Gun Violence Medical Costs Top $630 Million a Year

BLANK Sep 17, 2013 A new study through the Urban Institute seeks to tally the cost of treating gunshot victims in the United States, and calls for fresh policies to reduce gun violence as the Affordable Care Act will likely shift more of that financial burden on government programs. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

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Hillary Clinton Hospitalized

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Dec 31, 2012 The secretary of state was admitted to New York-Presbyterian Hospital on Sunday after doctors discovered she had a blood clot related to a concussion she sustained this month. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Where’s the War on Lethal Superbugs?

By Ralph Nader Sep 6, 2012 Every week, 2,000 Americans, or about 100,000 men, women and children a year, die from mostly preventable hospital-borne infections in the United States, and the toll may even be higher once the Centers for Disease Control updates its figures. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Health Care Jobs Are Where It’s At

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jun 26, 2012 The number of health care jobs will swell dramatically over the next decade as baby boomers age and Americans continue to eat poorly and spurn exercise, a report from Georgetown University says. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Terror Rules at Bahrain’s Hospitals

Staff / Truthdig May 22, 2012 Bahrain’s hospitals are becoming centers of terror and distrust as government officials use them to identify, torture and arrest protesters, doctors and nurses for their involvement in the ongoing uprising against the ruling Al Khalifa family. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

In Fallujah, a Hospital of Horrors

Robert Fisk / Truthdig Apr 27, 2012 All at once, Nadhem Shokr al-Hadidi's administration office becomes a little chamber of horrors. A baby with a hugely deformed mouth. A child with a defect of the spinal cord, material from the spine outside the body. A baby with a terrible, vast Cyclopean eye. Another baby with only half a head, stillborn like the rest. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Facing Hurricane Irene, NYC Officials Order Evacuations

Staff / Truthdig Aug 26, 2011 With Hurricane Irene bearing down on the East Coast, New York City and state officials have ordered a mandatory evacuation of 250,000 people in flood-susceptible communities and announced plans to shut down much of the coastal region's transit system, including subways, by noon Saturday. (more) Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

The View From a Libyan Hospital

Staff / Truthdig Aug 26, 2011 The morgues in Tripoli hospitals are overflowing with dead bodies, and doctors in just one hospital said they have been treating more than 500 patients a day for gunshot wounds. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Florida Lawmakers Put Medicaid Under Budget Knife

Staff / Truthdig Apr 28, 2011 Citing budgetary constraints, Florida's Republican-led Legislature is prepared to push the state's Medicaid payment system off the public dole and into private pockets. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Rep. Giffords Is Walking and Talking

Staff / Truthdig Mar 12, 2011 U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, who was shot in the head during an attack at an Arizona shopping center, is walking and talking, according to doctors, with her condition improving by “leaps and bounds.” Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Gays Get Hospital Visitation Rights

Staff / Truthdig Apr 16, 2010 Addressing an important rights issue, President Barack Obama has written a memo ordering hospitals in the U.S. to grant to gay and lesbian partners the same visitation privileges already enjoyed by married heterosexual couples. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )