Professionals in a wide range of healthcare fields on May 19 united at Terrace On the Park, in Queens, for Schneps Media's Healthcare Hero awards, honoring healers and helpers from hospitals to homes and the homeless. Schneps Media CEO Joshua Schneps greeted hundreds of attendees, singling out a little more than 50 heroes, as not simply essential during the pandemic, but every day.
The loan limits-which were prompted by congressional legislation and fleshed out through a contentious rule-making process -cap the amount a graduate student can borrow based on the type of program they enroll in. If their program is deemed "professional," they can borrow up to $50,000 a year or $200,000 total; meanwhile, students in programs labeled "graduate" can only take out half that-$20,500 a year or $100,000 total. Under the proposed regulations, only 11 degree programs are considered professional.
Valley has 90 medical providers including doctors, nurse practitioners and physician assistants and on-site labs, x-rays, and vision care. With tens of thousands of patients, it's become one of the largest independent practices in western Massachusetts. It forms a key part of the region's health care infrastructure yet Valley Medical has rarely been under more strain than it is now.
Nearly 7,000 Irish medical professionals are now registered to work in Australia, sparking concerns about the impact on the Irish health service as the number seeking a better working life down under has risen by 86pc in six years.
BOROUGH PARK - MAIMONIDES MEDICAL CENTER HAS BEEN AWARDED GRANTS from the Mother Cabrini Health Foundation. Named for an indefatigable immigrant nun from Italy who helped the needy in Brooklyn and beyond, the Mother Cabrini Foundation recently awarded its 2025 Year-End Grants, including $1.5 million in healthcare workforce funding to enable Maimonides Medical Center to strengthen its Nurse Residency Program and $400,000 in general funding for its Brooklyn Parenting Center.
Doctors who have done their medical studies in an EU or EEA country can have their professional qualifications recognised in France - but since Brexit that no longer includes the UK. British-trained doctors must now follow the lengthy, complicated and expensive process of all non-EU medics who wish to practise in France - the 'autorisation individuelle d'exercice', which involves up to two years of hospital training and retaking exams to prove their skills.
Kaiser Permanente said Friday it will keep its Northern California hospitals, medical offices and emergency departments open if some 2,800 health care employees go on strike Monday. Striking workers, who are represented by United Nurses Associations of California/Union of Health Care Professionals, are expected to strike indefinitely amid stalled labor negotiations. The union represents nurse anesthetists, certified nurse midwives, acupuncturists, physician assistants, as well as occupational, speech and physical therapists.
From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, 'The A Word', which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging.
"While they're very good at solving problems in a rational way, they can be less well practised at processing feelings. And due to the nature of their jobs, there are a lot of intense and difficult situations they'll be dealing with every day. Using the art therapy method helps people to communicate with colleagues in a very different way and to share feelings that might otherwise be difficult to express."
To Trina Spear, cofounder and CEO of medical apparel brand Figs, change for the healthcare industry has to start with a focus on healthcare workers. "We believe if you serve the provider, they will be able to better serve the patient," she says. "And that drives better outcomes. That drives a better healthcare system." As part of that focus, Figs gave away hundreds of thousands of scrubs, organized healthcare worker retreats, and donated some $510,000 to healthcare nonprofits in 2024 alone.
Michael Liu grew up in Toronto, Canada, then moved to the U.S. for college and medical school because, to him, America was the premiere destination for fulfilling his aspirations to become a physician and researcher. "You know, in chase of the American Dream, and understanding all the opportunities that was such a draw for me," says Liu, who attended Harvard University.
'Unacceptable' that HSE is spending €124m on agency nurses, while 1,096 funded posts are vacant, TD says The HSE is on course to spend more than €720m hiring agency workers this year while not filling more than 3,700 staff jobs for which it has funding. Agency workers cover a wide range of services and are hired daily to provide medical and nursing care, administrative duties, as well as general support and other patient care.
Dr. Karla Solheim leads the Iowa chapter of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. She says practicing got harder after Iowa's abortion ban started in 2024. KARLA SOLHEIM: It just feels like our job is impossible. KREBS: Solheim says a recent pregnant patient developed life-threatening complications, so Solheim ended the pregnancy. She says afterwards she was grilled by hospital administrators to make sure the abortion qualified for an exception under the law.
America's healthcare system is straining under the twin pressures of an aging population and a stretched pool of healthcare providers. Doctors told Fortune that policies limiting skilled visas and student entries could deepen labor shortages in areas such as geriatrics and rural medicine, where immigrant staff have long filled gaps. Physicians urge clearer pathways for skilled workers to stay, warning that without them, the system's capacity to care for older Americans may falter.
If you or your loved ones have ever been sick, you may have encountered a Filipino medical professional at the clinic or hospital-a nurse, doctor, or lab technician-or perhaps an in-home caregiver or staffer in an assisted living facility. This is because Filipinos are disproportionately represented in the healthcare sector-for example, 4 percent of US nurses are Filipino, though Filipinos make up only 1 percent of the population.
But even in the best-funded clinics with the most committed professionals, standards can still fall short; doctors, like the rest of us, are working with stone age minds. Despite years of training, human brains are not optimally equipped for the pace, pressure, and complexity of modern healthcare. Given that patient care is medicine's core purpose, the question is who, or what, is best placed to deliver it?
Nursing homes are facing staff shortages exacerbated by immigration policy changes, leading to the loss of employees with Temporary Protected Status. This impacts caregiving roles significantly.
