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• 1 in 3 U.S. Public Health Workers Feels Threatened During Pandemic

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• 1 in 5 Avoided Health Care During Pandemic, Study Finds

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• 1 in 5 Hospitalized NYC COVID-19 Patients Needed ICU Care

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• 11 States Could Face ICU Doc Shortages as Coronavirus Cases Surge

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• 7 Out of 10 Hospitalized COVID Patients Will Have Long-Haul Symptoms

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• Across America, Black People Have Worse Health Outcomes

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• After an ICU Stay, Social Support Crucial for Seniors' Survival

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• Always Be Ready for a Trip to the ER

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• Americans Still Avoiding ERs in Pandemic, But Uptick Seen in Mental Health Crises

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• America's ER Docs Warn of Surge in Patients Due to 'Tripledemic'

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• America's ERs Are Jammed, Affecting Patients on Other Wards

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• Amid a Surge in RSV Cases, Hopes for a New Vaccine

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• Another Study Casts Doubt on 'Convalescent Plasma' as COVID-19 Treatment

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• Appendicitis Often Spotted Later in Black Patients

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• As Omicron Rages, How Important Are Case Counts Anymore?

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• As Omicron Spreads, Child Hospitalizations Climb 30% in Past Week

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• As U.S. Vaccinations Rise, Hospitals Ease Restrictions on Visitors

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• Asthma Isn't a Risk Factor for Worsening COVID-19: Study

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• Asthma May Not Boost Odds of Severe COVID-19

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• At One Hospital, ICU Workers' PPE May Have Kept Coronavirus at Bay

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• Average COVID Hospital Bill for U.S. Seniors Nearly $22,000

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• 'Awareness' Under C-Section Anesthesia May Be Less Rare Than Thought

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• B 11/21 -- Which Kids With COVID Will Get Very Sick?

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• Bedside COVID-19 Test Faster Than Standard PCR Test

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• Bedside Manner Even More Important for Hospital Patients Admitted Via the ER

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• Biden to Strengthen Push for Vaccine Mandates in New COVID Plan

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• Big Weight Loss May Help Prevent Severe COVID-19

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• Big Worry for Folks Heading to Hospital: Who'll Care for My Pet?

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• Bike-Linked Head Injuries Plummet for U.S. Kids, But Not Adults

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• Black Kids Face Higher Odds of Post-Op Complications Than White Kids

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• Black Nursing Home Residents More Likely to Need Hospital Care

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• Blacks, Asians More Likely Than Whites to Have Severe COVID

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• Blacks, Hispanics Account for More Than Half of COVID Deaths: Study

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• Blood Pressure Meds Can Affect COVID-19 Care

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• Blood Test Might Spot Most Dangerous COVID-19 Cases

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• CDC Director Warns of Dire Winter Ahead for COVID Hospitalizations, Deaths

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• Cheap Antidepressant Might Help Keep COVID Patients Out of Hospital

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• Cheap, Effective Ventilator Made From Ambulance 'Resuscitation Bags'

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• Clues to Rare Disorder Affecting Kids With COVID-19

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• Conservatorships Keep the Homeless in Psychiatric Wards Too Long: Study

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• Coronavirus Takes Aim at Fat Cells, Study Shows

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• Could a Quick Breathalyzer Test for COVID-19 Be on the Way?

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• Could Binge Drinking Set Your Heart Rhythm Off-Kilter?

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• Could Hospital Visit Records Help Docs Spot ADHD, Autism Early?

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• Could Men's Testosterone Play Role in COVID Survival?

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• Could the 'Alzheimer's Gene' Raise Risks for Severe COVID-19?

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• COVID Booster Cuts Death Rate by 90%, Israeli Study Finds

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• COVID Can Affect Brains of Hospitalized Kids

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• COVID Can Be More Deadly for Hospitalized Trauma Patients

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• COVID Hospitalizations Rising in Kids Too Young for Vaccine

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• COVID Infection Unlikely From Hospital Surfaces: Study

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• COVID Patient Survival Falls When Local Area Has Higher Caseload: Study

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• COVID Plus 'Bleeding' Stroke Doubles a Patient's Death Risk

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• COVID Vaccines Cut Odds of Hospitalization By Two-Thirds

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• COVID-19 Fears Had Sick, Injured Americans Avoiding ERs

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• COVID-19 ICU Patients Have High Risk of Clots, Research Shows

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• COVID-19 Ills No Greater for Those With Lupus, Rheumatoid Arthritis

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• COVID-19 Is Far More Lethal, Damaging Than Flu, Data Shows

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• COVID-19 Jitters Shouldn't Keep You From the Emergency Room

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• COVID-19 Patients Rarely Survive Cardiac Arrest: Study

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• COVID-19 Takes Heavy Toll on Kidneys

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• Crowded Emergency Rooms Cost Lives: Study

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• Daily Average of COVID Hospitalizations in US Hits 100,000

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• Delirium May Be Only Sign of Severe COVID in Elderly: Study

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• Dexamethasone Can Help the Sickest COVID Patients Survive. So Why Are Too Few Getting It?

