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Patricia Bunting was hospitalized for 57 days as her family tried to raise the funds to fly her back to the UK.

New research emphasizes the need for ongoing COVID-19 protection for people with weakened immune systems, with scalable tests ...

Emergency hospital admissions for children with eating disorders have risen sixfold in a decade amid the “contagious ...

A new Lancet study has revealed a shock rise in children and young people hospitalised for mental health concerns such as ...

In response to the shortage of beds, one hospital trust has even advertised for “corridor nurses,” to care for patients who ...

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A hospital in north London has advertised for a corridor nurse ... Ian Higginson, vice president of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine, shared a screenshot of a "corridor RN" bank shift ...