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First Opinion By Sika Yeboah-Sampong and Gail D'Onofrio

Medically, legally, and morally, emergency departments cannot ignore addiction care

UPenn Med Visitors

Health By Claudia López Lloreda

Covid-19 kept families and caregivers out of hospitals. Some doctors think that shouldn’t happen again

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Health By Olivia Goldhill

Labeling confusion led to wasted doses of Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine in first days of rollout

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Special Report By Andrew Joseph

Data show hospitalized Covid-19 patients are surviving at higher rates, but surge in cases could roll back gains

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Health By Elizabeth Cooney

Delirium could signal Covid-19 infection in older adults, study finds

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Health By Olivia Goldhill

‘People are going to die’: Hospitals in half the states are facing a massive staffing shortage as Covid-19 surges

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Hospitals By Sharon Begley

ER patients given ketamine, other powerful drugs in clinical trials without their consent, FDA finds

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Health By Associated Press

What’s in the IV bag? Studies show safer option than saline

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Hospitals By Liz Kowalczyk, Sarah L. Ryley and Spotlight editor Patricia Wen — The Boston Globe

Some Dana-Farber Cancer Institute trustees stood to profit from their philanthropic role

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Opinions+ By Chris Plance and Nilesh Chandra

Bringing clarity and consistency to CMS’s hospital price transparency rule will be a win for all

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First Opinion By Hannah Wunsch

That ‘damn machine’: the dark side of mechanical ventilators in the ICU

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Health By Claudia López Lloreda

Elective surgeries are being delayed again. Doctors want to handle it differently this time

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Health By Claudia López Lloreda

In the same health system, Black patients are prescribed fewer opioids than white patients

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Hospitals By Harris Meyer — Kaiser Health News

Recent rulings may embolden hospital employees to speak publicly about safety issues

Hospitals By Rachel Cohrs

Supreme Court to take up hospitals’ challenge to Medicare drug pay cuts

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Hospitals By Claudia López Lloreda

Children in rural areas face increasing barriers to pediatric care, study finds

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Special Report By Olivia Goldhill

Shuttered hospitals, soaring Covid-19 deaths: Rural Black communities lose a lifeline in the century’s worst health crisis

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Hospitals By Rachel Cohrs

HHS plans to open up billions in hospital Covid-19 grants in coming weeks

Clinical trial vault

A STAT Investigation By Olivia Goldhill

‘In their own bubble’: How a cancer center promoted an exclusive experimental drug to attract patients

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Hospitals By Priyanka Dayal McCluskey — Boston Globe

Massachusetts General Hospital president Peter Slavin to depart after 18 years

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Hospitals By Liz Kowalczyk, Sarah L. Ryley, Mark Arsenault, and Patricia Wen — Boston Globe

Boston’s hospital chiefs moonlight on corporate boards at rates far beyond the national level

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Health By Elizabeth Cooney

What we know and don’t know about long Covid

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First Opinion By Melinda B. Buntin and Kristine Martin Anderson

The pandemic slingshot: propelling from national crisis to a resilient health care system

Holy Cross Medical Center buddy system

First Opinion By Lloyd I. Sederer

A buddy system can help doctors and nurses weather the Covid-19 maelstrom

St. John's Well Child and Family Center

First Opinion By Jeffrey E. Harris

Community health centers can help stamp out Covid-19

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Health By Elizabeth Cooney

Elective, but not optional: Orthopedic patients eagerly await surgeries delayed by Covid-19

El Paso Times: Juan Anchondo

Health By Usha Lee McFarling

‘It’s peace of mind’: Covid-19 vaccines can’t arrive soon enough for many frontline health workers

Bay Area nurse

Health By Olivia Goldhill

On the ground, the pledge to vaccinate 20 million against Covid-19 in December seems unrealistic

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Hospitals By Gabrielle Glaser

A ‘bad case of déjà vu’: New Jersey hospitals brace for Covid-19 surge, but hope this time will be different

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Health By Eric Boodman

As a new Covid-19 treatment arrives, hospitals scramble to solve logistical and ethical challenges

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Health Tech By Casey Ross

Five takeaways from STAT’s investigation of bias in the use of health-cost analytics software

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A STAT Investigation By Casey Ross

From a small town in North Carolina to big-city hospitals, how software infuses racism into U.S. health care

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Hospitals By Sharon Begley

In a new hospital ranking, doing good counts nearly as much as doing well