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Rural hospitals throughout the nation are facing a conundrum. An increase in costs amid lower payments from insurance plans makes it harder for small hospitals to fund large capital improvement projects

An Ageing Population Underlines Need for New Strategies to Improve Uptake of Adult Pneumococcal Immunisation

Mark Chataway - April 11, 2024

The following article is based on expert discussions taken from the MSD Pneumococcal Vaccination Policy Roundtable that took place in Cape Town, South Africa...

Nurse Practitioners Critical in Treating Older Adults as Ranks of Geriatricians Shrink

Medika Life - June 22, 2025

On Fridays, Stephanie Johnson has a busy schedule, driving her navy-blue Jeep from one patient’s home to the next, seeing eight in all. Pregnant...

Monkeypox Outbreak: Stay Vigilant but Let’s Not Get Too Anxious

Isabella Soerjanto MD - July 31, 2022

WHO has declared monkeypox a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC). Is it as bad as COVID?

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