Health Care News

Former Ranger Jose Canseco nearly shoots off finger while cleaning gun

The former Texas Rangers outfielder was cleaning the weapon at his kitchen table when it discharged.

Washington Bureau

Obama: Ebola quarantines discourage volunteers from going to West Africa

President Barack Obama reminded Americans that the way to defeat Ebola is by stopping it at its source in West Africa. Quarantine policies could hurt this fight by discouraging health care workers from "doing God's work over there."

Dallas nurse Amber Vinson released from Atlanta hospital after Ebola treatment

She joins fellow nurse Nina Pham in being successfully treated for the deadly disease.

Washington Bureau

What do women entrepreneurs want? Candidates who understand business

A new survey by the National Association of the Self-Employed found that reforming the individual tax code is a top priority for women business owners. That's because more than 80 percent used personal savings to start their companies.

HCA buying Dallas-based urgent care company, CareNow

The Nashville-based health care giant is buying the owner of 24 urgent care centers in Dallas-Fort Worth.

Morning Edition

Atlanta hospital to release nurse Amber Vinson after Ebola treatment

Vinson was one of two nurses at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas who contracted Ebola after treating Thomas Eric Duncan, who died from Ebola at the hospital.

Washington Bureau

Homeland Security: We're ready for Ebola, despite past preparedness flaws

The Department of Homeland Security says it has enough equipment to protect airport security and customs officers from Ebola exposure, despite an inspector general's report blasting the agency's pandemic preparedness.

Nurse being held in New Jersey tent allowed to go home to Maine

Kaci Hickox, who attended the University of Texas at Arlington, was being held in the tent on a 21-day quarantine after she returned to the U.S. from West Africa under an order issued by New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie.

Morning Edition

Ex-UT Arlington student who treated Ebola patients quarantined in New Jersey tent

The nurse was in Sierra Leone working with Doctors Without Borders. New Jersey officials put her in the tent for an expected 21-day quarantine, drawing criticism from health officials and the Obama administration.

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Morning Edition

Up To Speed: Rite Aid, CVS throw up wall to Apple Pay (Video)

The move appears connected to the chains' participation in a consortium called Merchant Customer Exchange, which is developing a competing mobile payments system, called CurrentC.

MediGain lands $38M from Prudential for acquisitions, growth

MediGain has obtained $38 million in funding from Prudential Capital Group to continue the nationwide expansion of its revenue cycle management, medical billing and reimbursement services.

Washington Bureau

About that pandemic preparedness: DHS spent millions on respirators and antiviral drugs that may no longer work

Let's hope the federal government's response to Ebola is more effective than the Department of Homeland Security's pandemic preparedness. The agency's inspector general reports that everything from respirators to antiviral drugs may no longer work because of DHS mismanagement.

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Ebola news roundup: NYC doc has it; can you get Ebola from a bowling ball? Pham released from hospital (Video)

A roundup of Ebola news from around the country.

DBJ Confidential

Texas governor candidates Abbott, Davis talk education, immigration

Here’s where Republican gubernatorial candidate Greg Abbott and Democrat Wendy Davis stand on the issues of public education, immigration and higher education.

Dallas nurse Nina Pham Ebola-free, headed back to Texas

Dallas nurse and Ebola patient Nina Pham is free of the deadly virus and was discharged from the National Institutes of Health Clinical Center in Maryland.