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Italian hospitals report rise in heat cases as weather fails to deter tourists | Italy

Italy’s heatwave has not dampened tourism, but some of the country’s most popular tourist cities have seen a surge in the number of people seeking emergency treatment for heatstroke. Italy has been hit by a series of heat waves since mid-June, with temperatures expected to exceed 40 degrees Celsius in some central and southern parts […]

Texas Governor Orders Hospitals to Report Healthcare Costs for Illegals

Texas Governor Greg Abbott (Republican) opposes the Biden administration’s open border policy and is requiring hospitals in his state to ask about the immigration status of patients. Prime Minister Abbott signed the executive order on Thursday. Need Hospitals will begin recording that information by Nov. 1, ABC13 reported. Additionally, “hospitals will also have to track […]

Texas requires hospitals to collect, report health care costs for illegal aliens

Texas Governor Greg Abbott (Republican) Presidential Decree The bill, which goes into effect Thursday, would require the state’s public hospitals to collect and report medical fees for illegal immigrants. press release A representative from Abbott’s office said the executive order is aimed at tracking the costs of the Biden-Harris administration’s open border crisis. The Texas […]

Assura strikes £500m deal to buy 14 private hospitals in UK | Assura

UK healthcare real estate investment and development company Asura has signed an agreement to acquire 14 private hospitals across the UK owned by Canada’s Northwest Healthcare Properties for £500 million, including the London Cancer Centre and Edgbaston Hospital in Birmingham. The deal comes at a time when the NHS is under huge pressure. Near record […]

Flights, hospitals and Olympics: How the tech outage is impacting global operations

A global technical outage affecting Microsoft caused flights to be cancelled, broadcasters to go off air and had a “limited” impact on the Paris Olympics early on Friday. The outage was blamed on a “flaw” in a software update from cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike, which announced shortly before 6 a.m. EDT that the issue had been […]

REPORT: 2,400 Patients Potentially Exposed To HIV And Hepatitis At Oregon Hospitals

Roughly 2,400 patients at two hospitals in Portland, Oregon, reportedly could have been exposed to HIV and hepatitis. The affected individuals were patients at Providence and Legacy Health, according to NBC News. The medical facilities have reportedly urged them to test themselves “out of an abundance of caution.” The possible exposure was the result of […]

Ben Affleck Daughter Demands Mask Mandates in L.A. Hospitals

Actor Ben Affleck’s daughter is calling on the government to make mask-wearing mandatory in Los Angeles hospitals. “The county must oppose mask bans for any reason,” Violet Affleck said. “Hello, I’m Violet Affleck. I live in Los Angeles and I’m voting for the first time. I’m 18 years old,” the daughter of Ben Affleck and […]