An Associated Press and Side Effects Public Media data analysis shows one in six visits to the emergency department in 2022 that resulted in hospital admission had a wait of four or more hours.

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Hospitals in the Jacksonville area are experiencing longer wait times to see a doctor in the emergency room because of the recent spike in COVID-19 patients requiring emergency care.

“The ER doctor told me that my lungs were the worst COVID lungs that he had seen so far,” Shapard said. During his battle with COVID, he lost 30 pounds and continued to have lingering symptoms of the virus for 10 another months. Not quite one year after being released from the hospital, Shapard set his sites on running the 2021 Gate River Run. I need to run this.’ I need to run on that date. I’m going to run it, I’m going to walk it.

The coronavirus pandemic has led to rising emergency room visits and longer waits for U.S. children and teens facing mental health issues. There are no national studies on kids’ ER waits for mental health treatment, a practice called “boarding,” according to a recent review published in the journal Pediatrics. They are kept stable but often receive little or no mental health care during those waits. Shortages of psychiatrists in some areas and hospital closures have worsened the problem and contributed to rising ER mental health visits, the Pediatrics review said. The number of U.S. children's mental health hospitals dropped to 38 from 50 between 2008 and 2018.

As the coronavirus pandemic surges across the nation and infections and hospitalizations rise, medical administrators are scrambling to find enough nursing help especially in rural areas and at small hospitals. (AP Photo/Robert Bumsted, File)FENTON, Mich. – As the coronavirus pandemic surges across the nation and infections and hospitalizations rise, medical administrators are scrambling to find enough nursing help — especially in rural areas and at small hospitals. Aspirus recently was able to hire 18 nurses from outside agencies, and may need more if the surge continues. Greg Abbott recently announced he was sending 75 nurses and respiratory therapists to El Paso to help handle the city's surge. Travel nurses say the need at small hospitals tends to be greater than at larger facilities.

A day of fun on the water completely flipped Ryan Perry's life upside down. After a jet ski trip on the Susquehanna-- Perry's health unexpectedly started to go into a free fall. - A day of fun on the water completely flipped Ryan Perry's life upside down. After a jet ski trip on the Susquehanna-- Perry's health unexpectedly started to go into a free fall. Finally, what they determined is water went up my nose when I was jet skiing.

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