The News Review:
- Health Buzz: Americans Bankrupted by Health Costs and ther Health …
- Child younger than 2 becomes city’s 5th swine flu death
- Globe review of local districts finds federal standards often are …
Health Buzz: Americans Bankrupted by Health Costs and ther Health …
U.S. News & World Report
The costliest medical conditions are neurological problems which cost patients $34167 in average out-of-pocket healthcare expenses according to a study in Thursday’s online edition of the American Journal of Medicine. The study found that from 2001 to 2007 the number of bankruptcies caused by medical bills rose by about 50 percent. Insured Americans bankrupted by health problems had an average $17749 in medical bills; those without insurance had bills amounting to $26971 on average.
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Child younger than 2 becomes city’s 5th swine flu death
Newsday
It is what the Health Department has cited in declining to provide certain information on the cases involving swine flu. The health department’s Web site Tuesday showed five deaths related to swine flu since the outbreak began in the city in April. The aunt of Montañez who found the baby unconscious told the Daily News that city health officials said the baby had swine flu. The child’s family could not be reached for comment Tuesday. Wednesday the city plans to close two more schools – PS 15 and the PAVE Academy Charter School both in Brooklyn – to control the spread of influenza. The schools will reopen Monday.
Globe review of local districts finds federal standards often are …
Boston Globe
During a five-week period in Framingham 17 mice were caught in an elementary school’s kitchen storage area. And in a Foxborough middle school a complaint of hair in the food prompted an inquiry by a local health inspector.
