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When Hurricane Helene forced a rural Tennessee hospital into a dramatic rooftop evacuation last September, its top executive vowed to rebuild the damaged facility as he watched the rescue unfold from a washed-out bridge. That promise is now in peril because of the One Big Beautiful Bill. Ballad Health CEO Alan Levine “said a prayer” as he ordered more than …

The US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is experiencing “severe” staff shortages at all its hospitals, with the number of shortages increasing by 50% this fiscal year, according to a new report from the agency’s independent watchdog. The report, released on Tuesday, came a day after the Guardian revealed the department had lost thousands of healthcare professionals deemed “core” to …

Trump moves to bar nearly all abortions at Veterans Affairs hospitals  The Washington Post Department of Veterans Affairs looks to end certain abortion services for veterans  CNN VA leaders move to end all abortions at department medical sites  Military Times US Veterans Affairs agency proposes reinstating abortion exclusion  Reuters Trump administration revokes Biden era abortion rule for veterans  The Hill Source link

Transgender rights activists hold signs as they march through the University of Montana campus on May 03, 2023 in Missoula, Mont. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Justin Sullivan/Getty Images A coalition of 16 states and the District of Columbia sued the Trump administration Friday over what they describe as an “unconstitutional pressure campaign” to stop doctors and hospitals …

Seventeen Democratic officials accused President Donald Trump’s administration of unlawfully intimidating health care providers into stopping gender-affirming care for transgender youth in a lawsuit filed Friday. The complaint comes after a month in which at least eight major hospitals and hospital systems — all in states where the care is allowed under state law — announced they were stopping or …

Severe turbulence struck a Delta flight from Salt Lake City to Amsterdam Wednesday, causing service carts and unbelted passengers to hit the ceiling and forcing an emergency landing in Minnesota, where 25 people on board were taken to hospitals. Delta said flight DL56 landed safely at Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport and was met by medical teams upon arrival. Video shows …

Two Chicago hospitals made U.S News & World Report’s national list of 20 “Best Hospitals” for 2025-26, with a slew of other Chicago and suburban hospitals rounding out the list of best hospitals in the state. Northwestern Medicine – Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Streeterville, and Rush University Medical Center on the Near West Side both made the annual report’s latest …

Under Trump, Hospitals Limit Transgender Care for Minors, Even in Blue States  The New York Times In a landmark move, Children’s Hospital LA closes its gender-affirming care center today  LAist Children’s National Hospital to end gender-transition care  The Washington Post Clinic for trans youth in LA closes, leaving some families struggling to find care  NPR UChicago Medicine Halts All Gender-Affirming Care for Minors  Chicago Maroon …

WASHINGTON (AP) — Two university hospitals are pioneering new ways to expand lifesaving heart transplants for adults and babies — advances that could help recover would-be heart donations that too often go unused. The new research aims to overcome barriers for using organs from someone who dies when their heart stops. Called DCD, or donation after circulatory death, it involves …

Trump administration takes shot at hospitals  The Hill Medicare proposes $8.1B boost for hospital outpatient care  Axios Medicare targets site neutrality, price transparency in hospital outpatient rule  Healthcare Dive CMS Proposes Elimination of Inpatient-Only List  RACmonitor Hospitals Push Back on ‘Burdensome’ Medicare Payment Proposal  Bloomberg Law News Source link