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Katrina brought out best in hospital, profits fell

Reuters US Online Report Health News | 359 days ago

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Hurricane Katrina brought many changes to hospitals that remained open throughout the hurricane and during its aftermath. More surgeries were performed with fewer staff, but income fell due to increased numbers of uninsured patients. According to senior author Dr. William S. Richardson and associates at the Ochsner Clinic Foundation in New Orleans, 11 major hospitals in ...

Celebrating and commemorating, New Orleans remembers Katrina

AFP Global Edition | 6 days ago

New Orleans residents Sunday marked five years since Hurricane Katrina and the devastating floods that followed with a memorial service in the Lower Ninth Ward, where the storm hit hardest."We lost 1,800 people in the worst manmade disaster ever to hit t

George Clooney wins humanitarian award at Emmys

Reuters US Online Report Entertainment News | 6 days ago

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - George Clooney on Sunday added another trophy to his Oscar, two Golden Globes and slew of movie critics awards -- but this one had nothing to do with acting.Clooney was presented with the Bob Hope Humanitarian Award at the Primetim

Today in History

AP News | 6 days ago

Today in HistoryToday is Monday, Aug. 30, the 242nd day of 2010. There are 123 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On Aug. 30, 1997, Americans received word of the car crash in Paris that claimed the lives of Princess Diana, Dodi Fayed and

Obama hails New Orleans 'resilience' five years post-Katrina

AFP Global Edition | 6 days ago

President Barack Obama, marking the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans Sunday, praised the city's resilience and pledged support for rebuilding "until the job is done."He acknowledged that the famed jazz city, where at least 1,500 peopl

Transcript of Obama's remarks in New Orleans

AP News | 7 days ago

Transcript of President Barack Obama's remarks at Xavier University in New OrleansTranscript of President Barack Obama's remarks at Xavier University in New Orleans on Sunday, as provided by the White House:___OBAMA: Hello, everybody. It is good to be bac

Survivors, Obama mark five years since Hurricane Katrina

AFP Global Edition | 7 days ago

President Barack Obama arrived in still-struggling New Orleans on Sunday to join residents marking five years since flood waters driven by Hurricane Katrina inundated the famous jazz capital.Obama flew straight from his beach vacation in Martha's Vineyard

Sandra Bullock marks 5th anniversary of Katrina

AP News | 7 days ago

Sandra Bullock marks 5th Katrina anniversary by helping open clinic at New Orleans high schoolOscar-winning actress Sandra Bullock has returned to a New Orleans high school she adopted after Hurricane Katrina to help open a health clinic there.Bullock's a