Good morning and welcome to the A.M. Alert! Thanks for reading! UC HEALTH AND LGBTQ, REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES Via Hannah Wiley… California lauds itself as a champion of reproductive freedom laws, a staunch supporter of the LGBTQ community and a state teeming with reputable, cutting-edge medical institutions. Among those top medical […]
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With limited vaccines at FL hospitals, those with underlying conditions out of options
Matthew Smith’s favorite mask in his colorful collection of COVID face coverings is the forest green Baptist Health-branded one he received in a Christmas stocking from his adult day program. Smith, 31, was preparing to wear his green mask when he went to get his vaccine at Baptist on Feb. […]
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Coronavirus hits Kansas hospitals harder, sidelines staff
MISSION, Kan. Kansas health officials on Tuesday urged communities to take stronger action as more hospital rooms are devoted to caring for coronavirus patients and hundreds of doctors, nurses and other workers are quarantined, leading some surgical procedures to be delayed. Hospital emergency departments in at least two communities were […]
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Hospitals Are Reeling Under a 46 Percent Spike in Covid-19 Patients
MILWAUKEE — The patient who died on Tuesday morning at Aurora St. Luke’s Medical Center was rolled out of her room under a white sheet. One nurse, fighting back tears, stood silently in the hall as the outline of the body passed by — one more death in an eight-month-old […]
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Pregnancy loss isn’t rare; here’s how area hospitals, organizations help parents grieve | Food + Living
It was 2017 when Calan Hummer first began preparing to be a big brother, and his parents were dreaming of the ways he’d watch over little Lynnley and the memories the siblings would make together. Calan and his parents ended up creating those memories over just three days at Heart […]
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Black women again turn to midwives, some fearing coronavirus in hospitals
Midwife Kiki Jordan examines TaNefer Camara during a routine postnatal visit about a week after the birth of her son Esangu. In centuries past, Black midwives often functioned as spiritual advisers and parenting teachers as well as birth attendants. (Rachel Scheier / California Healthline) From the moment she learned she […]