Disposable gowns designed to deflect the splatter of bodily fluids, used in thousands of U.S. hospitals, have underperformed in recent and ongoing laboratory tests and may fall short of safety standards, leaving health care workers with a greater risk of infection than advertised. A peer-reviewed academic study, published to little notice ... Read more
Brett Kelman
Updated August 25, 2022 by Brett Kelman
Victoria Knight April 30, 2021 In their last year of medical school, fourth-year students get matched to a hospital where they will serve their residency. The annual rite of passage is called the National Resident ... Read more
Victoria Knight
Updated August 18, 2022 by Victoria Knight
Originally published on Kaiser Health News on July 13, 2020 James “Mike” Anderson was a hospital employee in suburban Philadelphia with a low-profile though critical job: changing air filters in COVID patients’ rooms. By late ... Read more
Melissa Bailey and Christina Jewett
Updated August 25, 2022 by Melissa Bailey and Christina Jewett
Originally published by Kaiser Health News April 22, 2020 The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has in recent weeks launched investigations into deaths of workers at 34 health care employers across the U.S., federal records ... Read more
Christina Jewett and Shefali Luthra
Updated August 25, 2022 by Christina Jewett and Shefali Luthra
The U.S. military is devising major reductions in its medical corps, unnerving the system’s advocates who fear the cuts will hobble the armed forces’ ability to adequately care for health problems of military personnel at ... Read more
Jordan Rau
Updated August 25, 2022 by Jordan Rau
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