Blood shortage spurs rationing, threatens patient care in Southern hospitals
(By Alia Paavola for Becker’s Hospital Review) LifeShare Blood Center, a major blood supplier to hospitals in Louisiana, eastern Texas
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Emerging Health Issues
It’s Not Just Measles. What You Should Know About Vaccines For Adults
(By Mara Gordon for NPR) Amid one of the largest measles outbreaks in the U.S. in recent history, vaccines are
Read MoreDealing With Hospital Closure, Pioneer Kansas Town Asks: What Comes Next?
(By Sarah Jane Tribble for Kaiser Health News) FORT SCOTT, Kan. — A slight drizzle had begun in the gray
Read More‘Bottle Of Lies’ Exposes The Dark Side Of The Generic Drug Boom
(By Jonathan Lambert for NPR) Generic drugs are supposed to work just as well as their name-brand counterparts. Once a
Read MoreSurprise! Fixing Out-Of-Network Bills Means Someone Must Pay
(By Julie Rovner for Kaiser Health News) President Donald Trump called on Republicans and Democrats to pass legislation this year
Read MoreGenetically Modified Viruses Help Save A Patient With A ‘Superbug’ Infection
(By Rob Stein for NPR) For the first time, scientists have used genetically modified viruses to treat a patient fighting
Read MoreWhy Making A ‘Designer Baby’ Would Be Easier Said Than Done
(By Richard Harris for NPR) Scientists continue to speak out against the prospect of producing engineered embryos that could lead
Read MoreFixing a ‘market failure’: To develop new antibiotics, upend the incentive structure, experts urge
(By Meghana Keshavan for STAT) LOS ANGELES — Superbugs, and our dwindling arsenal of drugs that can successfully combat them,
Read MoreHow Did We Get Here? 7 Things To Know About Measles
(By Jonathan Lambert for NPR) Americans could be forgiven for not knowing that much about measles. After all, it’s been
Read MoreAs Artificial Intelligence Moves Into Medicine, The Human Touch Could Be A Casualty
(By Richard Harris for NPR) When Kim Hilliard shows up at the clinic at the New Orleans University Medical Center,
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