emergency medicine

"Using emergency departments as primary care physicians' offices is not the most efficient use of anybody's time or money," says...

The busiest hospitals in Houston are increasingly telling emergency responders they cannot safely accept new patients as hundreds of coronavirus...

In Houston more residents are dying before they can make it to a hospital. Medical examiner data shows that an...

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Texas was one of the first states in the nation to ease social distancing mandates. In Houston, the number of...

JAMA study estimates that 35% of excess deaths during pandemic's early months were tied to causes other than COVID-19.

Across the country, authorities are finding that their usual strategies for protecting people against heat-related health problems are in direct...

The emergency declaration is scheduled to expire on July 25, but hospitals say the status should be extended until key...

Compared with patients hospitalized in urban areas, the study found that the risk of death was 21% higher for patients...

Hundreds of people have contacted Amir Moarefi for medical help since the Long Beach, California, ophthalmologist posted his offer on...

ProPublica wanted to know why experts were wrong when they said U.S. hospitals would be overwhelmed by COVID-19 patients.

TeamHealth, a medical staffing firm owned by private-equity giant Blackstone, charges multiples more than the cost of ER care. All...