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Pandemic Means More Backyard Fireworks This Year -- And More Danger
Pandemic Puts 'Outdated' Infection Control Practices Under Scrutiny
Pandemic Saw Rise in Kids Swallowing Magnets, Tiny Batteries
Pandemic Silver Lining: Fewer Dangerous Flare-Ups for COPD Patients
Panic Attack or Heart Attack? Here's How to Tell the Difference
Parents of Hospitalized Kids Need More Info on Costs: Study
Patient Care Delayed at Large Hospital Chain After Ransomware Attack
Patients Hospitalized With COVID Face Similar Risks, Regardless of Variant
Patients With Diabetes Need More Counseling on Low Blood Sugar
People Are Avoiding the ER During COVID-19 Crisis at Their Peril: Study
People Die When Hospital Bed Shortages Force Patients Out
People on Dialysis Face Higher Death Risk After Hurricanes
People With Untreated HIV Being Hit Hardest by Monkeypox
Pfizer Begins Trial of COVID Drug Paxlovid in Kids 6 to 17
Pfizer/Moderna Vaccine Protection: 64% at First Dose, 94% at Second
Pneumonia More Deadly Than Hip Fractures for Hospitalized Seniors
Poll Finds Nearly Half of Americans Unprepared for Medical Emergency
Pooch Power: Therapy Dogs Bring Quick Relief in the ER
Poorly Managed Diabetes Raises Odds for More Severe COVID
Pope Francis Discharged From Hospital, Leads Palm Sunday Service
Pope Francis Remains Hospitalized With Respiratory Infection
Post-Hurricane Period Is Dangerous for People With Dementia
Preemie Babies End Up Hospitalized More as Kids
Prescription Steroids Can Pose Dangers for Sickle Cell Patients
Pre-Surgery COVID Precautions Tied to Worse, Not Better, Patient Outcomes
Put Safety at Top of Your Holiday Toy Gift List
Putting Hospitalized COVID Patients on Their Belly May Not Be a Good Idea After All
Quieter ORs May Make for Happier Kids After Surgery
Race, Gender Matter in Receiving Timely Heart Attack Care
Rates of Child Hospitalization Similar Between COVID-19, Flu: Study
Record Number of COVID-19 Hospitalizations Seen in Florida
Red Cross Issues Call for More Blood Plasma to Treat COVID Patients
Red Cross Warns of Severe Blood Shortage
Repeat Infections With COVID-19 May Become the Norm
Routine Ventilation of Surgical Patients Won't Raise COVID Transmission Risk
RSV Respiratory Illnesses Rising for Babies, Experts Warn
Rural Hospitals' ERs Just as Effective as Urban Ones: Study
Safeguarding Your Heart During, After Hurricane Ida
Saline IV Drip Just as Good as Pricier Options in Hospital ICUs: Study
Scientists Design Protective Respirator for Health Care Workers
Scientists Get Closer to a 'Universal' Flu Vaccine
Scientists Spot Clues to Why Omicron Infections Are Milder
Search and Rescue Dogs Fared Well After Working at 9/11 Sites
Secondhand Smoke Is Sending Kids to the ER
'Secondhand Vaping' May Be Unhealthy — Could Public Bans Be Coming?
Seniors Urged to Get Flu Shots as U.S. Cases Rise
Sepsis Raises Odds for Heart Failure After Hospital Discharge
Severe COVID for People Under 45: Who's Most at Risk?
Severe COVID-19 Raises Odds for Dangerous Heart Conditions 10-Fold
Severe Mental Illnesses Often Overlooked at Hospital Admission: Study
Severe Opioid Overdoses Rose by Nearly a Third During Pandemic
Sheltering at Home? Take Steps to Prevent Injuries From Falls
Shoveling Snow Is a Heart Hazard: Protect Yourself
Sickle Cell Puts Black Patients at Higher Risk for Severe COVID
Silent Killer: Watch Out for Carbon Monoxide Dangers This Winter
Silent Killers: Space Heaters, Generators Bring Carbon Monoxide Danger
Skull Fractures, Broken Jaws: 'Beanbag' Rounds Shot at Protesters Cause Severe Harm
Sleep Troubles Hit Health Care Workers During Pandemic
SmartWatches Detect Viral Infection Before Symptoms Surface in Study
Social Distancing Kept Kids From Getting Flu, RSV
Spikes in Blood Pressure Bring Many Americans to the ER
Spring, Summer Is Peak Time for Dogs Biting Kids
Steroid Hydrocortisone Alone May Not Cut Death Risk From Septic Shock: Study
Stressed, Exhausted: Frontline Workers Faced Big Mental Strain in Pandemic
Stroke Appears 8 Times More Likely With COVID Than With Flu
Strokes Hitting COVID Patients Are More Severe: Study
Strong Blood Thinners May Help COVID Patients, But Degree of Illness Is Key
Study Casts Doubt on 'Early Warning' System for Kidney Patients
Study Spots People at High Risk of Severe Breakthrough COVID
Summer Water Fun Can Bring Drowning Risks: Stay Safe
Surge of U.S. Military Medical Personnel to Ease Medical Worker Shortages
Surgery? One Type of Anesthesia Is Preferable During COVID-19 Outbreak
Survivors of Severe COVID Face Doubled Risk for Death a Year Later
Survivors of Severe COVID Face Higher Odds for Another Hospitalization Soon After
Tear in Heart's Aorta Often Deadly, Though Survival Improving
'Telestroke' Care at Hospitals Is Boosting Patient Outcomes
Terrifying Delirium Can Strike Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients
The 988 Mental Health Hotline Is Coming. Is America Ready?
