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Hospitals in at least two counties in Texas are at full capacity as the Lone Star State sees an alarming spike in coronavirus cases.Judges in Starr and Hidalgo Counties sounded the alarm Friday, alerting residents that hospitals in the Rio Grande Valley were at capacity. Judge Eloy Vera of Starr County wrote in a Facebook post…

Texas Medical Center hospitals have stopped reporting key metrics showing the stress rising numbers of COVID-19 patients are placing on their facilities, undermining data that policy makers and the public have relied upon during the pandemic to gauge the spread of the coronavirus. The change came one day after the hospitals reported their base intensive…

Austin-area medical professionals and health authorities warned that local hospitals could be overwhelmed by COVID-19 patients in the next several weeks as the number of cases in Central Texas has surged. “If we do not make significant change right now then we are going to be in a situation within the next week to two…

The Upshot|Hospitals Sued to Keep Prices Secret. They Lost.The decision was a victory for the Trump administration, which sees pressure from patients as a way to control health costs.ImagePresident Trump last November, announcing the executive order on health care pricing transparency.Credit...Zach Gibson/Getty ImagesA federal judge has upheld a Trump administration policy that requires hospitals and…

Her baby was coming, and her complications were growing more dangerous. But nowhere would take her — an increasingly common story as India’s health care system buckles under pressure.Patients waiting to get examined for fever and other symptoms at a government-run homeopathic hospital in New Delhi in March.Credit...Manish Swarup/Associated PressJune 21, 2020Updated 6:22 p.m. ETNEW…