Last week, Sens. Kamela Harris (D-Calif.) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), both presidential candidates, called attention to the alarmingly high maternal death rates among black women. Both cited institutional racism as the root cause.
The CDC says the number of U.S. measles cases climbed to 880 last week. Most of the new measles cases are reported in New York. This year is already the worst year for measles since it was declared eliminated in the U.S. in 2000.
State lawmakers had a chance Thursday to vote on ensuring that all Californians get the healthcare they need. Instead of rising to the occasion, they punted. No, the matter at hand wasn’t a single-payer bill to provide universal coverage, although that would be a good thing too.
We previously told you about a metro Detroit doctor who is making health care more affordable and personal for his patients. Now, he's added another doctor to his practice.
As a surgeon who specializes in gynecologic cancer, I have performed thousands of operations over my two-decade career. But the ones my team and I have done since the beginning of this year have been the most fulfilling. The reason? A simple yet remarkable adjustment in how we prepare for surgery has forever changed the way we now practice medicine.
At times, Courtney Conner feels like she is raising two tiny daredevils. If her back is turned, her 2-year-old daughter scales the cabinets like a rock climber, or her 3-year-old bounces on the bed like a gymnast and dismounts onto the hardwood floors. Most days are a constant juggle of two toddlers who seem determined to go to the emergency room, so Conner finds comfort living in Greeneville, a small town with two longstanding hospitals.