When the fall semester begins this month at the University of South Florida, the USF College of Public Health will offer a first-of-its-kind, university-based bachelor's degree in health care simulation operations. The curriculum is offered in conjunction with the USF Center for Advanced Medical Learning and Simulation (CAMLS), one of the world's largest free-standing health care simulation facilities, according to the university.
Police are looking for a man accused of stealing a car parked outside a Gardner hospital Monday afternoon, while a child was still inside it. Officers responded Monday afternoon to reports of a car stolen from Heywood Hospital with a child inside. The suspect, who police did not identify, stole the car at Heywood Hospital, drove a short distance and ordered the child to exit the vehicle.
Advertisements promoting the abortion pill will be at gas stations across West Virginia and Kentucky over the next few weeks. Mayday Health, a New York-based health education nonprofit, will run the ads at 104 rural gas stations through Sept. 7. The campaign started Aug. 11. The advertisements say 'Pregnant? Don't want to be? Learn more at Mayday Health.'
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Last month, the agency told Whoop that its tracker is operating as a medical device, and must therefore get FDA certification. Whoop pushed back. "Blood Pressure Insights is a wellness feature, not a medical device," it said at the time. "It's designed to help you understand how your body responds to daily life, not to diagnose or treat any condition."