Kat Stafford Associated Press A new initiative aimed at increasing the number of Black Americans registered as organ donors and combating disparities among transplant recipients was announced Thursday by a coalition that includes the four medical schools at the nation’s historically Black colleges and universities. The collaboration follows a National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and…
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A new initiative aimed at increasing the number of Black Americans registered as organ donors and combating disparities among transplant recipients was announced Thursday by a coalition that includes the four medical schools at the nation’s historically Black colleges and universities — including the Morehouse School of Medicine in Atlanta. The collaboration follows a National…
You can take all the right steps and still get a big medical bill, of course. To keep financial trouble at bay, try the following. Never automatically pay a hospital or provider bill. That’s because a doctor’s office or other facility should first send their invoice directly to your insurance—Medicare, supplemental Medicare, Medicare Advantage, or…
If a nurse makes a medical error that causes your loved one to get sick or die, should she be held criminally liable and go to prison? It’s a question at the center of a heated debate as former Tennessee nurse RaDonda Vaught is set to be sentenced this month for her role in a…
European Union flags fly outside the European Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, April 10, 2019. REUTERS/Yves Herman/File Photo Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register BRUSSELS, May 3 (Reuters) – The European Commission wants to make health data easier to access by 2025 for patients, medics, regulators and researchers in a bid to…
There hasn’t been enough research on how much protection a fourth dose can offer, medical professionals told CNBC. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Countries are beginning to offer a fourth dose of the Covid-19 vaccine to vulnerable groups, but medical professionals are undecided on whether it would benefit the wider population. The U.S. Food and…
I walked into the hospital room of a patient I had been assigned that morning. Noah, an adorable boy with dark, coiled hair, had severe autism. His mom was sitting on the hospital bed with Noah sleeping soundly on her lap. He’d been admitted for only a few hours, but a lot had already happened.…
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV) – Medical bills continue to cripple families in our community and new data from the Urban Institute shows the impact is felt much more keenly in communities of color. Our months-long WBTV investigation has shed light on the massive expenses faced by people who spent mere hours in the hospital. But an…
BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) – According to the Louisiana Board of Pharmacy, when Louisiana expanded the types of medical marijuana patients can use, there was a 60% increase in patients in the first quarter of this year compared to the end of 2021. But what about those patients and their employers? “We’ve had medical marijuana…
The United States faces a looming doctor shortage. According to a recent report from the Association of American Medical Colleges, we could be short as many as 124,000 physicians in the next 12 years. There are several reasons for the growing gap between doctor supply and patient demand, but the main one is demographic. Between…