Dementia patients warned off seeking home care in case Australia’s aged care algorithm cuts funding
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'Multiple patients' after Amazon cargo plane crashes at Miami airport
Video showed thick smoke rising from the plane crash of the Boeing 767 that the Federal Aviation Administration says overran the airport runway in Mia...
Medicare's pilot GLP-1 discount program has a catch. Some sick patients don't qualify
Medicare launched a pilot program that could streamline the process to get GLP-1s, with some seniors paying just $50 a month. But many people with the...
Frustrated GP patients hang up as Yorkshire accent baffles AI receptionist
‘Emma’ the Rotherham chatbot has 17 languages says AI firm – but health watchdog says system struggling with local ‘twangs’Patients in a South Yorkshi...
A Patient’s Final Breath in a Congolese Ebola Ward
The distance between life and death is razor thin at one medical clinic in Rwampara, the heart of the epidemic ravaging the Democratic Republic of Con...
How deep-rooted medical bias creates deadly consequences for addiction patients
Addiction treatments are safe, effective — and rarely offered to patients. That's because many doctors and nurses still view people with alcohol or dr...
Singer Randy Travis Fulfills Cancer Patient's Wish With Surprise Visit
Randy Travis' mark on one of his fans' lives will last forever and ever.
The "Forever and Ever, Amen" singer fulfilled a cancer patient’s lifelong dre...
NHS radiographers report rise in overt racist abuse by patients
Survey reveals medics were called ‘monkeys’ and ‘dirty foreigners’, and patients refused to be seen by black or Asian staffNHS radiographers are exper...
FTC sues Hims & Hers for allegedly sharing patients’ medical data with advertisers Meta and Snap
The U.S. federal consumer watchdog said Hims & Hers, which prescribes for sexual wellness and mental health conditions, used website trackers to share...
Alarm over NHS patients records being placed in hands of US private equity firm
Doctors and MPs urge more scrutiny of £300m deal for company behind system used by most GPs in EnglandA US private equity firm will take control of NH...
'I just wanted to give up': Disabled patients face Medicaid denials from IT errors
Complex computer systems that decide whether people get Medicaid benefits have a history of errors. Now changes to comply with Trump's tax and domesti...
Australian patients’ medical records could be sold on dark web after clinics’ data breach
‘Malicious actor’ obtains sensitive data including Medicare numbers, treatment details and pathology results in cyber-attack on Partnered HealthFollow...
First patients enrolled in record-breaking Ebola treatment trial in DRC
Two drugs are being trialled in the Ituri region in a programme set up just six weeks after the outbreak was declared, with hopes it will reduce morta...
Watchdog warns of risks to patients as private equity’s stake in US healthcare grows
New report details slew of ventures between private equity and nonprofits and calls for greater government oversight A watchdog group is calling for g...
