Learn about the different types of primary care doctors and medical specialists.
Colorectal cancer cases and surgery are rising for younger adults.
Choosing a cancer hospital is one of the biggest decisions you’ll make.
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Opioid overdose deaths reached record levels in 2020, according to CDC data.
Protecting patients and loved ones is powerful common ground.
His new role: Trying to break through the "hell no" wall of vaccine skepticism and conspiracy theories.
Labrador retriever Buffy uses gentle sniffing to reveal infection in people.
The county's low vaccination rate is breeding more infections.
Ramped-up vaccination, rapid testing and contract tracing are critical to counter the variant threat.
A surprise balloon and late-night texts: How two doctors got each other through a most difficult year.
Fatigue and cognitive problems that disrupt life are real, says head of Mayo Clinic program.
https://health.usnews.com/hospital-heroes/articles/helping-covid-long-haulers-get-back-on-their-feet
Many people with serious conditions have put off seeking medical attention during the pandemic.
Stronger safety playbooks can help protect athletes, staff, hosts and the world, expert says.
Mother Nature is warning us that future pandemics are certain.
We're better prepared for the next pandemic – but this one is far from behind us.
Vaccinating Americans who can't leave their homes is "life-changing" for patients and clinical workers.
Isolation poses a formidable challenge in meeting the Juneau community’s need for care.
Nurse ethicist helps colleagues navigate issues raised by treating gravely ill COVID-19 patients.
Masks off? Not so fast, says public health expert and former Baltimore City Health Commissioner.
https://health.usnews.com/hospital-heroes/articles/dr-leana-wen-shocked-by-new-cdc-mask-guidance
Facebook group for Spanish-speakers helps immigrants connect to resources and each other.
An emergency professional says his country is reeling from a COVID-19 outbreak.
https://health.usnews.com/hospital-heroes/articles/an-on-the-ground-view-of-indias-pandemic-fight
Doctor who grew up in India helps organize the donation of medical equipment to his ailing homeland.
Fifteen years after this school was hit by Hurricane Katrina, COVID-19 causes new struggles.
An elite Nebraska team treats patients infected with dangerous new bio-organisms.
A Michigan funeral director reflects on hard pandemic realities.
Doctor recounts his most harrowing – and profound – pandemic experience.
Seeing a neurologist? Take extra care to avoid COVID-19, new study finds.
As the AAA gets bigger or symptoms appear, choices become more urgent.
Meet 9 clinical trial participants helping prove whether new coronavirus vaccines really work.
The pandemic is worsening. Our workforce is depleted. Please, please don’t turn your backs on us now.
Dr. Ngozi Ezike praised for showing her humanity.
This mental health researcher is helping families navigate the added stress of COVID-19.
Immigrants like the Vargas brothers play a key role in the fight against COVID-19.
‘Not in my house’ could be the motto for nurses Jenn DiSalvo and Polly Boland.
On-the-ground insights from two senior care professionals. One lost his own father to COVID-19.
Experts provide education and protective gear to skilled nursing home workers.
Dr. Andrew Artenstein took an unorthodox meeting to get essential supplies for his health system.
Policy expert David Grabowski calls for better pay for direct caregivers in dangerous jobs.
Retirement community uses testing to blunt the spread of the novel coronavirus.
Cardiologist spearheads creation of a COVID-19 registry to help clinicians fight the disease.
Tammy Macklin puts the 'active' in activity director for her Idaho facility.
Gaps in preventive care give way to inequitable outcomes.
https://health.usnews.com/health-care/best-hospitals/articles/colon-cancer-disparities-in-america
Dr. Ryan Stuntz helped guide the emergency shutdown and safe reopening of state dentist offices.
At one Iowa clinic, doctors are focusing specifically on supporting COVID-19 "long-haulers."
https://health.usnews.com/hospital-heroes/articles/iowa-clinic-treats-long-term-effects-of-covid-19
When a hurricane and a pandemic collide.
Meet the scientists developing noninvasive, more accessible coronavirus testing methods.
His mission: Protect wildland firefighters from COVID-19.
https://health.usnews.com/hospital-heroes/articles/montana-physician-truly-heads-toward-the-fire
Many survivors have endured lengthy hospital stays, posing unique challenges for physical therapists.
Hospital interpreters bridge gaps for patients with COVID-19 who don't speak English.
Many of his patients are Americans from south of the border with scant access to quality health care.
Q&A with school ventilation expert breathes new life into COVID-19 transmission concerns.
When people die from COVID-19, autopsies reveal information that benefits the living.
Effective medications for COVID-19 patients are limited.
The self-taught artist used a special technique to burn the images of six health workers into plywood.
