COVID worsened a health crisis among pregnant women VIEW
In 2021, deaths of pregnant women soared by 40 percent in the U.S. Here’s how one family coped after the virus threatened a pregnant mother.
Rural hospitals, such as one in Toppenish, shuttering maternity units VIEW
TOPPENISH, Wash. — Three days before Christmas, the only hospital in this remote city on the Yakama Indian Reservation abruptly closed its maternity unit without...
LASIK patients should be warned of complications, FDA draft says
Draft recommendations by the FDA describe dry eyes, visual disturbances and other side effects from LASIK eye surgery. Surgeons say the benefits are being ignored.
Older Adults Grapple With Substance Abuse
Deaths due to substance abuse, particularly of alcohol and opioids, rose sharply among older Americans in 2020, federal health researchers reported Wednesday.
As the pandemic drags on, Americans struggle for new balance
Americans want to get back to normalcy and are unwilling to let COVID rule their lives any longer. But the virus has not gone away,...
Masks cut COVID spread in schools, study finds
A research paper details a so-called natural experiment that occurred when all but two school districts in the greater Boston area lifted mask requirements.