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Kurt Papenfus, a doctor in Cheyenne Wells, Colorado, started to feel sick around Halloween. He developed a scary cough, intestinal symptoms and a headache. In the midst of a pandemic, the news that he had COVID-19 wasn’t surprising, but Papenfus’ illness would have repercussions far beyond his own health.

Nearly a month into the declared pandemic, some health care workers say they’re exhausted and burning out from the stress of treating a stream of critically ill patients in an increasingly overstretched health care system.

Abington – Jefferson Health and Nemours duPont Pediatrics have teamed up to provide pediatric services to the infants, children and adolescents of Bucks and Montgomery ...

It was dusk as Oakley Yoder and the other summer camp kids hiked back to their tents at Illinois’ Jackson Falls last July. As the ...

Nonprofit hospitals across the United States are seeking donations from the people who rely on them most: their patients. Many hospitals conduct nightly wealth screenings ...

By Michelle Andrews On an afternoon a few weeks ago, Faithe Craig noticed that her temperature spiked to just above 100 degrees. For most people, the ...

Wendy Salo was alarmed when she learned where her doctor had scheduled her gynecologic operation: at an outpatient surgery center. “My first thought was ‘Am ...

By FRED MOGUL, WNYC It was September 2012 and it was life-long smoker Paula Faber’s third cancer in a decade, but she did not hesitate. ...

By MATT SEDENSKY WEST PALM BEACH, Florida (AP) — Americans suffer needless discomfort and undergo unwanted and costly care as they die, in part because ...

By Susan Jaffe An increasing number of seniors who spend time in the hospital are surprised to learn that they were not “admitted” patients — even ...