People who receive primary care from free clinics are less likely to use the emergency department for minor issues, according to a team of medical researchers. Nationally, the number of emergency departments (EDs) has decreased yet the number of ED visits has gone up, the team reported...
The Pennsylvania Department of Health will mark National Influenza Immunization Week by offering free public influenza vaccination clinics on Dec. 9, 10, and 11 in communities statewide. "Pennsylvania had a great opportunity to receive additional influenza vaccine," said acting Secretary of...
The Washington Post: "Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli II has concluded that the state can impose stricter oversight over clinics that perform abortions, a move immediately decried by abortion-rights organizations and others as an attempt to circumvent the General Assembly, which has...
Under an agreement with the Louisiana health department, a group of abortion clinics has agreed to drop its legal challenge to a new state law (SB 528) requiring ultrasounds before women can receive abortions, the AP/CNBC reports. A federal judge in Baton Rouge approved the agreement on...
Findings from a survey of free clinics suggest that an estimated 1.8 million individuals make approximately 3.5 million medical and dental visits to free clinics annually, according to a report in the June 14 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. "Our...