Friday briefing: Why attacks on hospitals from Ukraine to Lebanon now happen with impunity
In today’s newsletter: The legal protections once considered foundational in conflict are now routinely bypassed, with healthcare personnel treate...
Hackers stole ‘significant’ amount of data from tech firm relied on by thousands of US hospitals and pharmacies
Edinburgh-based tech firm Craneware said customer data was stolen during a cyberattack. The company makes software that thousands of U.S. hospitals, p...
Hospitals in England declare critical incidents as machines and IT fail in heat
Extreme weather breaks MRI scanners and cooling units, as workload rises for sleep-deprived staff on sweltering wardsDoctors have sounded the alarm ov...
Searing UK heat leaves schools, hospitals and transport networks struggling to cope
Temperature on Tuesday hits high of 34.6C in Surrey, England, with heatwave forecast to get more intense on Wednesday and ThursdaySearing heat has swe...
States tell Albanese government that NDIS changes could mean people with disabilities are shifted into hospitals
Plan to move 240,000 people off scheme leads states and territories to jointly warn they can’t ‘deliver like-for-like services to people who are exite...
‘Significant breakthrough’: NHS hospitals adopt faster, more accurate bladder cancer test
Five hospitals in England and Wales have switched to test taken at home, rather than invasive hospital procedureNHS hospitals are using a new way of d...
Hospitals in England ranking highly for empathy ‘have better patient outcomes’
Research suggests NHS trusts with higher empathy ratings also benefit financially and have improved staff wellbeingPatients and staff fare better at h...
Three Lebanese hospitals hit by Israeli forces in under a week
Airstrikes in south of country kill nine people and wound another 150, most of them medical staffMiddle East crisis – live updatesThree hospitals in s...
General Hospital's Kate Mansi Confirms Exit From Show
Kate Mansi is clocking out.
After three years playing General Hospital's Kristina Corinthos-Davis—the daughter of mob boss Sonny Corinthos (Maurice B...
NYC Health and Hospitals says hackers stole medical data and fingerprints during breach affecting at least 1.8 million people
The New York public healthcare system said hackers stole personal and medical data, and scans of biometrics — including fingerprints — in one of the l...
As ranks of uninsured grow, charity care can be hard to come by at many hospitals
An investigation of hospital data and charity care programs shows most Minnesota hospitals provide little financial aid to patients and often make ass...
GPs and hospitals in England to be required to share data to create single patient records
Wes Streeting says legislation will save lives, but GPs are concerned about liability for errors introduced by other providersGPs and hospitals will b...
Chemical leak at a W.Va. plant kills 2 people, sends 30 more to hospitals, officials say
The leak occurred at the Catalyst Refiners plant, a silver recovery business. An emergency management official says workers were preparing to shut dow...
