For Each Critically Ill COVID Patient, a Family Is Suffering, Too
The weeks of fear and uncertainty that Pam and Paul Alexander suffered as their adult daughter struggled against COVID-19 etched itself into the very roots of their hair, leaving behind bald patches by...
View ArticleFor Nurses Feeling the Strain of the Pandemic, Virus Resurgence Is ‘Paralyzing’
For Christina Nester, the pandemic lull in Massachusetts lasted about three months through summer into early fall. In late June, St. Vincent Hospital had resumed elective surgeries, and the unit the...
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12,000 Square Miles Without Obstetrics? It’s a Possibility in West Texas
The message from Big Bend Regional Medical Center was stark: The only hospital in a sparsely populated region of far West Texas notified local physicians last month that because of a nursing shortage...
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How Low Can They Go? Rural Hospitals Weigh Keeping Obstetric Units When...
As rural hospitals struggle to stay financially stable, their leaders watch other small facilities close obstetrics units to cut costs. They face a no-win dilemma: Can we continue operating delivery...
View ArticleRipple Effects of Abortion Restrictions Confuse Care for Miscarriages
As the Supreme Court appears poised to return abortion regulation to the states, recent experience in Texas illustrates that medical care for miscarriages and dangerous ectopic pregnancies would also...
View ArticleNew Abortion Laws Jeopardize Cancer Treatment for Pregnant Patients
As abortion bans go into effect across a contiguous swath of the South, cancer physicians are wrestling with how new state laws will influence their discussions with pregnant patients about what...
View ArticleFor Uninsured People With Cancer, Securing Care Can Be Like Spinning a...
Eighteen months after April Adcox learned she had skin cancer, she finally returned to Charleston’s Medical University of South Carolina last May to seek treatment. By then, the reddish area along her...
View ArticlePara pacientes de cáncer sin seguro, conseguir atención médica es una lotería
Dieciocho meses después de que April Adcox se enterara de que tenía cáncer de piel, el pasado mes de mayo, regresó por fin a la Universidad Médica de Carolina del Sur en Charleston para recibir...
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Early Detection May Help Kentucky Tamp Down Its Lung Cancer Crisis
Anthony Stumbo’s heart sank after the doctor shared his mother’s chest X-ray. “I remember that drive home, bringing her back home, and we basically cried,” said the internal medicine physician, who...
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Small-Town Patients Face Big Hurdles as Rural Hospitals Cut Cancer Care
The night before her chemotherapy, Herlinda Sanchez sets out her clothes and checks that she has everything she needs: a blanket, medications, an iPad and chargers, a small Bible and rosary, fuzzy...
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