Friday 2 August 2019

Cancer clinic closures limit access to care, increase Medicare spending

From 2008 to 2016, 380 cancer treatment facilities closed nationally, and another 390 practices struggled to stay open due to financial stress. According to the Community Oncology Alliance, cancer clinic closures place an additional burden on the nearly 20 percent of Americans living in rural areas due to limited local access to oncology care, forcing patients to travel farther for treatment.

source https://www.lifetechnology.com/blogs/life-technology-news-blog/cancer-clinic-closures-limit-access-to-care-increase-medicare-spending

Former Ebola patients to mark five years since treatment in US

As a new Ebola outbreak rages in Congo, some of the first Ebola virus patients to be successfully treated in the United States during the deadliest recorded outbreak five years ago are reuniting with their doctors.

source https://www.lifetechnology.com/blogs/life-technology-news-blog/former-ebola-patients-to-mark-five-years-since-treatment-in-us