How the hidden epidemic of violence against nurses affects health care

“Violence is just part of the job. Every nurse and health care worker experiences it at some point.” Sentiments like this echo across American hospitals and health care facilities, capturing…

Survey shows immigrants in Florida – even US citizens – are less likely to seek health care after passage of anti-immigrant laws

Since arriving in the United States four years ago, Alex has worked at a primary care office. He has witnessed firsthand how difficult it was for immigrants to access preventive…

How medical treatments devised for war can quickly be implemented in US hospitals to save lives

For decades, military doctors faced a critical challenge: What’s the best way to safely and effectively deliver oxygen to patients in remote combat zones, rural hospitals or disaster-stricken areas? Oxygen…

Response to CEO killing reveals antipathy toward health insurers − but entire patchwork system is to blame for ill feeling

The U.S. health care system leaves much to be desired. It is convoluted, fragmented, complex and confusing. Experts have also raised concerns about quality, and disparities are rampant. And, of…

Taxpayers spend 22% more per patient to support Medicare Advantage – the private alternative to Medicare that promised to cost less

Medicare Advantage – the commercial alternative to traditional Medicare – is drawing down federal health care funds, costing taxpayers an extra 22% per enrollee to the tune of US$83 billion…

Seeing the human in every patient − from biblical texts to 21st century relational medicine

Patients frequently describe the U.S. health care system as impersonal, corporate and fragmented. One study even called the care delivered to many vulnerable patients “inhumane.” Seismic changes caused by the…

Health on the ballot as Argentina poised to elect ‘anarcho-capitalist’ bent on slashing social protections

The front-runner heading into Argentina’s presidential vote on Oct. 22 is prone to wielding a chain saw – both physically and metaphorically. Javier Milei, a right-wing libertarian whose brash demagoguery…