Nurses facing job shortages for the first time in a long time
The job shortage is affecting metropolitan areas more than rural regions.
Did you know…
…that some U.S. researchers are saying that young Americans are being exposed to too much radiation, due to medical scans?
Hospitals round-up for 8/27
See what’s going on with Geisinger Medical Center, Chester County Hospital, Saint Vincent Urgent Care, Albert Einstein Healthcare Network, Magee-Womens Hospital, UPMC, and Windber Medical Center.
Specter predicts that healthcare reform will pass this year
…and that the reform plan will include a government-run health insurance program.
Two PA healthcare bills make moves
A bill that would direct a legislative committee to study and report on disparities of dental care for disabled and working poor Pennsylvanians, along with a bill to expand PA’s heart disease and stroke program was approved by a House committee; were approved by a House committee.
Swine flu vaccines will likely get here in mid-October
However, some high-risk citizens might be able to get them in mid-September.
A mid-week budget update
Let’s see what the good ‘ol Pennsylvania legislature is up to, shall we?
Yesterday, the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review wrote about how Gov. Rendell is saying that they’re making progress on the budget, but that the GOP is saying that’s not true.
The first line of the article is: “Fifty-five days into Pennsylvania’s budget dispute, Democratic Gov. Ed Rendell [...]
Did you know…
…that global cancer experts estimate that 6 million people will die from tobacco use next year?
Hospitals round-up for 8/26
The latest on Northeast Regional Cancer Institute, Windber Medical Center, and Waynesboro Hospital.
CDC on latest swine flu estimates: Calm down
The director of the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases is among those who say yesterday’s announced estimates for swine flu threat– including that 90,000 people could die– are overblown.