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Nurses at two of New York City’s largest hospitals went on strike Monday, potentially leading to disruptions in care around emergency room visits and childbirth, after lengthy weekend negotiations over a new contract stalled. Frustrated nurses chanted and waved signs outside Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx and Mount Sinai Hospital in Manhattan demanding higher wages. The walkout involves...

Coronavirus-related hospital admissions are climbing again in the United States.

Connecticut Children’s in Hartford is using temporary units to handle patients and is considering using the National Guard to help as it sees a surge of pediatric patients with Respiratory Syncytial Virus.

One person is dead and a person of interest is in custody after a shooting at an Arkansas hospital Wednesday morning.

People are once again feeling hesitant when it comes to seeking treatment at emergency rooms. NBC Connecticut’s Dan Corcoran spoke with Hartford Hospital’s Chief of Emergency Medicine, Dr. Ken Robinson, about how the facility is once again seeing a hesitation with guests. Officials say it’s important not to delay care. Dan: “We’re two years into this pandemic now, and...

Many American hospitals are looking abroad for health care workers, saying they’re facing a dire shortage of nurses amid the slogging pandemic

“We cannot look past the strain on our health systems and substantial number of deaths,” Dr. Rochelle Walensky said.

Dr. Jason Chertoff tries to focus on the positive and why he got into the medical profession: to help people. But at the Ohio ICU where he works, morale is rapidly depleting as the unit again fills with COVID-19 patients – most of whom are unvaccinated. Chertoff says he’s tried to convince people to get their shots – meanwhile, staffing...

CVS Health raised its full-year earnings outlook on Tuesday, saying Covid vaccines and at-home tests lifted retail sales.

Hospitals around the U.S. are increasingly taking the extraordinary step of allowing nurses and other workers infected with the coronavirus to stay on the job if they have mild symptoms or none at all.

The Middlesex Health system will be restricting visitors effective Friday due to COVID-19.

As COVID-19 cases continue to rise, places with vulnerable populations are taking additional precautions, including hospitals and a nursing home.

As COVID-19 cases continue to rise, places with vulnerable populations are taking additional precautions, including hospitals and a nursing home. “It’s normal population patients plus COVID patients, and our numbers are just kind of through the roof,” said Bristol Hospital Emergency Department Assistant Nurse Manager Deann Drury. With the spike in COVID-19 cases, hospitals are putting in place additional...

With COVID-19 cases rising across Connecticut, may hospital systems are limiting the number of visitors to keep the number of people inside down.

Of those admitted to hospital with omicron, 17 people had received their boosters, 74 were double vaccinated, and 27 were unvaccinated.

Medical experts agree that even if symptoms are milder, the sheer volume and spread of omicron infections still poses a threat to health care systems.

Gov. Charlie Baker announced Tuesday he is activating up to 500 members of the National Guard to assist hospitals with the COVID-19 surge and updating the state’s mask advisory. The state Department of Public Health released an updated mask advisory Tuesday urging all individuals, regardless of vaccination status, to wear a mask or face covering in indoor public spaces. They…

The health-care executive joined a growing number of executives who have expressed concern about the rise in organized crimes.

CVS said it will provide more medical care at drugstores and people’s homes to make it easier and more affordable for customers to stay healthy.

The maternity units at three rural hospitals have closed, forcing women to drive at least a half hour to another hospital to give birth.