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Urologist accused of patient sex abuse, including of minors
1 year, 8 months ago

Urologist accused of patient sex abuse, including of minors

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — A New York-area doctor was charged in an indictment unsealed Tuesday with sexual abuse of multiple male patients over several years, accused of using the prestige of two prominent medical institutions to make his actions seem medically necessary and appropriate. Darius A. Paduch, 55, of North Bergen, New Jersey, was charged in Manhattan federal court with sexually …

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Latest COVID spike isn’t swamping NYC hospitals like before
3 years ago

Latest COVID spike isn’t swamping NYC hospitals like before

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Soaring COVID-19 case numbers, long testing lines and event cancellations might feel a bit like déjà vu, but so far New York City hospitals aren’t seeing a repeat of the surges that swamped emergency rooms early in the pandemic. The state reported Saturday that nearly 22,000 people had tested positive for COVID-19 on Friday — eclipsing the …

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Some hospitals kept suing patients over medical debt through the pandemic
3 years, 6 months ago

Some hospitals kept suing patients over medical debt through the pandemic

Salon  

Last year as COVID-19 laid siege to the nation, many U.S. hospitals dramatically reduced their aggressive tactics to collect medical debt. There was a nearly 90% drop overall in legal actions between 2019 and the first seven months of 2020 by the nation's largest hospitals and health systems, according to a new report by Johns Hopkins University. During those years …

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Opinion: Northwell Health CEO: We need to vaccinate 2.3 million residents in New York. These are the challenges we’re facing
3 years, 11 months ago

Opinion: Northwell Health CEO: We need to vaccinate 2.3 million residents in New York. These are the challenges we’re facing

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Michael Dowling is president and chief executive officer of Northwell Health, New York State’s largest health care provider and employer. Because of the daunting logistical challenges, it has taken states, local governments and health care providers a couple of weeks to establish a workable infrastructure for storing the vaccine; distributing doses to individual hospitals, doctors’ offices and other …

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As Hospitals Roll Out COVID-19 Vaccines, Health Care Workers Describe Chaos And Anger
3 years, 11 months ago

As Hospitals Roll Out COVID-19 Vaccines, Health Care Workers Describe Chaos And Anger

NPR  

As Hospitals Roll Out COVID-19 Vaccines, Health Care Workers Describe Chaos And Anger Enlarge this image toggle caption Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/Pool/AFP via Getty Images Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/Pool/AFP via Getty Images Health care workers across the country have started receiving COVID-19 vaccines, but doctors and nurses at some of the nation's top hospitals are raising the alarm, charging that vaccine distribution …

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November 11 coronavirus news
4 years, 1 month ago

November 11 coronavirus news

CNN  

An ambulance pulls into the Long Island Jewish Forest Hills Northwell Health Hospital in the Queens borough of New York City, on November 10. Anthony Behar/Sipa USA/FILE New York state’s largest hospital system is anticipating it won’t get an ample supply of Covid-19 vaccine for all of its frontline workers in the first rounds of distribution. Northwell Health is expecting …

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‘Twindemic’ testing chaos: The need for a national flu and Covid-19 plan is long overdue (opinion)
4 years, 2 months ago

‘Twindemic’ testing chaos: The need for a national flu and Covid-19 plan is long overdue (opinion)

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Thomas McGinn, MD, is senior vice president and deputy physician-in-chief at Northwell Health and Director at the Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research. Variations in testing protocols, slow return of testing results, difficulty identifying asymptomatic carriers and differences in public commitment to infection control, have posed a major challenge for primary care clinicians. That said, as we enter the …

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