ovchinnikoff, at 43 last fall, knew in the back of her mind she should schedule the first mammogram of her life. “I was supposed to get a mammogram last fall, in 2019,” Ovchinnikoff said. “I never went. … I put it off. I had no symptoms. I’m […]
The U.S. Health Care System Is Designed To Fail When It’s Needed Most
The American health care system leaves us all vulnerable to massive costs and uneven access, even under the best of circumstances. But when the economy goes south, things get really awful. The novel coronavirus pandemic and the United States’ feckless response to the outbreak has triggered a historic economic downturn […]
Sugar tax extension needed to make junk food crackdown work, Boris Johnson warned
Eating a high fat western-style diet can impair brain function and encourage overeating, scientists claim: Getty A refusal to slap a sugar tax on more fattening products will fatally undermine a new crackdown on junk food, Boris Johnson has been warned. The prime minister – who once vowed to fight […]
Masks compulsory in England today but police won’t be needed to enforce rule, minister says
Police are not expected to be called in to enforce the compulsory wearing of face masks in shops in England from Friday, a minister has said. – OLI SCARFF/AFP Police are not expected to be called in to enforce the compulsory wearing of face masks in shops in England from […]
At least 120,000 Americans are needed to test COVID-19 vaccines; a ‘very encouraging’ 107,000 have signed up
At a time when some Americans are concerned about the safety of a COVID-19 vaccine, tens of thousands have already volunteered to help bring one into existence. As of last week, more than 107,000 people had signed up to take part in testing. “That’s why we’re optimistic that we’re going to […]
At least 120,000 Americans are needed to test COVID-19 vaccines. A ‘very encouraging’ 107,000 are so far signed up.
At a time when some Americans are concerned about the safety of a COVID-19 vaccine, tens of thousands have already volunteered to help bring one into existence. As of last week, more than 107,000 people had signed up to take part in testing. “That’s why we’re optimistic that we’re going to […]
‘They needed people’ – Brazil volunteers step up to test COVID-19 vaccine
By Eduardo Simões SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Luiz Augusto Rizzo, 29, is no specialist in infectious diseases, but he is part of perhaps the most important scientific endeavor in the world today: the hunt for a vaccine against the novel coronavirus. The pediatric surgeon is one of 2,000 volunteers in […]