Healthcare

Global Medical Response, a Texas-based ambulance services firm, will shut down its Dayton-area locations this year, affecting over 70 employees.

Statewide, around 32,000 Ohio veterans have now been granted VA medical benefits as part of the PACT Act.

The hospital’s labor and delivery services will cease operations on February 29, with the last delivery taking place on or before February 21.

A local clergy group expressed its displeasure about how the former site of Good Samaritan Hospital in northwest Dayton is being developed at the city commission meeting this week.

The City of Dayton is investing thousands of dollars of American Rescue Plan funds to redevelop the plot of land where Good Samaritan Hospital once stood. The money will go toward the first building at the site–a new, full service YMCA with a pool and fitness center.

Women's Med Center runs some of the only clinics in the region that provide abortions. They are set to close their Dayton and Indianapolis locations next week because of laws that restrict abortions in both states. If Women’s Med does close in Ohio and Indiana, a few staff are planning to open a new clinic in one of the closest states where abortion is legal.

Listen to WYSO intern, Selah Griffin, talk to founder of SofaBurn Records and SofaBurn Inc., Chris Mueller, about new healthcare initiative.

The Ohio Alzheimer’s Association held a forum this week to discuss disparities in health care for the LGBTQ+ community. It addressed the fear of discrimination in healthcare for those who are struggling from Alzheimer’s or are Alzheimer’s caregivers in the LGBTQ+ community.

Experts believe almost half of the deaths from COVID-19 could have been prevented by vaccinations. Ohio GOP members want a ballot measure for voters in the November election that would prevent non-citizens from voting.

Brian Alexander returns to the Book Nook for a continued discussion of "The Hospital: Life, Death, and Dollars in a Small American Town" with Vick Mickunas

As the omicron surge continues, health officials in some states have given up trying to trace close contacts in all cases. That shift, combined with recent changes in isolation guidelines, is leaving many confused and unsure what to do.

A new generation of medical students and residents are learning to practice medicine in rural America. Will they stay?