The Latest Breaking News from Health Care

LOS ANGELES — For years, a contentious dispute between Los Angeles County's health care leaders and the University of Southern California has seethed behind closed doors, injecting tension and acrimony in the operations at one of the nation's busiest public hospitals that climaxed during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Vice President Kamala Harris and U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy are warning of burnout among the nation’s health care staff after more than two years of the COVID-19 pandemic

The kidnapping-for-ransom of two more doctors in Haiti, where a pediatrician on Friday marked her 16th day in captivity, is prompting hospitals and physicians in the capital to close their doors and turn away new patients in protest.

LOS ANGELES — An increase in the number of cases of monkeypox, a rare but potentially serious viral illness, in Europe and a single case in Massachusetts is attracting increased attention from health officials.

Metropolis Healthcare Ltd diagnostics chain operating in India and Africa, is looking to raise over $300 million and grab a strategic partner by selling a minority stake, Bloomberg reports. Walmart Inc (NYSE:WMT)-owned retailer Flipkart and healthcare chain Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Ltd were among potential strategic investors of Metropolis Healthcare Ltd. Amazon.com Inc (NASDAQ:AMZN) has…

May is Mental Health Awareness Month, which makes this a good time to learn about finding a mental health care professional.

A teenage boy who died in a remote Aboriginal community in 2020 "was not afforded basic mental health care" and was wrongly "screened out" by Territory Families, the Northern Territory acting coroner has found.

LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles County hospitals are once again seeing a marked increase in the number of coronavirus-positive patients requiring their care — triggering new concern that health care systems could once again come under strain unless the region gets its arms around the latest resurgence of the virus.

DENVER — Colorado should expect COVID-19 infections and hospitalizations to keep rising for a few weeks, and while state officials aren’t expecting anything close to last winter’s surge, hospital capacity could become a problem if large numbers of health care workers are out sick.