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• Dirty Air Could Raise COVID Risks for People With Asthma, COPD

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• Do Women or Men Make the Best Doctors?

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• Doctors Often Miss Signs of Type 1 Diabetes in Kids

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• Does an Arthritis Drug Help Patients Battling Severe COVID? It Depends on the Study

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• Double Lung Transplants Save Lives of Sickest COVID Patients

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• Early Dialysis Doesn't Improve Outcomes With Acute Kidney Failure

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• Early U.S. Vaccine Rollout Saved 140,000 Lives, Prevented 3 Million COVID Cases

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• Emergency Care Vs. Urgent Care: What's the Difference?

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• ERs Can Boost Efforts to Stamp Out Opioid Addiction

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• Even When Cancer Is in Remission, Patients' Risks of Severe COVID Rise

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• Even When Stroke Centers Are Near, Black Americans Often Lack Access

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• Even Without Symptoms, COVID Infection Raises Risks for Trauma Patients

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• Extremely Low Incidence of COVID Hospitalization After Vaccine, Boosters: Study

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• Fewer Suicide-Related ER Visits in COVID Era, and That Has Experts Worried

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• Finding a Doctor Is Tough and Getting Tougher in Rural America

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• First 10 Days After Hospital Discharge Especially Risky for COVID Survivors

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• 'Flattening the Curve' Saves More Lives Than Thought

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• Flipping the Odds: Turning Patients Prone Helps Fight COVID-19

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• Genetic Sign of Aging Linked to Risk of Fatal COVID

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• Give Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients Blood Thinners to Help Save Lives: Study

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• Giving Birth During the Pandemic? Facts You Need to Know

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• Had COVID or Gotten Vaccine? Hospitalization Is 'Extremely Uncommon'

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• Heart Attack Cases at ERs Fall by Half – Are COVID Fears to Blame?

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• Heart Damage Seen in Many Hospitalized COVID Patients: Study

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• Heart Troubles Ease Over Time in Kids With MIS-C

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• High Blood Pressure Doubles Odds That COVID Will Be Severe

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• High Blood Sugar Ups COVID Risks, Even in Non-Diabetics

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• High-Tech Drug Infusion Pumps in Hospitals Vulnerable to Damage, Hackers

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• High-Tech Socks Could Prevent Falls in At-Risk Patients

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• Hospitalizations for Teens With Eating Disorders Rose Sharply During Pandemic

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• Hospitalizing the Unvaccinated Has Cost U.S. Nearly $6 Billion

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• Hospitals Full, Doctors Treated Her Severe COVID-19 at Home

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• Hospitals: One Reason COVID Is More Lethal for Black Americans

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• Hot Days Can Send Even Younger Folks to the ER

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• How Climate Change Could Put More MS Patients in Danger

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• How Hospitals Can Cut Patients' Falls

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• How Moving the Homeless to Hotels During the Pandemic Helps Everyone

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• How Much Will That Hip Replacement Cost? Many Hospitals Still Aren't Saying

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• How One Hospital Kept COVID Transmissions at Nearly Zero

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• How Phone Calls Could Boost Survival for Heart Failure Patients

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• How the Pandemic Changed Breast Cancer Care

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• Hurricanes Leave Rise in Hospitalizations in Their Wake

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• Hurricanes Threaten Many U.S. Coastal Hospitals With Serious Flooding

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• ICU Bed Shortages Could Mean More COVID-19  Deaths

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• If Protections Expire, COVID Patients Could Soon Face Big Medical Bills

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• Infusion of Certain Immune Cells May Help in Severe Coronavirus Cases

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• Is COVID-19 Causing More People to Suffer Heart Attacks at Home?

