Health Care Workers Are Tired of Cleaning Up Palantir's Mess A hospital giant and radiology network turned to Palantir to streamline scheduling, but nurses and other staff say the new software is causing errors, burnout, and frustration. Over the past four months, Amber Retzloff, a critical care nurse in Florida, requested to work 50 specific 12-hour shifts. But over half the time, she says her hospital's Palantir -powered scheduling software assigned her to different shifts, often putting her on back-to-back-to-back days and leaving her mentally drained. Retzloff doesn't expect to always get the slots she wants, but by her count the tool does a far worse job honoring her preferences than managers did when they assigned shifts by hand. Retzloff's experience mirrors that of other nurses across HCA Healthcare, the largest hospital chain in the US.

The US resurgence of measles is forcing hospitals and health systems to adopt new protocols and procedures to deal with a disease they thought was in the past. John Goldman had not seen a case of measles in 30 years. But since April, the infectious disease specialist with the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center in central Pennsylvania has had dozens of patients come down with the disease. "I never thought I would see this come back," he says. His health system, like others, has had to adapt to a new normal as measles makes a comeback in the United States.

Neurosurgeon recounts a'a miracle of biology' 'He had no business surviving. His survival was a triumph.' More information Adding us as a Preferred Source in Google by using this link indicates that you would like to see more of our content in Google News results. Neurosurgeons often perform complex work under intense pressure. The following excerpt from by Dr. Barbara Lazio has been run with permission Was This the Life You Wanted Saved?

An official inquiry into a Pakistan hospital fire that killed 14 babies last month has found the neonatal unit lacked fire alarms and sprinklers, while firefighters reported that escape routes were locked or obstructed. One firefighter, who asked to remain anonymous, told the BBC he had heard from other rescue workers that entering the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) hospital in Islamabad was extremely difficult. The doors were locked so they had to break through the windows to enter. Even after getting inside, the doors leading towards the ward were locked. PIMS has not provided a comment on the report and its findings.

A protester holds a sign during a protest outside of OpenAI headquarters calling for a pause in AI development, in San Francisco, California, March 2026. A protester holds a sign during a protest outside of OpenAI headquarters calling for a pause in AI development, in San Francisco, California, March 2026. Wednesday briefing: Why tech companies might be only too happy for us to believe AI will'kill us all' In today's newsletter: It is hard to tell fact from fiction when it comes to AI. What is really going on - and what should the government do about it? As a general rule, it pays to be suspicious of any gigantic company that claims it's developing a tool capable of destroying humanity.

The nursing job crisis is raising an uncomfortable question: What happens when hospitals trade nurses for A.I.? Become a member to share 10 free articles a month. Become a member to share 10 free articles a month. Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. Imagine, for a moment, that you are a nurse. A cancer patient on your ward asks for pain medicine, and it's easy enough to get it ready: Just go to the locked narcotics cabinet, punch in a code, draw the drug up into a syringe, and give it to them.

Mention Lucy Letby and you're likely to get a strong reaction. The nurse was sentenced to spend the rest of her life in prison for murdering seven babies and attempting to murder seven more. But though two juries have convicted her, and she has twice been denied permission to appeal, it seems everyone has an opinion on whether she really did it. She has become the centre of an information war. The name Lady Justice Thirlwall, however, attracts less recognition. She's the judge who's been tasked with examining how Letby was able to commit her crimes at the Countess of Chester Hospital in 2015-2016, and whether her managers should have responded differently when suspicions about her were raised.

Catherine, Princess of Wales has visited the hospital where she was treated for cancer after completing a charity climb to help fund a new unit there earlier this year. Catherine carried out the Three Peaks Challenge in June, which involves climbing the highest peaks in England, Scotland and Wales within 24 hours, in aid of the Royal Marsden in London. The amount of money she raised has not been made public, but it will go towards a new unit offering complementary healing alongside clinical care. The princess, who announced she was receiving cancer treatment in March 2024, spoke to patients and staff about the importance of supporting patients with more than just physical treatment. Catherine sat down and chatted to those receiving treatment at the hospital on Friday, including patients with breast cancer, head and neck cancer and a brain tumour.

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'This is an apartheid regime' Does Trump have real leverage over Netanyahu? At least four people have been killed and several wounded in Israeli attacks on the besieged Gaza Strip, health officials said. At least three people, including two children, were killed and eight people were wounded in an Israeli drone attack in the al-Kateeba district west of Gaza City in northern Gaza on Tuesday morning, a medical source at al-Shifa Hospital told Al Jazeera. Reporting from Gaza City, Al Jazeera's Hani Mahmoud said he counted at least 13 drones in the area at the time of the attack. "For 35 minutes there were nonstop attacks involving drones, three of them hovering at a dangerously low level," he said.