Friday, September 25, 2026

Tag: Hospitals

A NY Hospital Tried To Close Its Birthing Center. This City...

The people of Troy, New York, united to challenge a national Catholic health system determined to close the last birthing center in the county.

Trump rule narrows Medicaid exemptions as work requirements move toward nationwide...

A new CMS rule implementing Republican-backed Medicaid work requirements adopts a stricter definition of medical frailty, raising concerns that millions of low-income Americans could face new bureaucratic hurdles to maintaining health coverage.

Trump’s Iran war costs $1 billion a day while hospitals close...

Critics warn the administration’s military campaign could fund food aid and healthcare for millions of Americans already struggling with rising prices.

Pittsburgh nurses are fighting for better staffing ratios—and the research backs...

What are the key concerns in the nursing contract negotiations at Magee?

Trump meeting with Netanyahu coincides with new hospital strikes and mass...

As White House talks tout a cease-fire framework and a new Gaza governance plan, fresh attacks hit al-Shifa and Al Helou and tens of thousands flee Gaza City.

Doctors say Israeli troops deliberately targeted Gaza children

International physicians describe treating more than 100 Palestinian children shot in the head or chest in what they call evidence of war crimes.

Private equity looted Connecticut hospitals, leaving patients and staff in crisis

A new Senate report reveals how private equity firms gutted community hospitals, endangered patients, and left taxpayers and workers to clean up the mess.

‘This is where kids with cancer are’: Israel bombs Gaza hospitals,...

U.S.-backed Israeli strikes destroy hospitals in Khan Younis, killing patients, staff, and journalists as Gaza’s health system nears total collapse under allegations of war crimes.

‘Zero care left’: UN says Israel has destroyed Gaza’s last hospital...

Mass graves, targeted killings of medics, and relentless hospital bombings mark the collapse of Gaza’s health system under Israeli siege, UN and forensic reports confirm.

Steward Health Care CEO refuses Senate subpoena after profiting off hospitals...

The Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), chaired by Sanders, is investigating Steward’s bankruptcy, which has left over 30 hospitals in crisis, saddled with $9 billion in debt.

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The Charles R. Huntley Generating Station in Tonawanda, New York. Photo: Andre Carrotflower / CC BY-SA 4.0

EPA finalizes repeal of power plant carbon standards as environmental groups sue

The sector accounts for nearly one-quarter of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions, and the agency separately proposed ending its authority to regulate them.
The Lyndon Baines Johnson Department of Education Building in Washington, D.C. Photo: Farragutful / CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Democratic attorneys general say Education Department is hiding 1,300 documents on its layoffs

A privilege log lists nearly 1,300 records the agency says are too sensitive to hand over.
The lobby of the Palmer House Hilton in Chicago. Photo: Daderot (public domain)

7,000 Chicago hotel workers vote to authorize strike

A union survey found a third of members cannot cover rent or mortgage payments, and the last hotel strike in the city, in 2018, lasted about a month.
A patient exam room at a U.S. urgent care clinic. Photo: Harrison Keely / CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Vance-led task force moves to strip 760,000 people of ACA coverage

Advocates say the crackdown follows 8 million coverage losses already tied to Trump-era health cuts.
Demonstrators protest ICE conduct in Minneapolis. Photo: Fibonacci Blue / CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Federal judge blocks deportation of man shot by ICE during Austin delivery run

DHS and the man's attorney give conflicting accounts of the medical care he has received since.