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Doctors on alert as dengue fever cases surge in NZ
RNZ
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August 5, 2025
The Asian tiger mosquito is one of the vectors responsible for transmitting dengue fever. Photo: SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY Doctors are being warned to be on alert for people with symptoms of dengue fever as the number of cases in New Zealand surges....
Hospital worker fled UK ‘never to be seen again’ after girl died under his watch
Oxford Mail
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Ruth Szymankiewicz died at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford on February 14, 2022 while she was a patient at Huntercombe Hospital – also known as Taplow Manor – in Berkshire. The 14-year-old suffered from an eating disorder and had been placed...
Doctors on alert as dengue fever cases surge among people returning from overseas
RNZ
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August 5, 2025
The Asian tiger mosquito is one of the vectors responsible for transmitting dengue fever. Photo: SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY Doctors are being warned to be on alert for people with symptoms of dengue fever as the number of cases in New Zealand surges....
Nurses’, midwives’ future intertwined with Ghana’s prosperity – Lecturer
Ghana News Agency
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August 4, 2025
By Godfred Aaneamenga Polkuu Pusu-Namongo (U/E), Aug. 04, GNA – Dr Francisca Achaliwie, a Senior Lecturer at the School of Nursing and Midwifery at the Clement Kubindiwo Tedam University of Technology and Applied Sciences (CKT-UTAS), says the...
Hospital denies neglect in death of mother, baby
The Manila Times
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August 4, 2025
LAPU-LAPU CITY — Just weeks after a pregnant woman and her baby died due to alleged medical neglect in two Cebu province-run hospitals, another maternal death has triggered public outrage — this time in this highly urbanized city. Officials of the...
Nurses union advances at UPMC's Magee-Womens Hospital
WVIA - Pennsylvania
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August 4, 2025
About 1,000 nurses at Magee-Womens Hospital are set to decide whether they'd like to be represented by SEIU Healthcare Pennsylvania later this month. The organizing effort at one of the region's leading labor and delivery centers is the latest in...
Hospital first to launch oncology services in region
The Express Tribune
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August 4, 2025
ABBOTTABAD: In a major development for the citizens of Hazara Division, Azad Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan, Ayub Teaching Hospital has formally launched cancer treatment services. This makes Ayub Teaching Hospital becomes the second MTI (Medical...
Hospital gave birth to Marble Falls boom
Daily Trib - Texas
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August 4, 2025
The Baylor Scott & White Medical Center in Marble Falls celebrated its 10th anniversary on Aug. 3, 2025. Staff photo by Dakota Morrissiey Aug. 3 marked a decade since the opening of Baylor Scott & White Medical Center near the Texas 71-U.S. 281...
Doctors Without Borders CEO Stunned By ABC's Bizarre Question On Gaza Starvation
HuffPost
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August 4, 2025
A medical aid leader was left stunned during an ABC interview on Sunday, in which her description of Gaza’s desperate humanitarian and starvation crisis was met with a question about the criminality of Hamas posting a video of a malnourished...
New Spencer Hospital Emergency Department focuses on patient privacy, comfort
Charles City Press - Iowa
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August 5, 2025
Public tours of new facility to be held Aug. 5 and Aug. 7 By staff | on August 04, 2025 Nick Lowrey, Staff Writer Sara Ellis describes some of the features of the two trauma bays in Spencer Hospital’s new Emergency Department. (Photos by Nick...
Hospital margins hold steady in Q2 as providers face expense pressures, physician practices show mixed gains
DOTmed
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U.S. hospitals and physician practices wrapped up the second quarter of 2025 with steady financial performance, according to new data from Strata Decision Technology analyzing more than 1,850 hospitals and 152,000 physicians. Operating margins...
Exposure to nanoplastics could induce spread of Alzheimer’s disease from the brain to other other organs
The National Tribune
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August 5, 2025
Monash University A new preclinical study has found exposure to nanoplastics (tiny plastic particles) can rapidly progress Alzheimer’s disease and, subsequently, spread from the brain to other key organs such as the liver, heart and gut. The...
Monadnock Community Hospital named among top five most beautiful in the country
WMUR 9 - New Hampshire
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August 5, 2025
FEUD THURSDAY ON ABC. MONADNOCK COMMUNITY HOSPITAL IN PETERBOROUGH IS BEING HONORED AS ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL HOSPITALS IN THE ENTIRE COUNTRY. IT WAS RANKED NUMBER FIVE, GETTING NEARLY 35,000 VOTES IN THE CONTEST PUT ON BY SOLIANT HEALTH. THE...
Hospital staffer shot in Mohakhali dies after 3 days
Daily Star
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August 4, 2025
Tue Aug 5, 2025 12:42 AM Last update on: Tue Aug 5, 2025 12:59 AM Star Online Report Tue Aug 5, 2025 12:42 AM Last update on: Tue Aug 5, 2025 12:59 AM A hospital employee who was shot inside the National Institute of Diseases of the Chest and...
Roche Reveals New Data from Alzheimer’s Disease Research at AAIC 2025
Pharmaceutical Technology
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August 4, 2025
Roche announced on July 28, 2025 that it presented new data from its development portfolio for Alzheimer’s disease (AD) at the 2025 Alzheimer’s Association International Conference (AAIC), held in Toronto, Canada, on July 27–30. The company is...
The Philippines: Digital Platforms Transform Healthcare Access
OpenGov Asia
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August 4, 2025
The Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) is accelerating the use of digital platforms and technology to enhance healthcare and government services for overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) and their families. This transformation supports President...
Mapping Journeys To Support Culturally Safe Healthcare
The National Tribune
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August 5, 2025
Researchers at the University of Adelaide are embarking on a new project to investigate the implementation of journey mapping. Journey mapping is the process of recording different stages of health journeys. It enables all aspects of health...
Doctors urge Granite Staters to take precautions during poor air quality
WMUR 9 - New Hampshire
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August 4, 2025
People in New Hampshire with respiratory conditions or who are sensitive to poor air quality were urged to take precautions Monday because of air quality alerts triggered by smoke from Canadian wildfires.An air quality alert day is determined when...
Hospital Parking Garage Mistakenly Charged A Woman Nearly $8,000 For A 45-Minute Visit
Jalopnik
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August 4, 2025
Parking in Los Angeles is a well-known hassle, but imagine being charged nearly $8,000 by an automated machine that wrongfully showed that you were parked there for three years. That's what happened to Cate Daniels last Friday after a 45-minute...
Two dead, 58 sick in growing cluster of Legionnaires' disease in Harlem
Spectrum News NY1 - New York
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August 5, 2025
A second person has died from Legionnaires' disease, according to the city's Department of Health. At least 58 people have also been diagnosed since July 25 as part of a growing cluster of cases in Harlem, officials said. The condition is caused...