By Clarissa Donnelly-DeRoven Eight women — three OB-GYNs, three nurse midwives, one gynecologist and one nurse practitioner — comprise the maternity unit at Mission Hospital McDowell. In the 18-county region that makes up western North Carolina, the McDowell County facility is one of just eight hospitals where someone can deliver […]
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Not long after Dr. Lyssa Ochoa moved to San Antonio to practice medicine, she set a goal of opening a clinic on the South Side, where people are generally sicker and medical facilities much scarcer than elsewhere in the city. And that’s what she did, leaving a stable job at […]
The Fierro family of Yuma, Arizona, had a string of bad medical luck that started in December 2020. That’s when Jesús Fierro Sr. was admitted to the hospital with a serious covid-19 infection. He spent 18 days at Yuma Regional Medical Center, where he lost 60 pounds. He came home […]
Claudia and Jesús Fierro of Yuma, Ariz., review their medical bills. They pay $1,000 a month for health insurance yet still owed more than $7,000 after two episodes of care at the local hospital. Lisa Hornak for Kaiser Health News hide caption toggle caption Lisa Hornak for Kaiser Health News […]
Job seekers looking for careers in the health care industry or as a first responder can connect with critical regional employers hiring on April 27 from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the Slidell Municipal Auditorium, 2056 Second St. “This is a great time to rethink your career options and […]
The study, published Friday in the journal JAMA Health and fitness Discussion board, discovered that the recovery has largely been uneven. Scientists from the College of Washington and the University of Minnesota in contrast turnover prices between April-December 2020 and January-October 2021, working with information from the US Latest Population […]