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WHO grants ’emergency validation’ to Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine
The World Health Organization on Thursday granted emergency validation to the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, paving the way for countries worldwide to
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Placing GPs in emergency departments benefits patients and reduces healthcare costs
Integrating GPs into children’s emergency departments for non-urgent cases can reduce waiting times, inpatient admissions and healthcare costs, but at
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What does emergency use for a COVID-19 vaccine mean?
What does emergency use of a COVID-19 vaccine mean? It’s when regulators allow shots to be given to certain people
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Spain considers state of emergency for virus-hit Madrid
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez is holding an emergency Cabinet meeting on Friday morning to consider declaring a state of
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Academic emergency departments are always open to all who need care
“Academic emergency departments never deny emergency care to any person.” That is the statement put forth in a commentary from
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Do interventions to decrease emergency care use among ‘super-utilizers’ work?
Research shows that 50 percent of health care expenditures are attributable to 5 percent of the population—individuals commonly referred to
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Washington State Declares Health Emergency as Measles Spreads
MONDAY, Jan. 28, 2019 — A statewide public health emergency was declared in Washington after a measles outbreak near Portland,
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Otherwise healthy and think you have the flu? Avoid the emergency room
The Centers for Disease Control reports that influenza activity in Alabama is now widespread and likely to increase. Alabama’s Department
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47 Percent of Emergency Doctors Have Been Assaulted at Work
THURSDAY, Oct. 4, 2018 — Nearly half of emergency medicine physicians report having been physically assaulted at work, according to
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