The 'Great Resignation' Is Taking a Toll on U.S. Health Care
The No. 1 Cause of Halloween Injuries: Carving the Pumpkin
There May Be 6 Types of COVID-19
This Super Bowl, Keep Little Hands From Tip-Over TVs
TikTok 'Benadryl Challenge' Has Killed at Least One Teen
Time Is Brain: Mobile Stroke Units Reduce Disability, Study Finds
Time Spent in ICU Linked to Higher Odds for Suicide Later
Time to Angioplasty Is Crucial for Better Heart Attack Outcomes
Today's Seasonal Flu May Descend From 1918 Pandemic Strain
Too Few U.S. Cities Have Good Hurricane Evacuation Plans
Too Often, Victims of Sexual Assault Face High Medical Bills
Too Soon to Tell if Omicron Will End Pandemic: Fauci
Trials Find Full-Dose Blood Thinners May Harm, Not Help, COVID Patients in ICU
Troubling Rise Seen in Both COVID, RSV Cases Among Children
Two Vaccines May Soon Shield Seniors Against RSV
U.S. COVID Cases Fell 60% Since September, But Vigilance Still Needed: Health Officials
U.S. COVID Hospitalizations Pass Last Winter's Peak
U.S. COVID Hospitalizations Reach Record High as California Hospitals Run Out of Oxygen
U.S. COVID-19 Cases Now Top 40 Million
U.S. Flu Vaccinations Hit New Record High This Season
U.S. Health Officials Urge Indoor Masking in Major Cities as 'Tripledemic' Rages
U.S. Hospitals Are Getting Safer for Patients, Study Finds
U.S. Hospitals Under Strain as ER Wait Times Lengthen
U.S. Surgeons' Group Is Working to Save Trauma Victims in Ukraine
U.S. Surgery Rates Rebounded Quickly After Pandemic Shutdowns
U.S. to Release Flu Meds From National Stockpile to Ease Shortages
U.S.-Russia Nuclear War Could Leave 5 Billion Dead Due to Famine
Unhealthy in Your 20s? Your Mind May Pay the Price Decades Later
Up to 50,000 U.S. Kids May Be Hospitalized With COVID-19 by Year's End
Urgent Care or the ER? Which Should You Choose?
VA Hospitals Offer Quality Surgical Care: Review
Vaccinated Have 1 in 13,000 Chance of Breakthrough Case Needing Hospitalization
Vaccines' Power Against COVID Hospitalization Fades in Elderly: Study
Vaccines Saved 37 Million Lives, Mostly Children, Over Past Two Decades
Vaping May Affect Lungs' Lubricant, Making Breathing Tougher
Vaping-Related Lung Injuries Still Happening -- And May Look Like COVID-19
Wearable Device Spots, Reverses Opioid Overdoses
'Weekend Effect' Affects Survival Odds for Rural Stroke Patients
What Happened to the Flu This Year?
What Is a Pulse Oximeter, and Should You Get One to Warn of COVID-19?
What's 'Code Blue'? New Study Finds Some Hospital Staff Mistake Emergency Codes
What's Killing Detainees at U.S. ICE Facilities?
When a Nurse Becomes a COVID Patient: Her Tough Road Back
When Cardiac Arrest Strikes, Survival Odds Are Better at Airports
When Coal-Fired Power Plants Close, Kids With Asthma Breathe Easier
When Popping Champagne at New Years', Watch Out for That Cork
When Rural Hospitals Close, Nearby Hospitals Suffer
When Stroke Team Comes to Patients, Outcomes Improve
Which Americans Are Most (and Least) Prepared for Disasters?
Which Kids Are at Highest Risk From COVID?
Which Kids Are Most Vulnerable to Severe COVID-19?
Which Symptoms Point to Severe COVID-19? Doctors Issue New Update
Who Gets a Flu Shot? Having a Doctor Is Key
Who's at Highest Risk From COVID-19? CDC Updates Its List
Why Do Black Children Get Fewer Scans When They're Seen in ERs?
Why Do Black, Hispanic Newborns Face Higher Health Risks?
Why Do Obese People Have Higher Risk From COVID-19?
Will CPR Save Your Life? Study Offers a Surprising Answer
With 3D Printer, N.Y. Hospital Converts Sleep Apnea Machines Into Ventilators
With Holidays Ahead, COVID Boosters a Must for People With Weak Immune Systems
With 'Twindemic' Looming, 2 out of 5 Americans Plan to Skip Flu Shot
Women Get Help Later Than Men When Heart Attack Strikes
Women Less Likely to Get Best Care for Deadly Form of Stroke
Women Less Likely to Survive Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest
Women, Black Patients Wait Longer in ERs When Chest Pain Strikes
Your Child Is Sick. Do You Call Your Doctor or Head to the ER?
Your Hospital Room Could Affect Outcomes After Surgery
Your Job Could Put You at Much Higher Risk for Flu
Zinc Might Help Shorten Your Cold or Flu, Study Finds
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