Health system not yet ready for disaster: study
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Half of all U.S. states would run out of hospital beds within the first two weeks of a moderate flu pandemic and 47 states would run out if a bad one hit, according to a report issued on Tuesday.
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The world is teetering on the verge of a massive influenza outbreak, and even wealthy nations such as the United States are unprepared for the next pandemic, according to a report released Tuesday.
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One year after Hurricane Katrina tore   into New Orleans, the region's hospitals and nursing homes   remain devastated and uncertain of their ability to cope with   another disaster.
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The health problems of low-income and uninsured residents in the Washington area require solutions that are often regional in nature, according to a report released yesterday calling for collaboration in care not confined by city or suburban boundaries.
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War in Iraq has caused a public health  disaster that has left the country's medical system in tatters  and increased the risk of disease and death, according to a  report released Tuesday.
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Emergency rooms at many hospitals are routinely stretched to the breaking point, raising concerns that they would not be able to handle victims during a terrorist attack or natural disaster, according to congressional testimony yesterday and a new federal study.
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Maryland and the District rank in the lowest one-third of American states in their level of preparedness for health emergencies like bioterrorism or pandemic flu, according to a study issued today.
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Some public health experts watching the aftermath of the tsunami disaster fear the outpouring of emergency relief supplies and the rush to head off outbreaks of disease will prove misguided or wasteful in some respects.
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With the rising cost of health care and over 45-million Americans uninsured, many believe America&#39;s healthcare system needs work.
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The swift response to the Asian  tsunami prevented a second wave of deaths from disease and  malnutrition but the task of rebuilding is far from complete, a  top U.N. official said exactly one month after the cataclysm.
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Health officials fear diseases could break out within days, with thousands of people in makeshift camps with poor sanitation.
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Survivors of the tsunami in South Asia face a long, fairly predictable list of threats to their health.
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More must be done to ensure patients do not stay in hospital longer than needed, a report finds.
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Poor and often illiterate populations may be saddled with more health problems simply because they are not aware of public health services that are available, a study in India suggests.
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Many people are not being treated properly for a common illness that is a silent killer, a watchdog says.
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Preventing outbreaks of diseases across tsunami-hit Asia is a race against time, but contrary to popular belief, the thousands of rotting corpses do not pose the main threat, health officials said on Thursday.
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Lack of access to routine, quality health care led to as many as 79,000 deaths and $1.8 billion in avoidable medical costs in 2003, according to a new report from a private health care advocacy group.