Iowa Attorney General Brenna Byrd, Ohio Republican Sen. J.D. Vance (left), Alabama Republican Sen. Tommy Tuberville (second from left), and Representative Nicole Malliotakis (R.N.Y.). ), right, speaks with Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall at a press conference across from the Manhattan Criminal Courthouse in New York, Monday, May 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Stephen Jeremiah) The Gazette uses Instaread to provide audio versions of our articles. Some words may be mispronounced. Imagine you are looking for a nursing home to house a loved one. Many of us have actually been there, so there's no need to imagine. you ask. The nursing home…
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As the U.S. healthcare industry continues to experience intravenous fluid shortages in the wake of Hurricane Helen, a West Virginia hospital system has its own plan to conserve intravenous fluids, which are widely used throughout medical procedures. said a representative from the state hospital association. . Hospitals asked to conserve IV fluids after Baxter manufacturing plant in North Cove, North Carolina, closes Due to hurricane damage. This factory is the country's largest manufacturer of both intravenous fluids and dialysis fluids. “Hospitals are implementing organization-specific plans to conserve IV fluids,” said Harry Morgan, vice president of quality and data services for…
update October 11, 2024: For purposes of these interim recommendations, we have defined which staff are considered “U.S.-based health care personnel.” The health department added that people may choose to postpone the initial risk assessment conducted by CDC staff on people tested at a U.S. port of entry. Avoid non-essential visits to a U.S. health facility (such as elective surgery) until 21 days have passed since your last stay in a Rwandan health facility. Since your last stay in a Rwandan health facility Once the 21-day period ends, the following advisory has been added: If you have less than 21…
NYU Langone Health and the New York City Department of Education (DOE) have begun a collaboration that brings two important new programs to DOE's HE3AT initiative in Brooklyn. HE3AT stands for Healthcare, Energy, Education, Environment, Agriculture, Technology and is designed to give high school students the opportunity to explore the social, political, technological, and economic complexities of various industries. The new program at NYU Langone Hospital in Brooklyn focuses on preparing Brooklyn South High School students for careers in clinical research and nursing. The HE³AT curriculum educates students in the basic principles of healthcare through visits to local institutions. This…
On October 8, 2024, Vice President Harris proposed expanding Medicare to provide home health care to help families struggling with the costs of long-term care. If passed, it would be the first major expansion of Medicare since the Medicare Modernization Act of 2003, which added prescription drug benefits to the program. Vice President Harris is proposing creating a new home health benefit for Medicare-eligible people. Under the proposal, Medicare recipients would be eligible for new benefits if they are unable to perform activities of daily living such as bathing or eating, or if they have a severe cognitive impairment such…
FARGO — North Dakota has joined a group of 20 states suing to block a Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services rule that requires nursing homes to be staffed 24 hours a day.Nursing homes are required by Congress to have eight hours of continuous staffing per day, according to a Wednesday, Oct. 9, announcement from North Dakota Attorney General Drew Wrigley's office. The new rules require increased staffing levels to 24 hours a day and a higher ratio of nursing staff to residents, “which results in 97% of nursing homes not complying,” the release states. listed.“This final rule poses an…
FOX 1st: Former Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal says if the Harris administration moves forward with Medicare for All, more than 12 million undocumented immigrants will join the program and pay into it. They warn that it will affect Americans. , and invite more illegal immigrants to the United States.“The cost of the program will be even higher. It will be more difficult to see a doctor. Spending will increase by $2 trillion. It will lead to significant cuts in health care providers. It will have a devastating impact,” he told FOX. News Digital interview. “And in the middle of all…
Microsoft on Thursday unveiled several Microsoft Cloud artificial intelligence enhancements for healthcare innovation, including new healthcare AI models in Azure AI Studio, new healthcare data capabilities in Microsoft Fabric, and developer tools in Copilot Studio. Announced. Many of the artificial intelligence enhancements are available in preview. At a media briefing on Tuesday, company executives also revealed details about the company's collaboration with Epic, an AI-powered nursing workflow company. “Across the broader healthcare and life sciences industry, these advances will dramatically enhance patient care and improve the ability of clinicians to “It's rekindling the joy of practicing medicine for many people.”…
Kenya's pursuit of universal health coverage has evolved over three decades through gradual reforms. But the boldest step to date was in 2022, when the government embarked on a complete overhaul of the health system under President William Ruto's economic transformation agenda. The new Social Health Insurance Fund, which will be introduced nationwide from October 2024, aims to provide quality healthcare to all Kenyans, replacing the 58-year-old National Health Insurance Fund. A new system based on the Social Health Insurance Law passed in 2023 requires everyone to enroll in health insurance. This is supported by regulations that require all Kenyan…
Urbanization is the movement of people from rural areas and hinterlands to cities and the steady increase in the proportion of urban residents (Eckert and Kohler, 2014, Adewoyin, Chukwu and Sanni, 2018). The proportion of people living in cities around the world has steadily increased from 13% in 1900 to 29% in 1950 to 49% in 2005, and by 2030, 60% of the population will be urban residents. (Aliyu et al., 2017, Aliyu and Amadou, 2017). This trend reflects the growth in urban population from 220 million in 1900 to 732 million in 1950. Over time, urban areas have served…