Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey released from hospital after undergoing minor procedure

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey was released from the hospital Thursday after undergoing a procedure to remove fluid pressing against her lung. Ivey, 81, is recovering at the Governor’s Mansion after staying two nights at a hospital in Montgomery, her office said. She will work from the residence and is expected to be … Read more

Hospital costs are rising far faster than inflation and drowning Americans in debt

Stricken with severe abdominal pain, Randy Slaughter spent three days at a nonprofit hospital in College Station, Texas, in April 2024. But doctors couldn’t determine the cause and sent him home, Slaughter said, advising him to change his diet. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. His … Read more

Florida hospital drops lawsuit against woman who refused to leave the facility

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A Florida hospital has dropped its lawsuit seeking to evict a patient who refused to vacate a room for months after she was discharged because, the hospital said, she finally left. Tallahassee Memorial Hospital filed the lawsuit this month requesting an injunction to force the woman to leave room 373 and authorizing … Read more

Air Canada LaGuardia passengers injured after crash are still in the hospital as wreckage is removed

Air Canada has said that four passengers and crew from the fatal collision at LaGuardia on Sunday night are still being treated in hospitals almost four days after the accident. An investigation by the National Transportation Safety Board is well underway after two pilots were killed when their Air Canada flight collided with a Port … Read more

Mangled plane in LaGuardia crash is towed from runway as most injured passengers leave hospital

NEW YORK — All but four of the passengers injured in Sunday’s deadly collision between an Air Canada plane and a fire truck have been released from the hospital, the airline said Wednesday, as crews began moving the mangled aircraft off the runaway at New York’s LaGuardia Airport. The crash, which remains under investigation, killed … Read more

600-year-old grape seed used to make pinot noir wine found in toilet of medieval hospital in France

A 600-year-old grape seed discovered in the toilet of a medieval French hospital is genetically identical to the grapes still being used to make pinot noir wine, scientists said Tuesday. The seed reveals that people in France have been cultivating this immensely popular variety of grape since at least the 1400s, the scientists said in … Read more

Boston transit station incident sends 6 to hospital

BOSTON — Six people were taken to the hospital after an incident at a Boston transit station Friday drew a large police presence and prompted the partial shutdown of the facility. The incident happened late Friday morning at the Forest Hills station in the city’s Jamaica Plain neighborhood and involved a transit officer, City Councilor … Read more

A Kremlin loyalist suddenly turned against Putin. A day later, he was in a psychiatric hospital.

A loyal pro-Kremlin blogger who unexpectedly denounced Russian President Vladimir Putin as “a war criminal and thief” has been admitted to a psychiatric facility. Ilya Remeslo, a lawyer and pro-Putin firebrand, shocked both Kremlin supporters and critics Tuesday when he shared a long post on Telegram, titled “Five reasons why I stopped supporting Vladimir Putin.” … Read more

In a Cuban hospital, patients and doctors are hard hit by outages and fuel shortages

HAVANA — Yonelkys García, 44, a housewife and mother of two, finds it so difficult to travel to the hospital to treat her acute myeloid leukemia that she now stays at the facility one week at a time. García has been in treatment for over a year at the Institute of Hematology and Immunology and … Read more

Florida hospital sues to evict patient who won’t leave room 5 months after discharge

ORLANDO, Fla. — The patient in Room 373 refuses to leave. Tallahassee Memorial Healthcare earlier this month sued the patient, saying she has refused to depart her hospital room since being discharged last October. The hospital also has asked a state judge in Tallahassee for an injunction ordering the patient to vacate the hospital room … Read more