It’s hard to forget your first time in the ICU. Strangers obscured by masks and gowns, beds surrounded by wires, constant beeping — it can feel like you’ve stumbled into a warped, ...
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U.S. Catholic Church developing sex-change surgery policy
The backlash against radical sex change surgeries for children continues to grow across the nation and in Europe where several nations have banned it. Last week, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops ...
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How Christianity modeled care for the sick in the Roman world
Far from being an otherworldly religion, Christianity teaches both the importance and goodness of life in this world. In fact, from Jesus’ healing ministry to the work of modern missionary doctors, a ...
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How the role of chaplains is changing
The COVID-19 pandemic is bringing new attention to the work of chaplains and changing the way they minister. Before the pandemic, as an article in The New York Times put it, the place ...
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New parents caught in hospital newborn hearing test scam
After Christine Malik gave birth to her first daughter three years ago, a clinician affiliated with a company called Pediatrix entered the hospital room and fitted the infant with sensors and wires ...
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As Omicron fades, South Africa drops quarantine, other measures
South Africa is halting contact tracing and ending quarantine for asymptomatic cases of COVID-19. The news comes as the Omicron variant has run its course with little to no effect on the ...
Read More »Judge rules in favor of Missouri-led coalition of states to temporarily halt vaccine mandate
A federal judge on Monday placed a temporary injunction on the Biden administration’s vaccine mandate for healthcare workers at Medicare- and Medicaid-affiliated facilities. The ruling comes as another setback in which other ...
Read More »Court says Christian doctors can refuse to perform abortion, gender transition
A federal judge ruled this week that the Biden administration cannot force Christian doctors and religious hospitals to perform abortions or gender transition procedures under Obamacare. The case involves a portion of ...
Read More »Ethics: How technology and medicine has changed the context of death
Every living thing eventually dies. It is not just the inevitability of death but the nature of our awareness of it that does so much to determine the meaning of human existence. ...
Read More »White House Coronavirus Taskforce places Missouri in red zone for COVID-19
Missouri is in the red zone for COVID-19, according to the latest report from the White House Coronavirus Taskforce. This means there are 101 or more new cases per 100,00 population. In ...
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LaMar’s Donuts making free deliveries to local healthcare workers
LaMar’s Donuts has a sweet offer for healthcare professionals on the front lines of battling coronavirus. The Kansas City company is establishing an Internet hotline for hospital doctors, nurses and other clinical ...
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CBS forced to correct false story by nurse crying for masks
CBS News was forced to issue a correction after promoting footage of a crying nurse who claimed she was asked by hospital managers not to wear an N95 mask when treating coronavirus ...
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Gov. Parson puts out call for help from medical professionals
Missouri’s Governor Mike Parson on Monday put out a call for help from medical professionals across the state to treat COVID-19 patients. Missouri received over 900 applications for the Disaster Medical Assistance ...
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Christians showing up to pray in hospital parking lots
In I Timothy 2:8 we are commanded to lift up holy hands in prayer. Across the nation, that’s exactly what is happening as Christians pray in the parking lot of countless hospitals. ...
Read More »Diagnosed cases of Wuhan Virus likely to skyrocket, due to increase in testing
Right now the numbers are still relatively low for those who have been diagnosed with the Wuhan virus. But get ready for it now, because when many more tests are readily available ...
Read More »Flu cases spike 43% in Missouri
Christmas brought the flu to many of Missouri families this week with numbers increasing dramatically. According to weekly state data, Missouri had a total of 857 lab-positive flu cases from December 8-14, ...
Read More »Judge shuts down Kansas’ telemedicine abortions
A Kansas judge has reversed an earlier court ruling and now says that a clinic cannot provide telemedicine abortions. The process takes place when a doctor guides a patient via video conference ...
Read More »German nurse guilty of murdering 85 patients
He’s now Germany’s most notorious serial killer since World War II. German nurse Niels Hoegel has been found guilty of killing 85 patients under his care. Testimony revealed he liked to bring ...
Read More »Jewish couple gives $5 million to Christian missionary doctors
A Jewish businessman and philanthropist is giving millions of dollars of his wealth to help Christian missionary doctors in Africa. Mark Gerson and his wife Rabbi Erica Gerson are giving $5 million ...
Read More »Hospital billing scheme probe spreads to Kansas
A Kansas couple has filed a lawsuit that involves a $90 million billing scheme found last year at a rural Missouri hospital. James and Phyllis Shaffer are suing Jorge Perez over what ...
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