Measures are being taken to prepare for a surge of hospital and intensive care admissions in Ireland due to flu, the head of the Health Service Executive (HSE) has said. Concern has been expressed ...

Flu activity is high in Ohio and Kentucky. At least 16 schools have closed in the past 2 weeks. One remains closed Wednesday.

Because many medical schools make admissions decisions on a rolling basis, earlier applicants typically have better odds of acceptance, according to medical school admission experts. "Earlier is ...

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This metric evaluates the number of preventable hospital admissions in a state per 100,000 Medicare beneficiaries, based on data from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. When patients ...