Rare brain abscesses in children sharply increased last winter amid a surge in respiratory infections, a June 2 CDC report shows.

Mercy Health-Springfield (Ohio) Regional Medical Center unveiled its own police department and vehicle on May 25. 

Sunrise Health System and its three Las Vegas hospitals, which are part of Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare, have reached a tentative three-year contract with SEIU 1107.

Labor expenses continue to increase for large health systems across the nation as many report losses or small gains for the first quarter of the calendar year.

Last year, workplace violence was the fifth most common cause of workplace injury at Lebanon, N.H.-based Dartmouth Health, and nurses were the most affected group.

The U.S. Senate, by a vote of 63-36, passed legislation to raise the country's debt ceiling and avoid a potentially economically disastrous default days before the June 5 deadline, according to The New York Times. 

Compass Medical, a group of six Massachusetts clinics, closed abruptly and still owes $16 million to Dallas-based Steward Healthcare as part of fraud damages awarded to the health system from an October 2022 lawsuit, local news outlet WCVB reported June 1.

Peoria-based OSF HealthCare and Bradley University gave out their first Innovation for Health grants totaling nearly $200,000, the 15-hospital system said June 1.

Rural obstetrics, labor and delivery care is at risk as hospitals increasingly close obstetrics services.

South Central Regional Medical Center in Laurel, Miss., has named Gregg Gibbes president and CEO, The Laurel Leader Call reported June 1. 

Fort Wayne, Ind.-based Lutheran Hospital is closing its heart transplant and inpatient burn units due to low patient volumes.

Kittanning. Pa.-based ACMH Hospital has named Nichole Geraci president and CEO, The Leader-Vindicator reported June 1. 

Franklin, Tenn.-based Acadia Healthcare named Heather Dixon CFO, effective July 10. 

As bosses and workers return to in-person work, more organizations are mandating Mondays in-office, according to management consulting firm Korn Ferry. 

The FDA issued a warning letter to iRhythm Technologies after inspectors found faults with how one of its facilities makes its heart monitors.

The average weekly travel nurse pay in May in the U.S. was $2,488, down nearly 10.4 percent from $2,776 during the same month in 2022, according to a report from Vivian Health, a national healthcare hiring marketplace.    

Four of the largest health systems operating in Oregon can't simultaneously say they want to help patients originally destined for the state's largest psychiatric facility and then complain about both the expense and harm such patients can cause, a judge has ruled, according to a May 30 Lund Report article.

The FDA is deciding whether to temporarily allow the importation of chemotherapy drugs from unapproved manufacturers outside of the U.S. as the nation grapples with a shortage of key cancer drugs, a spokesperson with the agency told CNBC June 1. 

After CMS announced plans to preserve availability of Alzheimer's drugs, the Alzheimer's Association has issued a statement in opposition of it.

Over 1,000 workers wishing to set up their own Service Employees International Union chapter are expected to vote on possible unionization next week at a Medford, Ore.-based Asante Health facility amid what some claim are dangerous staffing levels.