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Cancer rates are rising faster here than anywhere else. Are healthcare systems ready?
4+ hour, 12+ min ago (1395+ words) When Titilayo found a lump in her left breast, it felt like a death sentence. "My world was crumbling," she says. "I had no hope, I had no life." Titilayo — who asked NPR to only share her first name in…...
TrumpRx promised a supermarket for cheaper drugs but delivered a boutique
1+ week, 2+ day ago (1261+ words) A centerpiece of President Trump's push to make prescription medicines more affordable is a government website for drug discounts that carries his own name. TrumpRx, launched in February, now boasts 92 deals on brand-name prescription drugs made by pharmaceutical companies that…...
Fast walkers in their 80s cut their risk of cognitive decline by half, a study finds
2+ week, 5+ day ago (745+ words) Crossword puzzles and brain teasers have long been touted as ways to keep the mind sharp. But a new study points to another strategy that may matter just as much: staying fast on your feet. Researchers have found that people…...
U.S. aid cuts may have delayed detecting this Ebola outbreak
2+ mon, 4+ day ago (230+ words) WTJX Newsfeed U.S. aid cuts may have delayed detecting this Ebola outbreak When did the Ebola outbreak raging in DRC begin? The official declaration came on May 15. But the size and scope — now over 600 suspected cases and 139 deaths — makes disease experts…...
Senator Kenneth Gittens demands hospital leadership address financial and administrative failures
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (127+ words) WTJX Newsfeed Senator Kenneth Gittens demands hospital leadership address financial and administrative failures ST. CROIX — Senate Vice President Kenneth Gittens is calling on the territorial hospital board and leadership to immediately address what he describes as escalating financial and administrative…...
Is hantavirus the next COVID? Is the U.S. response on point? An outbreak update
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (1096+ words) Public health authorities around the world are working to contain a hantavirus outbreak that started on a cruise ship in early April and has already claimed three lives. Despite a stream of alarmist headlines, the World Health Organization is emphasizing…...
Hemodialysis patients at SRMC endure heat, makeshift supplies, staff shortages; leadership responds
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (78+ words) WTJX Newsfeed Hemodialysis patients at SRMC endure heat, makeshift supplies, staff shortages; leadership responds ST. CROIX — A hemodialysis patient who asked not to be identified to protect his privacy contacted WTJX about the substandard conditions in the Hemodialysis Unit at…...
Judge orders territorial hospital board to pay $12M to travel nursing company in decade-long dispute
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (124+ words) WTJX Newsfeed Judge orders territorial hospital board to pay $12M to travel nursing company in decade-long dispute ST. CROIX — A Superior Court judge has ordered the Virgin Islands Government Hospitals and Health Facilities Corporation to pay more than $12 million to a…...
Hamed brothers’ $40,000 gift, donations fund ADA-accessible van for group home on St. Thomas
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (133+ words) WTJX Newsfeed Hamed brothers’ $40,000 gift, donations fund ADA-accessible van for group home on St. Thomas ST. CROIX — A combination of grassroots fundraising and a pivotal $40,000 donation from the Hamed brothers is set to transform daily life for adults with disabilities…...
Sen. Bolques questions legality of single hospital CEO; board chair defends administrative alignment
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (176+ words) WTJX Newsfeed Sen. Bolques questions legality of single hospital CEO; board chair defends administrative alignment ST. CROIX — At-Large Senator Angel Bolques Jr. is raising legal and governance concerns following the January 30 announcement that the Government Hospitals and Health Facilities Corporation,…...