Health

Why the long wait? Understanding Emergency Department boarding

When inpatient resources are at capacity – whether it’s because of a lack of physical beds or a patient volume exceeds the number of staff available to care for patients in those beds – patients may find themselves waiting in the Emergency Department (ED) long after they’ve been ...

Wegovy prices fall, but doctors still see cost challenges for patients

Novo Nordisk is chopping prices again for Wegovy, but doctors say the expense will remain challenging for patients without insurance. The drugmaker said Monday that it has started selling higher doses of the injectable obesity treatment for $349 a month to patients paying the full bill. ...

ByHeart baby formula from all lots may be contaminated, tests show

Tests of ByHeart infant formula tied to a botulism outbreak that has sickened dozens of babies showed that all of the company's products may have been contaminated. Laboratory tests of 36 samples of formula from three different lots showed that five samples contained the type of bacteria that ...

Study challenges narratives about loneliness in youth

In recent years — especially since the onset of the unique social changes sparked by the COVID-19 pandemic around the start of 2020 — the topic of feelings of loneliness and disconnection experienced by younger people has exploded. The image that many people think of to characterize what ...