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News Articles: hospital

A team of nurses, patient care technicians and a respiratory therapist prepare to return a COVID patient to their back after 24 hours of lying on their stomach. That posture makes it easier to breathe and is a critical part of treatment for COVID patients in hospitals.

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  • Health

Intimate portraits of a hospital COVID unit from a photojournalist-turned-nurse

Alan Hawes hopes his photos of health care workers and COVID patients will show the toll of this pandemic — and convince the unvaccinated to get their COVID shots.

December 26, 2021
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  • Victoria Hansen
Atrium Health Navicent

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  • Health Care

No answers from Atrium Health Navicent on executive pay changes, hospital authority appointments

Are Atrium Health Navicent executives about to get a pay raise? It’s hard to tell.

December 08, 2021
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By:
  • Laura Corley
A droplet falls from a syringe after a health care worker was injected with the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine last year at a hospital in Providence, R.I.

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  • Health

A N.Y. Hospital Will Stop Delivering Babies As Workers Quit Over A Vaccine Mandate

Lewis County General Hospital in upstate New York is pausing maternity services later this month after dozens of staff members quit because they refused to get a COVID-19 vaccine.

September 13, 2021
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By:
  • Jaclyn Diaz
Nurses feed newborn babies rescued and brought to Ataturk National Children's Hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan, on May 15, 2020, after their mothers were killed in an attack on a maternity ward operated by Doctors Without Borders. The health-care nonprofit runs clinics and hospitals in various parts of the country.

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  • Global Health

Afghanistan's Health Care Is In 'Limbo' Following Taliban Takeover, Says MSF Rep

Filipe Ribeiro of Doctors Without Borders Afghanistan talks to NPR about the future of the country's health care system under Taliban rule.

August 20, 2021
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By:
  • Mary Louise Kelly,
  • Patrick Jarenwattananon,
  • and 1 more

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  • Economy

The Untamed Rise Of Hospital Monopolies

America has seen decades of consolidation of its hospitals, raising prices for consumers. President Biden now wants to do something about it.

July 20, 2021
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By:
  • Greg Rosalsky
People gather as a massive fire engulfs the coronavirus isolation ward of al-Hussein hospital in the southern Iraqi city of Nasiriyah, late on Monday.

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  • Middle East

More Than 60 People Are Dead After A Hospital Fire In A Southern Iraqi City

On Monday, flames swept through outbuildings of the al-Hussein Teaching Hospital in Nasiryah that had been set up to isolate COVID-19 patients.

July 13, 2021
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By:
  • Ruth Sherlock
statue, fountain, and sign outside St. Joseph's Hospital in Savannah

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  • Technology

Attack Highlights Need For Hospital Cybersecurity

St. Joseph's/Candler Health System in Savannah is still recovering from a June 17 cyberattack, though patient care continues.

June 29, 2021
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  • Emily Jones
Latasha Taylor visits the cemetery where her mother, uncle, and aunt are buried, in Dawson, Ga. All three died of COVID-19 in 2020.

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  • Health Care

Georgia Today: Hospital Shutters During Pandemic, Leaving Two Georgia Counties With One Ambulance

More than a year into the pandemic, it’s clear its impacts hit some communities much harder than others. People of color have died in greater numbers in many parts of the state, and COVID-19 death rates are often higher in rural areas with a shortage of medical facilities. On the latest Georgia Today podcast, host Steve Fennessy and Olivia Goldhill, an investigative reporter who covers the pandemic for Stat News, explore how hospital closures are hampering some counties’ efforts to combat the pandemic in southwest Georgia.

June 04, 2021
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  • Steve Fennessy and
  • Jess Mador
Priyali Sur, 29 weeks pregnant, at home in Delhi on April 30.

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  • Global Health

She Was Pregnant. She Was Sick. And In India, She Had Nowhere To Go

A pregnant journalist investigates and finds many pregnant, COVID-positive women can't access life-saving healthcare during the country's deadly second wave.

May 18, 2021
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  • Priyali Sur
Iraqis in the holy shrine city of Najaf on Sunday mourn relatives killed during a massive fire at a Baghdad hospital dedicated to COVID-19 patients.

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  • Middle East

Iraqi Leader Orders Investigation Of Baghdad Hospital Fire That Killed More Than 80

A massive fire at a hospital dedicated to COVID-19 patients also left more than 100 people injured. Amid calls for action by international organizations, the prime minister ordered an investigation.

April 25, 2021
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  • Jeannette Muhammad
Interpreter Ana Maria Rios-Velez demonstrates the screening app at the front entrance of Brigham and Womens Hospital in Boston. It has a multilingual function to better communicate with non-English speaking patients and staff.

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  • Health

The Pandemic Imperiled Non-English Speakers In A Hospital

Data from a Boston hospital showed that Latino patients who did not speak English well had a 35% greater risk of death from COVID-19. The hospital has added interpretation capacity.

April 24, 2021
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By:
  • Martha Bebinger
Dry ice will be used to help keep the Pfizer vaccine at ultracold temperatures.

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  • National

At Hospitals, A Race To Save 'Hundreds Of Thousands' Of Lives With New Vaccine

With the first COVID-19 vaccine doses expected to be shipped out within days, health care providers are scrambling to prepare for an unprecedentedly high-stakes vaccine rollout.

December 09, 2020
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By:
  • Sarah McCammon
GPB News NPR

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  • Global Health

More People Can Access Surgery. That's Great For Them, Awful For The Planet

With surgical care on the rise globally, researchers worry the energy-consuming procedures will have a negative impact on the climate. But they say there are ways to make them more energy efficient.

November 17, 2020
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By:
  • Joanne Lu
Marissa Tuping, a rural midwife, and Risa Calibuso, right, arrive in Nueva Vizcaya Provincial Hospital on July 21. Calibuso gave birth to her son moments later.

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  • Global Health

The Philippines Has A Policy Against Home Births. It's Not Playing Well In A Pandemic

The "No Home Birth" policy was created to reduce maternal and newborn mortality rates. But critics say it makes giving birth expensive and complicated — especially during the coronavirus crisis.

October 25, 2020
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By:
  • Xyza Cruz Bacani
Georgia lawmakers are considering changes to the way the state approves new hospitals and medical facilities.

Changes To Hospital Approval Process Could Affect Patient Care

Georgia lawmakers are considering changes to the way the state approves new hospitals and medical facilities. GPB’s Cindy Hill spoke with Charles Owens,...

January 25, 2019
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  • Cindy Hill
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