Tag: Risk
Health groups call for suspending state plan on maternal deaths, saying it burdens patients
Dozens of maternal health organizations and advocates are urging the California surgeon general to suspend the rollout of a plan aimed at...
Study: Severe COVID raised risk of heart attack, stroke as much as having heart disease
People hospitalized for COVID-19 early in the pandemic suffered an increased risk of serious “cardiac events” such as heart attacks and strokes...
Drug-resistant germs will kill millions more people in coming decades, researchers warn
Since the dawn of the antibiotic age, opportunistic pathogens have evolved defenses faster than humans can develop drugs to combat them.At the...
California surgeon general sets goal of reducing maternal mortality by 50%
California’s surgeon general has unveiled a new initiative to reduce maternal mortality and set a goal of halving the rate of...