At least five Palestinians have been killed after an Israeli airstrike hit a building at Nasser Hospital in southern Gaza, an official from the Hamas-run Civil Defence agency has told the BBC. Eyewitnesses said that a single missile, fired from a warplane that briefly flew over the area, struck a building housing the hospital's surgical wards and intensive care units. Twenty others were injured, the civil defence spokesman said. A surgeon is reported to be among those who were killed during the strike early on Thursday. The Israeli military says it struck a senior Hamas member and other militants who were using the hospital as a command center for military and terrorist activities.

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Newborn twins fight for survival as conflict fuels Yemen's hunger crisis To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. From the day they were born, just seven weeks ago, twins Raghad Hassan and her brother Raad have been battling for survival. They came into the world prematurely, as fighting surged in Yemen's long-running civil war between Houthi rebel fighters and government forces. When the Houthis reached their village in the Kahboub mountains in south-west Yemen, their family of seven was forced to flee amid bombs, missiles, and drone attacks - the twins protected only by blankets. What followed was three days on foot heading for the port city of Aden.

The walls of what is thought to be one of medieval England's earliest and largest leprosy hospitals have been uncovered in Lincoln by Time Team archaeologists. A three-day dig started on Friday on the South Common at the site of the Hospital of the Holy Innocents, which housed up to 20 people with leprosy around the late 11th to early 12th Centuries. Time Team's Prof Carenza Lewis said they had found traces of square features where it is thought people were housed, which haven't been excavated before, anywhere. The dig marks the beginning of a three-year project backed by the National Lottery Heritage Fund. The remains of the building were found last year during a Local Landscapes and Hidden Histories project.

Things to Do in L.A. Tap to enable a layout that focuses on the article. This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here . See more from the L.A. Times in Google Search. When Catalina Romero arrived at Catalina Island's tiny emergency room this week with a severe allergic reaction, officials decided she needed medical attention on the mainland.

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.