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• It Can Take Weeks for Some Patients With Severe COVID to Recover Consciousness

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• Keeping Same Nurse for All Home Health Care May Be Crucial for Dementia Patients

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• Kids' Hospitalizations Accompany Rising Unemployment Rates: Study

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• Kids With Uncontrolled Asthma at Higher Odds for Severe COVID-19

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• Knowing What to Expect May Help After Sexual Assault

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• La COVID más un ACV hemorrágico duplican el riesgo de muerte de un paciente

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• Language Can Make the Difference Between Home, Hospital Care: Study

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• Laughter As Medicine: Clowns Help Hospitalized Kids Cope

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• Long COVID, Big Bills: Grim Legacy of Even Short Hospital Stays

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• Long Distance to Care Can Mean Worse Outcomes for Young Cancer Patients

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• Long-Haul COVID Symptoms? Getting Vaccine Won't Make You Feel Worse, Study Finds

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• Loss of Smell May Signal Milder Case of COVID-19: Study

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• Low-Dose CT Scans Can Diagnose Appendicitis

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• Lying Prone Can Help Hospitalized COVID Patients, But Many Can't Sustain It

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• Many Cases of 'Penicillin Allergy' Might Be Mistaken

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• Many COVID-19 Patients Given Useless Antibiotics: Study

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• Many Hospital Workers Infected With Coronavirus Don't Show Symptoms

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• Many Hospitalized COVID Patients Will Need Longer-Term Care at Home

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• Many Older Americans With Heart Failure Take 10 or More Meds

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• Many Pre-Surgery Tests Are Useless, So Why Are Hospitals Still Using Them?

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• Many Recovering COVID Patients Show Signs of Long-Term Organ Damage

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• Minorities Hit Hardest by COVID-19, Study Confirms

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• Minutes Mean Months: Getting Stroke Care Fast Is Vital, Study Confirms

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• Months After New Rule, More Than Half of U.S. Hospitals Still Don't Disclose Prices Online

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• More COVID Casualties: Stroke Victims Who Put Off Treatment

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• More Kids Injured by Tiny Magnets After Sales Ban Was Lifted: Study

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• More Pot-Linked Poisoning Cases as Edibles' Popularity Booms

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• Most Injured Workers Resume Jobs After Recovery, But Finances Suffer

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• Most Severe COVID Cases Involve Neuro Issues, and They're More Often Fatal

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• Nearly 1 in 3 U.S. Hospital Personnel Still Unvaccinated

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• Nearly 1 in 4 Hospital Patients Have Harmful Event During Their Stay

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• New COVID Cases Were 300% Higher This Labor Day Weekend Than Last Year

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• New Way to Blast Kidney Stones Can Be Done in Doctor's Office

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• Number of U.S. Kids Hospitalized With COVID Is Likely Overcounted: Study

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• Nurses Can Make the Difference for New Moms' Breastfeeding

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• Odds for Emergency Room Visits Rise With Pot Use

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• Odds of Hospitalization, Death With COVID-19 Rise Steadily With Age: Study

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• Omicron Resists Pfizer Vaccine But Causes Less Severe Disease: Study

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• On-the-Road Help: 'Mobile Stroke Units' Are Saving People's Lives

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• Out-of-Pocket Medical Bills for COVID-19 May Average $3,800 in 2021: Study

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• Pandemic Causing Dangerous Delays in Care When Appendicitis Strikes Kids

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• Pandemic Has ER Docs Stressed Out and Weary: Survey

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• Pandemic Has U.S. Hospitals Overwhelmed With Teens in Mental Crisis

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• Pandemic Having More Impact on U.S. Hospitals Than Thought: Study

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• Pandemic Is Tied to Big Rise in U.S. Heart Deaths

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• Pandemic Puts 'Outdated' Infection Control Practices Under Scrutiny

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• Parents of Hospitalized Kids Need More Info on Costs: Study

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• Patient Care Delayed at Large Hospital Chain After Ransomware Attack

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• Patients Hospitalized With COVID Face Similar Risks, Regardless of Variant

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• People Die When Hospital Bed Shortages Force Patients Out

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• People With Untreated HIV Being Hit Hardest by Monkeypox

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• Pfizer Begins Trial of COVID Drug Paxlovid in Kids 6 to 17

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• Pfizer/Moderna Vaccine Protection: 64% at First Dose, 94% at Second

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• Pneumonia More Deadly Than Hip Fractures for Hospitalized Seniors

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• Pooch Power: Therapy Dogs Bring Quick Relief in the ER

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• Poorly Managed Diabetes Raises Odds for More Severe COVID

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• Preemie Babies End Up Hospitalized More as Kids

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• Prescription Steroids Can Pose Dangers for Sickle Cell Patients

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• Putting Hospitalized COVID Patients on Their Belly May Not Be a Good Idea After All

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• Quieter ORs May Make for Happier Kids After Surgery

