Vaccinating children in Africa and Mexico against one of the most common causes of diarrhoea – a germ called rotavirus – has been shown to cut cases of diarrhoea and reduce deaths from diarrhoea-related illness in children. Is it now time to add the vaccine to the UK childhood vaccine schedule?What do we know already?Even [...]
An eight-year old boy in Uttar Pradesh was treated for tuberculosis for two years when he was actually suffering from cancer, a senior doctor at the Balrampur Hospital said.
MILWAUKEE, Jan. 29 /PRNewswire/ — Aurora St. Luke’s Medical Center has been identified by HealthGrades as a 2010 recipient of the Distinguished Hospital Award for Clinical Excellence. HealthGrades awards this title to facilities that rank in th…
MILWAUKEE, Jan. 29 /PRNewswire/ — Aurora St. Luke’s Medical Center has been identified by HealthGrades as a 2010 recipient of the Distinguished Hospital Award for Clinical Excellence.
FRIDAY HARBOR, Wash., Jan. 29 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — State of Washington Department of Health (DOH) officials approved a Certificate of Need for a new critical access hospital on San Juan Island. The new facility will be owned and operated by Peace…
ROOSEVELT, N.Y., Jan. 29 /PRNewswire/ — Parabit Systems Inc. is pleased to announce the successful installation of Secure Cares Infant Protection Systems in three major hospitals on Long Island.
Good Samaritan Hospital is operating the full system pr…
HARRISBURG, Pa., Jan. 29 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The mental health advocacy and provider communities in Pennsylvania support the decision by the PA Department of Public Welfare (DPW) to close Allentown State Hospital (ASH), an institution for people…
The death of an Ontario teen while being rushed to hospital should be a wake-up call for Canadians that emergency care standards are needed across the country, said a group representing ER doctors.
HARRISBURG, Pa., Jan. 28 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Acting Secretary of Public Welfare Harriet Dichter today announced plans to close Allentown State Hospital in Lehigh County by Dec. 31.
Dichter said the closure is part of Pennsylvania’s commitment to…
Higher Medicare copays, sometimes just a few dollars more, led to fewer doctors visits and to more and longer hospital stays, a large new study reveals.