By Clarissa Donnelly-DeRoven Since 2005, 181 rural hospitals across the country have shut their doors permanently — 56 of those between 2017 and 2020. Scholars at the North Carolina Rural Health Research Program and the Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research at UNC Chapel Hill watch the issue closely. Two researchers recently decided […]
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A combination of luck and risk-taking quickly propel small medical clinic to forefront of Covid testing
By Tony Mecia, The Charlotte Ledger To see the lines of cars weaving through parking lots of StarMed testing centers all over Charlotte, it might be tempting to think that the company running the show is drawing on a deep reservoir of healthcare experience. In fact, it’s a relative newcomer, an unlikely overnight sensation that […]
No break from Covid: Metro Atlanta medical officials urge vaccinations
A 70-yr-outdated gentleman recently entered a metro Atlanta healthcare facility soon after a slide. He subsequently tested optimistic for Covid. So did his daughter, who drove him to the medical center. Eight other family members associates also tested beneficial. Branstetter 3 of the 10 died, reported Dr. Danny Branstetter, health-related director of infection avoidance for […]
Keep it real when explaining Omicron to older people
By Thomas Goldsmith Given the near constant emergence of new permutations of COVID and the rise of the Omicron variant of the virus, a Duke clinician says he sticks to verifiable, often common-sense paths during conversations with people such as his own grandparents, who are in their 90s and living in long-term care. As with […]
Effort to Vaccinate Kids Stalls as Omicron Surges | Healthiest Communities Health News
By Rachana Pradhan and Hannah Recht The national effort to vaccinate children has stalled even as the omicron variant upends schooling for millions of children and their families amid staffing shortages, shutdowns and heated battles over how to safely operate. Vaccination rates vary substantially across the country, a KHN analysis of the federal data shows. […]
COVID Fatigue: Are You Among the ‘Vaxxed & Done’? | Health News
By Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter (HealthDay) MONDAY, Jan. 17, 2022 (HealthDay Information) — You’ve gotten vaccinated. You’ve gotten boosted. You have on your mask, preserve social distancing, wash your palms — you do almost everything you’ve got been asked to do to guard oneself and other individuals. And you are totally fed up. If that […]