As measures of respiratory virus activity continue to tick up, some hospitals are already operating under significant strain, sparking renewed concerns that healthcare systems could face another capacity crisis later this season. More here: beckershospitalreview.com/public-health/…

North Carolina one of 13 states with 'very high' respiratory virus levels - via Erica Carbajal @beckershr beckershospitalreview.com/public-health/…

'Every hospital that does pediatric care is saturated': Hospitals grapple with volume surges: beckershospitalreview.com/care-coordinat…

Don't blame COVID uptick solely on seasonality, expert say: beckershospitalreview.com/public-health/…

Here are the latest Key Messages for the dangerous cold that continues to impact areas from the Rockies to the Midwest.

Ahead of #WorldCancerDay on Sunday, here are the latest global cancer burden stats (2022) 🌍 Estimated 9.7M deaths 💔 1 in 9 men & 1 in 12 women lose their lives to the disease 👤 1 in 5 people face cancer in their lifetime bit.ly/3SFtapB #CloseTheCareGap

Did you think you'd ever see articles like this about measles becoming commonplace again?

'It doesn't wow us anymore': Experts on what healthcare needs more of as cancer strikes younger beckershospitalreview.com/oncology/it-do…

BREAKING: A major Alabama hospital is pausing in vitro fertilization treatments after the state court ruling that frozen embryos are the legal equivalent of children. apnews.com/article/alabam…

Thank you Erica Carbajal and @beckershr for this concise, actionable piece on #cancer incidence increasing in <50yo. We need to learn why & #primarycare needs to be on the look out. beckershospitalreview.com/oncology/cance… #CancerResearch #CancerAwareness #oncology

.Erica Carbajal @beckershr: Kentucky is 1st state to pass law to decriminalize medical errors beckershospitalreview.com/legal-regulato…

BREAKING: The Supreme Court preserves access to widely used abortion medication, throwing out legal challenge from abortion opponents. apnews.com/article/suprem…

New research: GLP-1 drugs such as #ozempic and #Wegovy may lower the risk of developing certain obesity-related cancers, according to a new study from researchers at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland. beckershospitalreview.com/glp-1s/ozempic…

The LATIMES running a story on how symptoms with the latest are... “throat feels like RAZOR BLADES” “I have so much phlegm, but it hurts so bad to cough because my throat is on literal FIRE!!” (4th time) “uncontrollable body-shaking chills /1 latimes.com/california/sto…

The famous Wrigley Field rooftops will be torn down after the city signed off yesterday. buff.ly/3y6nJZx

Want to know just how bad Delta's meltdown is? The airline has now canceled 5,370 flights and counting since Friday. That's more flights than Delta canceled in all of 2018 ... and all of 2019, too (5,343). Two years worth of cancellations in less than five days.

Closely following this…

Whoever wins the election is going to have to deal with a bird flu outbreak that shows no signs of letting up, and now seems destined to become the next pandemic… at a time when neither administration seems willing or able to focus on fighting infectious disease. 😞

Been thinking about the risk of an H5N1 pandemic 1/

my prediction is that the alcohol-driven culture of nightlife is going to go though a huge upending Now is a good time to open that late night decaf tea house, evening bathhouse, game board parlor, or cozy cafe that closes at 2am