Author: MCN Healthcare

Since 2014, Stacy Bolyard, a Sales Coordinator for MCN Healthcare, has volunteered her time and passion for running with Achilles International, a non-profit organization that assists athletes with disabilities....

September is Sepsis Awareness Month and on September 8th and 9th the first World Sepsis Congress was held. Sepsis is a medical emergency which was recently confirmed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention....

There are not many of us who have not been affected by suicide. According to the CDC, “Suicide is a serious but preventable public health problem that can have lasting harmful effects on individuals, families and communities.”...

The United States Breastfeeding Committee officially announced August as National Breastfeeding Month beginning in 2011....

With the Zika virus in the news everyday did you know that the mosquito is one of the deadliest animals in the world? Mosquitoes carry and spread diseases that have caused millions of deaths per year; malaria alone caused 438,000 deaths in 2015....

World Hepatitis Day is an opportunity to highlight the global burden of this disease. Viral hepatitis – a group of infectious diseases known as hepatitis A, B, C, D, and E causes both acute (short-term) and chronic (long-term) liver disease....

The CDC has received reports from international healthcare facilities that Candida auris, an emerging multidrug-resistant (MDR) yeast, is causing invasive healthcare-associated infections with high mortality....

The World Health Organization released a statement on June 14, 2016 addressing the third meeting of the International Health Regulations Emergency Committee....

Blood connects us all is the theme of this year’s World Blood Donor Day. The World Health Organization’s (WHO) objectives for this campaign include providing a wider public awareness for regular blood donation; inspiring those who have not donated as of yet; to encourage countries to thank their regular, voluntary, unpaid blood donors and; to persuade countries to commit to self-sufficiency in blood supply....

An open letter from health experts was sent to Dr. Margaret Chan, Director-General, WHO on May 30, 2016. In this letter a group of health experts voiced their concerns about the Summer Olympics, the Paralympics and Zika Virus....