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A ventilator alongside medical supplies and a stretcher is displayed before a news conference at the Javits Center in New York City on March 23.

Hospitals Reject Trump's Claim They Are 'Really Thrilled' With Supplies

2:46pm April 05, 2020

by Sarah McCammon

As hospitals warn of shortages, President Trump claims without offering evidence that he's hearing from administrators who are pleased with the current levels of supplies.

Gustavo Ocando Alex and his dad, Gilberto, in 1999. Last year, his father died of a heart attack at age 81.

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His Dad Died In A Venezuelan Hospital. What He Saw In The Morgue Still Haunts Him

1:11pm January 19, 2020

by Gustavo Ocando Alex

When this reporter's father died, he accompanied the body as it was taken to the morgue. The grieving son says it was the hardest walk of his life.

Police officers gather next to a burning police vehicle set on fire by angry lawyers during clashes in Lahore, Pakistan, on Wednesday.

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In Pakistan, Angry Mob Of Lawyers Attacks Hospital, Causing Deaths Of 3 Patients

4:27pm December 11, 2019

by Vanessa Romo

The lawyers were apparently angered by a now viral incident at the hospital in which an attorney was beaten by doctors after he refused to wait in line at the cardiac facility.

Police officers guard the doors of a teaching hospital in Ostrava, Czech Republic, after a gunman carried out a mass shooting in its waiting room Tuesday morning.

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Gunman Kills 6 In Attack Inside Czech Hospital's Waiting Room

12:22pm December 10, 2019

by Bill Chappell

The shooting set off a manhunt that ended when the suspected gunman killed himself as police were closing in on him. Three people were also injured.

Smoke rises from the Syrian town of Tal Abyad, where a hospital was shuttered because of the fighting.

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Turkey's Invasion of Syria Worsens A Humanitarian Crisis

5:52pm October 11, 2019

by Tim McDonnell

A front-line hospital was abandoned Friday as up to 100,000 people fled Turkey's ground and air offensive.

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UNC Hospital Resumes Child Heart Surgeries After Review

11:31am September 18, 2019

by Associated Press

An advisory board says the University of North Carolina hospital's pediatric cardiology program can resume performing complex heart surgeries following

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Greensboro's Former Polio Hospital Is Getting A Historical Marker

12:21pm June 17, 2019

by Paul Garber

A former hospital in Greensboro is getting a historical marker this week.

The North American porcupine has a cute face, but it has upward of 30,000 menacing quills covering much of its body. The slow-moving herbivore uses them as a last-resort defense against predators.

Porcupine Barbs For Better Wound Healing

11:42am April 09, 2019

Surgeons would love to find a replacement for surgical staples — one that doesn't aggravate wounds on the way in and out. Bioengineers think they've found the right model — a porcupine's quill.

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Randolph Health And Cone Health Will Not Combine Organizations

4:57pm June 01, 2018

by Bethany Chafin

After over a year of negotiations, Randolph Health will not become part of Cone Health's larger integrated health care network.

While Baby Duke Brothers stayed in the NICU, his parents could watch over him via web cam.

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Cameras On Preemies Let In Families, Keep Germs Out

5:02am May 28, 2018

by Blake Farmer

Some hospitals are putting cameras in their neonatal intensive care units to reduce the number of people — and germs — from entering. But some NICU staff may not want to be watched around the clock.

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