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Hamilton Medical Center nationally recognized for commitment to providing high-quality stroke care
Dalton Daily Citizen - Georgia
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August 5, 2025
Published 8:30 am Tuesday, August 5, 2025 Hamilton Medical Center (HMC) has received the American Heart Association’s Get With the Guidelines – Stroke Gold Plus quality achievement award for its commitment to ensuring stroke patients receive the...
Welcheck Health and Fertility Center begins free nationwide ...
Modern Ghana
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Welcheck Health and Fertility Centre has officially launched its first nationwide medical outreach campaign, offering free health screening services to Ghanaians, with the inaugural event held in Accra. The initiative marks a significant milestone...
Affordable Health Insurance Can Be A Deal-Breaker For Early Retirement
Forbes
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Explore your options for health insurance before you retire getty If you’re contemplating early retirement before Medicare eligibility at age 65, you’re going to need a good health insurance plan. Such a plan can help prevent catastrophic medical...
Adult CPR, Other Health Education Classes Offered in Chestertown
The Chestertown Spy - Maryland
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August 5, 2025
“Saving Lives Together: Adult CPR Basics for Community Heroes” is set for August 11,1 to 3 p.m. One of many classes offered by University of Maryland Shore Regional Health’s (UM SRH) Rural Health Education program, this non-certification class...
Bill to combat tick-borne diseases named for former Sen. Kay Hagan
Spectrum News - North Carolina
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August 5, 2025
Tick-borne illnesses can be extremely dangerous, and they are on the increase. Legislation in Congress aims to combat the problem, and it’s named after Kay Hagan, the former North Carolina senator who died from a tick-borne disease. What You Need...
Cause of mystery disease that wiped out billions of Pacific sea stars now pinpointed
KGW 8 - Oregon
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August 5, 2025
Starting in 2013, a wasting disease caused a mass die-off from Mexico to Alaska, devastating more than 20 species. The sunflower sea star was worst hit. WASHINGTON — Scientists say they have at last solved the mystery of what killed more than 5...
Garrett Regional Medical Center Announces New Lyme Disease Navigation Services
Deep Creek Times - Maryland
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Garrett Regional Medical Center (GRMC) is proud to announce the launch of its new Lyme Disease Navigation Services, made possible through the generous support of Don and Elizabeth Morin. The newly established service will serve as a vital resource...
Former homeless man shares success story during Aiken Rural Health resource event
The Post & Courier - South Carolina
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“Before, I was struggling, I made the bad decisions and kind of gave up on life.” This is what Martaz Hall said on the morning of Aug. 4 at Rural Health Service’s annual Healthcare for the Homeless event, reflecting on the way it has affected him....
NBC 5 Responds answers your Medicaid questions
NBC 5 Chicago - Illinois
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Starting next year, major changes are coming to the Medicaid program, and many residents have serious questions about those changes. Most of the questions center on how coverage could be impacted, and NBC 5 Responds is taking those questions to...
U of L Health delays South End birthing center “indefinitely,” citing Medicaid cuts
WFPL - Kentucky
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August 5, 2025
City and state officials swung ceremonial sledge hammers last September to ring in the next stage of renovations for a birthing center at Mary & Elizabeth Hospital in Louisville's Hazelwood neighborhood. Hospital officials promised South End...
Mahama calls for scaling up African homegrown solutions for health challenges
Ghana News Agency
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August 5, 2025
By Iddi Yire Accra, Aug 5, GNA – President John Dramani Mahama has advocated the scaling up of African homegrown solutions for health challenges. He said the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the African Medicine Agency, the...
Serious viral fish disease found in fishing pools at vineyard near Stourbridge affecting all kinds of carp - full details here
Express & Star
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August 5, 2025
A serious viral fish disease affecting all varieties of carp has been found in fishing pools at a vineyard near Stourbridge. The Fish Health Inspectorate (FHI) have found Koi herpesvirus (KHV) disease in fish at the fishing pools at Halfpenny...
A $2.5 billion pledge makes women's health a priority in Gates Foundation spend-down
Nahsville Ledger - Tennessee
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August 5, 2025
VOL. 49 | NO. 32 | Friday, August 1, 2025 Innovations on the horizon in women's health show what's possible with more investment. With the help of ultrasound equipment powered by artificial intelligence, frontline health care workers may be able...
Legionnaires' disease outbreak spreads: See Ohio case…
The Times Reporter - Ohio
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A Legionnaires’ disease outbreak in New York City has resulted in two deaths and 58 illnesses. Legionnaires’ disease, a severe form of pneumonia caused by Legionella bacteria, is spread through inhaling contaminated water droplets. Ohio has...
AMA, other medical associations kicked out of CDC vaccine workgroups
Tribune Chronicle - Ohio
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NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. health officials have told more than a half-dozen of the nation’s top medical organizations that they will no longer help establish vaccination recommendations. The government told the organizations on Thursday via email that...
Economic Watch: Healthcare tourism unleashes momentum for China's silver economy
Xinhua News Agency
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This photo taken on Aug. 4, 2025 shows the "Integrated Development of Healthcare Tourism and the Silver Economy" forum during the 2025 Entrepreneurs Sun Island Annual Conference in Harbin, capital city of northeast China's Heilongjiang Province....
Spain holiday crisis: Balearic doctors demand a healthcare tax for tourists in summer, Mallorca pressure mounts
Majorca Daily Bulletin
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August 5, 2025
Miguel Lázaro, the president of the Balearic medical union, says that in other European countries there is a healthcare co-payment for attending hospital emergency departments ‘if you skip out-of-hospital services’. The Balearic government says...
Specialty-trained gynecologist aims for earlier diagnoses and stronger connections at UW Health Kids
Madison Reporter - Wisconsin
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August 5, 2025
Alan Kaplan, Chief Executive Officer | U. of Wisconsin Hospital and ClinicsAlan Kaplan, Chief Executive Officer | U. of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics Dr. Katie O’Brien, one of only two specialty-trained pediatric adolescent gynecologists in...
More people sickened in Harlem Legionnaires' disease cluster
USA Today
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A Legionnaires' disease cluster in New York City has grown, with two deaths and more than 50 others sickened so far, officials said. The New York City Department of Health said in an update Aug. 4 that 58 people in Central Harlem have been...
Uttarkashi Cloudburst: Health Dept On High Alert, Specialist Doctors Rushed For Relief Efforts
MENAFN
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August 5, 2025
(MENAFN- IANS) Dehra Dun, Aug 5 (IANS) In response to the devastating cloudburst that struck Dharali village in Uttarkashi district on Tuesday, the Uttarakhand government has activated an emergency health response under the direct supervision of...