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• Rates of Child Hospitalization Similar Between COVID-19, Flu: Study

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• Record Number of COVID-19 Hospitalizations Seen in Florida

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• Red Cross Issues Call for More Blood Plasma to Treat COVID Patients

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• Red Cross Warns of Severe Blood Shortage

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• Routine Ventilation of Surgical Patients Won't Raise COVID Transmission Risk

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• RSV Respiratory Illnesses Rising for Babies, Experts Warn

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• Rural Hospitals' ERs Just as Effective as Urban Ones: Study

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• Saline IV Drip Just as Good as Pricier Options in Hospital ICUs: Study

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• Scientists Spot Clues to Why Omicron Infections Are Milder

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• Secondhand Smoke Is Sending Kids to the ER

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• Sepsis Raises Odds for Heart Failure After Hospital Discharge

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• Severe COVID for People Under 45: Who's Most at Risk?

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• Severe Mental Illnesses Often Overlooked at Hospital Admission: Study

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• Severe Opioid Overdoses Rose by Nearly a Third During Pandemic

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• Sheltering at Home? Take Steps to Prevent Injuries From Falls

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• Sickle Cell Puts Black Patients at Higher Risk for Severe COVID

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• Sleep Troubles Hit Health Care Workers During Pandemic

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• Stressed, Exhausted: Frontline Workers Faced Big Mental Strain in Pandemic

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• Strokes Hitting COVID Patients Are More Severe: Study

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• Strong Blood Thinners May Help COVID Patients, But Degree of Illness Is Key

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• Study Casts Doubt on 'Early Warning' System for Kidney Patients

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• Study Spots People at High Risk of Severe Breakthrough COVID

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• Surge of U.S. Military Medical Personnel to Ease Medical Worker Shortages

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• Surgery? One Type of Anesthesia Is Preferable During COVID-19 Outbreak

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• Survivors of Severe COVID Face Doubled Risk for Death a Year Later

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• Survivors of Severe COVID Face Higher Odds for Another Hospitalization Soon After

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• 'Telestroke' Care at Hospitals Is Boosting Patient Outcomes

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• Terrifying Delirium Can Strike Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients

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• The 'Great Resignation' Is Taking a Toll on U.S. Health Care

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• There May Be 6 Types of COVID-19

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• Time Spent in ICU Linked to Higher Odds for Suicide Later

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• Too Soon to Tell if Omicron Will End Pandemic: Fauci

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• Trials Find Full-Dose Blood Thinners May Harm, Not Help, COVID Patients in ICU

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• U.S. COVID Cases Fell 60% Since September, But Vigilance Still Needed: Health Officials

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• U.S. COVID Hospitalizations Pass Last Winter's Peak

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• U.S. COVID Hospitalizations Reach Record High as California Hospitals Run Out of Oxygen

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• U.S. COVID-19 Cases Now Top 40 Million

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• U.S. Hospitals Are Getting Safer for Patients, Study Finds

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• U.S. Hospitals Under Strain as ER Wait Times Lengthen

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• U.S. Surgery Rates Rebounded Quickly After Pandemic Shutdowns

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• Up to 50,000 U.S. Kids May Be Hospitalized With COVID-19 by Year's End

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• Urgent Care or the ER? Which Should You Choose?

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• Vaccinated Have 1 in 13,000 Chance of Breakthrough Case Needing Hospitalization

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• Vaccines' Power Against COVID Hospitalization Fades in Elderly: Study

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• 'Weekend Effect' Affects Survival Odds for Rural Stroke Patients

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• What's 'Code Blue'? New Study Finds Some Hospital Staff Mistake Emergency Codes

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• When a Nurse Becomes a COVID Patient: Her Tough Road Back

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• When Rural Hospitals Close, Nearby Hospitals Suffer

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• When Stroke Team Comes to Patients, Outcomes Improve

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• Which Kids Are at Highest Risk From COVID?

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• Which Kids Are Most Vulnerable to Severe COVID-19?

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• Who's at Highest Risk From COVID-19? CDC Updates Its List

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• Why Do Black Children Get Fewer Scans When They're Seen in ERs?

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• Why Do Black, Hispanic Newborns Face Higher Health Risks?

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• Why Do Obese People Have Higher Risk From COVID-19?

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• With 3D Printer, N.Y. Hospital Converts Sleep Apnea Machines Into Ventilators

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• Women Get Help Later Than Men When Heart Attack Strikes

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• Women Less Likely to Survive Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest

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• Your Hospital Room Could Affect Outcomes After Surgery

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