Coalition’s declaration promotes life-affirming health care for both ‘maternal and fetal’ patients October 22, 2024By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Health Care, News, Respect Life, World News A coalition of medical and pro-life groups Oct. 22 launched what they called the Women’s Healthcare Declaration, which they said calls on policymakers, medical boards and other health care entities to enact pro-life policies that enhance “the medical standard of care for pregnant women and women facing miscarriage, ectopic pregnancy, an incomplete abortion or any other life-threatening condition related to pregnancy.”
‘White Mass’ recognizes healthcare workers October 22, 2024By Katie V. Jones Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Health Care, Local News, News Approximately 200 doctors, nurses, medical professionals and others gathered for the annual White Mass at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Baltimore. The event attracted those currently engaged in the health profession, as well as students, retired doctors, surgeons, nurses and pharmacists.
Men grieve ‘shared suffering’ miscarriage differently than women, but can be overlooked October 19, 2024By Maria Wiering OSV News Filed Under: Health Care, News, World News How miscarriage affects fathers and how that affects their relationships is an often overlooked aspect of this ministry’s developing landscape, several experts told OSV News.
Woman religious who as physician treats Tennessee’s uninsured receives Lumen Christi Award October 2, 2024By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Health Care, News, World News The Catholic Extension Society has awarded its 2024-2025 Lumen Christi Award to a woman religious who as a physician provides health care to uninsured patients in rural eastern Tennessee.
Novena for mental health seeks healing, awareness, action on issue September 28, 2024By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Health Care, News, World News The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops invites the faithful to join in a novena for mental health as part of the second year of the USCCB’s ongoing National Catholic Mental Health Campaign.
‘We need to not be afraid to talk about suicide,’ says Catholic mental health expert September 24, 2024By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Health Care, News, World News As National Suicide Prevention Month draws to a close, a Catholic mental health expert told OSV News that open, ongoing conversations about suicide are crucial.
Bill to establish a right to IVF fails in Senate September 18, 2024By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Health Care, News, Respect Life, U.S. Congress, World News A bill that aimed to establish a right to in vitro fertilization failed on a procedural vote in the U.S. Senate Sept. 17.
Notre Dame of Maryland partners with Goucher College for nursing program September 17, 2024By Katie V. Jones Catholic Review Filed Under: Colleges, Feature, Health Care, Local News, News Notre Dame of Maryland University and Goucher College are partnering to offer a fast-track bachelor of science nursing degree program for students to earn a second degree.
Mind and heart: Church must combat mental health crisis, sister says September 15, 2024By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Health Care, News, World News Sister Carneiro, a specialist in social work, ethics and human resources, linked the global mental health crisis to the fragmentation of community life and the loss of widely held values that once brought people together.
In health care, patients must be seen ‘as the image of Christ,’ says physician September 13, 2024By Jean Gonzalez OSV News Filed Under: Health Care, News, Respect Life, World News The event, which gathered Catholic physicians and their families, followed the theme “Imago Dei: Made in His Image, Male and Female He Created Them.”
Notre Dame Prep’s Anatomage table provides insights into the body September 4, 2024By Katie V. Jones Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Health Care, Local News, News, Schools The detailed views of the human body were made possible by NDP’s state-of-the art Anatomage Table. The all-girls school is the only high school in Maryland with a full-sized Anatomage table, according to Mary Agnes Sheridan, director of STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics) at NDP.
Congolese Catholic Church leaders concerned as mpox marches through country August 28, 2024By Frederick Nzwili OSV News Filed Under: Health Care, News, World News As Congo remained the epicenter of the latest mpox outbreak, Catholic Church leaders in the country were calling for increased action, while expressing concern at the surging cases.
