Hospitals

Montana's largest hospital recently signed employment contracts with two dozen foreign nurses. Nationwide, a backlog of 5,000 international nurses await approval to enter the U.S.

Ohio health officials are asking the public to stay out of emergency rooms if they are looking for COVID-19 tests or experiencing mild cold-like symptoms.

The governor is activating 1,050 members of the national guard to address hospital staffing issues.

The delta variant of COVID-19 has some hospitals nearing, or exceeding, capacity and creating competition for available workers. We check in with how hospitals are dealing with the latest surge of COVID-19 nationally and in Ohio.

Hospital capacity for COVID-19 patients is dwindling in some parts of Ohio as the respiratory illness continues raging.

Hospitals have a lot of tests to find a problem, such as X-rays, MRIs and CT scans. But studies show that Black and Hispanic patients are less likely to get this imaging in an emergency, and that might lead to other health issues.

Antibiotic resistance is “one of the biggest public health challenges of our time,” according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Antibiotic resistance is “one of the biggest public health challenges of our time,” according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

A year into the pandemic, COVID-19 has put an enormous strain on health care systems — including the influx of COVID-19 patients, staffing shortages and…

Friday marks one year since the first Ohioan died from COVID-19. Since then, more than 18,000 Ohioans have died from the virus.On March 20, 2020, Gov.…