She is spearheading an international consortium studying the neurological effects of COVID-19.
He's volunteered to ride in the ambulance virtually every day since COVID-19 broke out.
Do different subgroups experience differential treatment once they arrive at the hospital?
https://health.usnews.com/health-care/best-hospitals/articles/race-and-risk-post-surgery
He’s overseeing at least 80 clinical trial sites for vaccine candidates as part of ‘Operation Warp Speed.’
Nursing director says hospital beds are available and staff is fully prepared.
Dr. Adarsh Bhimraj advocates for COVID-19 treatments based on scientific evidence, not anecdotes.
https://health.usnews.com/hospital-heroes/articles/doctor-fights-covid-19-with-scientific-evidence
Barbara Robertson oversees a fleet of school nurses scrambling to keep kids in a Texas district safe.
His responsibility: protecting 1,300 homeless individuals as the novel coronavirus outbreak deepens.
https://health.usnews.com/hospital-heroes/articles/keeping-the-homeless-safe-during-covid-19
The UCSF Pandemic Workforce Training Academy has helped thousands of Californians learn the ropes.
Her team's tool helps pinpoint which communities may be hit next, and who might be most vulnerable.
The mystery deepens and 'the list of symptoms gets longer and longer.'
'My sister died because she was an emergency room physician in a pandemic.'
COVID-19 has forced rapid change. We must ensure health care doesn't reflexively snap back to old ways.
Our collective future depends on what we – the decision-makers – do at this crossroad.
It’s ‘maddening’ that people ‘are made more vulnerable by their physical and social environments.’
As one expert puts it, 'COVID-19 ripped the Band-Aid off of the structural inequities that exist.'
But what happens when the pandemic is in the rearview mirror?
A look at racial disparities in access to surgical care.
https://health.usnews.com/health-care/best-hospitals/articles/who-gets-high-quality-hospital-care
Even as she recovers from COVID-19, this EMT is anxious to resume helping people on the front lines.
https://health.usnews.com/hospital-heroes/articles/emt-in-covid-19-hot-zone-i-know-im-needed
In Phoenix, COVID-survivor Jeff Orsborn knows firsthand what patients are going through.
Gupta, a still-practicing neurosurgeon, helps audiences worldwide understand this new, vexing virus.
The rankings evaluate nearly every community hospital in America.
https://health.usnews.com/health-care/best-hospitals/articles/best-hospitals-rankings-coming-july-28
The country's most authoritative voice on COVID-19 works 16 hour days and misses the "boring" stuff.
Dozens pile into Nicola Harwood's pop-up command center for COVID-19 prep multiple times per week.
https://health.usnews.com/hospital-heroes/articles/command-unit-drives-hospitals-covid-19-response
Meet the many front-line health care workers who are standing up to the novel coronavirus pandemic.
https://health.usnews.com/hospital-heroes/slideshows/meet-more-than-50-hospital-heroes-in-pictures
Young nurses like Kaliah Glenn have been asked to step up straight out of the gate during this pandemic.
He uses meditation and even laughter yoga to ease mental health woes stemming from the pandemic.
She keeps their rooms clean – and keeps them company, as COVID-19 rises in Arkansas.
With help from emerging fashion designers, his team has produced 39,000 gowns and counting.
Her children and 97-year-old mother understand her determination to help out during this crisis.
Some nurses have had their hours cut amid the novel coronavirus pandemic and face financial challenges.
COVID-19 ravaged the lungs of a patient in her 20s. This doctor helped her get a double-lung transplant.
How is the pandemic truly impacting health care workers? There's a registry for that.
Devices help keep health care workers safe while treating the sickest COVID-19 patients.
https://health.usnews.com/hospital-heroes/articles/robots-assist-covid-19-doctors
She believes people would take the virus more seriously if they saw what she sees.
They work 48-hour shifts, providing critical care in midair during the novel coronavirus outbreak.
As the pandemic heats up across the U.S., he warns that we may be in for a long, tough summer.
The government has called on his team to retrofit hospitals and ramp up capacity.
Her mission: advocating for adequate protection against the novel coronavirus.
Chicago allergist provides antibody tests to thousands of working-class Latinos at wholesale price.
Her dashboard lets people track the spread in near real-time. She had no idea it would get this big.
Her mission: Improve the health of an entire neighborhood amid a pandemic that’s ravaging it.
He sees his role as helping create a safe environment for protesters so their voices can be heard.
Dr. Rob Davidson has emerged as an outspoken advocate for affordable health care, now more than ever.
Sign language interpreters are filling a critical communications role during this coronavirus crisis.
For treating everything from epilepsy to stroke in kids, these medical centers are the best of the best.