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Hospitals worldwide face workforce shortages, making an understanding of early-career health dynamics central to addressing recruitment and retention challenges. This study examines whether early-career health trajectories among hospital-employed nurses and midwives differ from those of workers in other industries

Delegates attending the Pacific HIV Symposium in Fiji next week will be confronting one of the region’s most urgent health challenges: the fastest growing HIV outbreak in the world

The US military is pushing back on reports of a mental health crisis among crewmembers on board the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier, which has been at sea for more than 260 days as it takes part in Washington’s operations in the Middle East

AI is being widely used to analyze biosignals measured by wearable devices such as smartwatches. By identifying meaningful patterns in health data — including sleep, heart rate, and physical activity — AI is helping users better understand and manage their health

A single-payer universal health care system could cover every American, save more than 100,000 lives a year, and still cost $1 trillion less than the system it would replace, according to a new preprint study led by researchers at the Yale School of Public Health

In May, Providence Health Plan, a mainstay of the Oregon health insurance market, announced it would be shuttering at the end of the year—with an exception. Leaders at the insurer said it would seek to keep operating its Medicare Advantage line “through a new agreement with a national carrier.”

A hotel has unveiled a newly refurbished health and wellbeing club after a major investment

BUTTE COUNTY, Calif. —The Butte County Department of Public Health (BCPH) has confirmed on Thursday the first West Nile virus (WNV) associated death in Butte County this year. The individual, who died was believed to be between 80 and 90 years old

Doctors cannot treat what patients refuse to mention. A major new survey published Thursday by Germany’s Deutsches Ärzteblatt — drawing on research commissioned by BARMER, one of Germany’s largest statutory health insurers — found that one in five German adults has stayed silent at a medical appointment when they should have spoken up, leaving physicians…

Va. (WVIR) – If you take medication, supplements or drink alcohol, a new UVA Health study has a warning. Calls to poison centers involving liver injuries caused by medications, supplements, alcohol and other substances jumped nearly 400% between 2000 and 2024, according to the study