Emergency care
Court-prompted changes ease emergency room boarding crisis
By Holly Ramer Jun. 07, 2021 05:03 PM EDT
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — No adults were waiting in New Hampshire emergency departments for inpatient psychiatric care Monday for the first time in 14 months.
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State investing up to $100M in mental health services
By Kathy Mccormack And Holly Ramer Jun. 03, 2021 10:24 AM EDT
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — The state of New Hampshire is investing up to $100 million in mental health services following a recent state Supreme Court ruling to help...

Colorado offers to pay hospitals to close free-standing ERs
By Phil Galewitz May. 24, 2021 12:12 PM EDT

Sumo wrestler dies month after falling on head during bout
By Mari Yamaguchi Apr. 30, 2021 01:51 AM EDT

Michigan became hotspot as variants rose and vigilance fell
By Corey Williams, David Eggert And Lindsey Tanner Apr. 25, 2021 10:33 AM EDT

Europe reopens but virus patients still overwhelm ICU teams
By John Leicester Apr. 24, 2021 02:33 AM EDT

Paris doctors warn of catastrophic overload of virus cases
By John Leicester And Jeffrey Schaeffer Mar. 28, 2021 08:41 AM EDT
'Silver lining': Hospitals keep practices born in COVID rush
By Ted Shaffrey Mar. 11, 2021 04:34 PM EST
SYOSSET, N.Y. (AP) — As coronavirus surged in New York last year, officials at the state's largest hospital system realized their old way of transferring...

Pandemic leaves many Romanian patients without critical care
By Nicolae Dumitrache And Stephen Mcgrath Feb. 26, 2021 02:18 AM EST

Volunteer paramedics patrol streets of Venezuela's capital
By Scott Smith Feb. 16, 2021 10:58 AM EST
New Mexico tribe sues US over hospital closure amid pandemic
By Susan Montoya Bryan Jan. 29, 2021 05:34 PM EST
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A New Mexico Indigenous tribe is suing the U.S. government, claiming that federal health officials have violated the law by ending...
Rules clarified for psychiatric patients in emergency rooms
By David Sharp Jan. 28, 2021 05:25 PM EST
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Psychiatric patients may not be held for extended periods in emergency rooms during an involuntary hospitalization without a judge being...

South African Muslim group safely buries its virus dead
By Bram Janssen And Andrew Meldrum Jan. 26, 2021 03:06 AM EST

In ambulances, an unseen, unwelcome passenger: COVID-19
By Stefanie Dazio Jan. 25, 2021 01:30 AM EST

2 in 5 Americans live where COVID-19 strains hospital ICUs
By Carla K. Johnson And Nicky Forster Jan. 24, 2021 09:33 AM EST

California bypasses tough nurse care rules amid virus surge
By Olga R. Rodriguez Jan. 08, 2021 12:24 AM EST

California hospital, in midst of COVID-19 crisis, maxes out
By Brian Melley Jan. 05, 2021 12:00 AM EST

Los Angeles mayor says virus spreading within households
By Christopher Weber Jan. 03, 2021 04:09 PM EST

Greek nurse erects ICU at home to treat relatives with virus
By Costas Kantouris Dec. 30, 2020 03:21 AM EST
Maine EMTs get coronavirus vaccine; Vermont courts go remote
By Patrick Whittle Dec. 26, 2020 10:21 AM EST
A look at coronavirus developments in New England:
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