‘Should I go to the ER or urgent care?’: Ask a doctor When sudden and severe sickness requires immediate care, the two most common options are to visit an urgent care or to head to a hospital emergency room — but how do you know which is best? 10/26/2024 - 9:17 am | View Link
Appleton is getting an urgent care just for kids. Here's what to know, and when it expects to open The new pediatric urgent care will be at the Children’s Wisconsin Appleton Clinic and will serve children from birth through age 18. Providing care for the youngest Wisconsinites in a child-centered, ... 10/23/2024 - 11:41 pm | View Link
After travel, wait to unpack your suitcase, doctor insists in unsettling social media post A Virginia primary care physician is telling people on social media to be "lazy" and to not unpack their luggage for up to 10 days to avoid a bedbug infestation. 10/21/2024 - 9:20 pm | View Link
Parents or Ambulance: How a Child Reaches an ER Could Matter Severely injured children brought to an ER by their parents aren’t treated as quickly as those who arrive via ambulance, the researchers discovered. On average, a child brought to an emergency room by ... 10/14/2024 - 7:06 pm | View Link
Ask the Expert: Navigating urgent care for your health needs Does urgent care offer sports and camp physicals? Our Urgent Care facilities do offer sports and camp physicals. If your school or camp requires a signature from an medical doctor, please contact the ... 01/11/2024 - 12:15 am | View Link
1 million+ patients lose coverage as insurers, hospitals drop Medicare Advantage
by Anna Claire Vollers, Stateline October 21, 2024
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — Libby and Andrew Potter usually ignore the avalanche of Medicare Advantage ads that land in the mailbox at their home in Huntsville, Alabama, each fall as Medicare’s open enrollment period begins.
Libby, a retired middle school librarian, has what she considers good health insurance through the state employee health plan.
Norwegian scientists uncover disturbing details about 800-year-old corpse dumped in castle well New York Post DNA analysis of medieval man thrown into a well suggests story in Norse saga really happened Livescience.com'Extraordinary' Skeleton Found in Castle Well Corroborates Medieval Saga NewsweekScientists say skeletal remains found in castle well belong to figure from 800-year-old saga CNN
CDC sends help as more WA egg farm workers test positive for bird flu The Seattle TimesBird flu cases rise to 31 in US, still no evidence of person-to-person spread: CDC ABC NewsAvian influenza case confirmed in Clackamas County egg farm Oregon Public BroadcastingUS confirms two human bird flu cases in Washington state ReutersHighly Pathogenic Avian Influenza confirmed in Crook County farm's backyard flock of 70 birds, humanely euthanized KTVZ