The New Old Age
Why Older Pedestrians Fare Worse in Car Crashes
People age 65 and up are more likely than other age groups to die after being hit by a vehicle.
Emergency Medicine
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Violence Against Healthcare Workers and Staffing Shortages Fuel Hospital Strikes
Healthcare workers at a Michigan hospital have been on strike since last September. Violence on the job is one reason behind it, with federal data showing hospital workers are seven times as likely to be injured on the job due to violent acts as members of the general working population.
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What Geriatric Emergency Departments Do Differently
These specialized units can help keep older patients out of the hospital, lower their healthcare costs, and more.
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Earlier Lifeline for Rural Hospitals Faces Test Under 鈥楤ig Beautiful鈥 Law
A century-old rural Michigan hospital converted to a stripped-down model Congress created to help keep small facilities afloat, then it closed. The emergency hospital model, created a few years ago, is stabilizing some hospitals, arrived too late for others, and now faces major challenges under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.
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Trump Administration Demands Hospitals Share Emergency Room Records
The tiny federal agency that tracks consumer product safety is pressuring hospitals to turn over patient records from emergency room visits, including about injuries that have nothing to do with consumer products.
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Pregnant Woman鈥檚 Roadside Death Triggers Push To Reopen Mississippi Delta Hospital
The deaths of Harmony Ball-Stribling and her unborn daughter five years ago have galvanized local leaders determined to reopen a Mississippi Delta hospital. But once a rural community loses a hospital, bringing it back can be nearly impossible.
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She Struggled To Get a Lifesaving Drug Even After Insurers Vowed To Help
Margaret Hvatum ended up in the hospital after her insurer denied coverage of a medicine she relies on to boost her immune system. Hvatum got entangled in the preapproval process, which the insurance industry has vowed to improve.
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A Trump Stronghold Grapples With Health Risks of ICE Detention Sites
Several rural communities were thrust into a charged national debate over the Trump administration鈥檚 mass deportation strategy when federal officials sought to place new detention centers in them. In Social Circle, Georgia, locals fear the effort will overburden its modest healthcare infrastructure.
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Trump鈥檚 $50B Rural Health Bet Meets a Healthcare Desert in North Carolina
Republicans promise that $50 billion in new health funding will help rural America. But it鈥檚 not expected to aid the years-long effort in North Carolina鈥檚 Martin County to reopen its only hospital.
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Journalists Shed Light on Deadly Hantavirus Outbreak and a Crisis in the Nation鈥檚 ERs
吃瓜不打烊 journalists made the rounds on national and local media recently to discuss topical stories. Here鈥檚 a collection of their appearances.
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An Urgent Care Treated Her Allergic Reaction. An ER Monitored Her 鈥 For $6,700.
A bug bite and an allergic reaction ultimately sent a North Carolina woman to the emergency room, where she had a couple of brief chats with a doctor and a dose of medicine. Now she questions why the charges were so high.
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A 鈥楤arbaric鈥 Problem in American Hospitals Is Only Getting Bigger
Patients are getting stuck in the emergency department for days while waiting for a spot in an inpatient ward.
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Journalists Talk Hot Health Topics: Urgent Care Clinics Performing Abortions and Doulas’ Pay
吃瓜不打烊 journalists made the rounds on national and local media recently to discuss topical stories. Here鈥檚 a collection of their appearances.
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For Many Patients Leaving the ICU, the Struggle Has Only Just Begun
A long stay in intensive care can bring physical, cognitive, and mental health challenges that can take months or longer to resolve.
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More Kids Are in ERs for Tooth Pain. Trump Cuts and RFK Jr.鈥檚 Anti-Fluoride Fight Aren鈥檛 Helping.
Dentists, hygienists, and researchers say a shortage of rural dental care professionals and worsening oral hygiene since the covid-19 pandemic mean more kids are ending up in the emergency room for tooth decay.
By Farrell Brenner and Angela Y. Zhang Culture Wars Take Center Stage
Episode 429With lawmakers still mired over renewing enhanced tax credits for Affordable Care Act plans, much of Washington has turned to culture war issues. Meanwhile, 鈥渃onfusion鈥 remains the watchword at HHS as personnel and funding decisions continue to be made and unmade with little notice. Anna Edney of Bloomberg News, Joanne Kenen of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and Politico Magazine, and Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico join 吃瓜不打烊鈥 Julie Rovner to discuss those stories and more. Also this week, Rovner interviews 吃瓜不打烊鈥 Elisabeth Rosenthal, who wrote the latest 鈥淏ill of the Month鈥 report.
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Medical Bills Can Be Vexing and Perplexing. Here鈥檚 This Year鈥檚 Best Advice for Patients.
As the crowdsourced investigative series from 吃瓜不打烊 approaches its eighth anniversary, 鈥淏ill of the Month鈥 offers its top takeaways of 2025 to help patients manage, decipher, and even fight their medical bills.
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After Outpatient Cosmetic Surgery, They Wound Up in the Hospital or Alone at a Recovery House
Some patients who had liposuction or other surgeries later required emergency hospital care 鈥 and some died, court records show.
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Scorpion Peppers Caused Him 鈥楥rippling鈥 Pain. Two Years Later, the ER Bill Stung Him Again.
Homemade hot sauce sent a Colorado man to the emergency room with what he called 鈥渢he worst pain of my life.鈥 But stomach cramps were only the beginning. Two years later, the bill came.
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Call 911 or Risk Losing the Baby? Raids Force Some Immigrants To Avoid Care
More immigrants in New Orleans and Mississippi are skipping important health care appointments and experiencing heightened stress amid federal immigration raids.