Maine's uninsured rate had the sharpest decline in the nation, according to a Sept. 19 news release from the governor's office.

Major depression is prevalent among nearly 1 in 10 Americans and almost 1 in 5 adolescents and young adults, according to a Sept. 19 analysis from the American Journal of Preventative Medicine.

Ascension St. Vincent Dunn in Bedford, Ind., and all Lawrence County Ascension Medical Group practices will be closing Dec. 16, according to a statement shared with Becker's Sept. 18.

Several hospitals are scaling back or cutting all inpatient services for a variety of reasons, including cost and staffing concerns. 

Children's hospitals in the U.S. are experiencing unseasonable capacity issues amid an influx of children sick with flu, enterovirus and respiratory syncytial virus.

Kansas City, Mo.-based University Health opened a new neonatal intensive care unit Sept. 13, ABC affiliate KMBC reported Sept. 14. 

Financial pressures have prompted the closure of an Alaskan community, according to a Sept. 13 report from the Anchorage Daily News.

Radnor, Pa.-based Main Line Health will fully transition its pediatric care from Melbourne, Fla.-based Nemours Children's Health to Children's Hospital of Philadelphia per a new affiliation agreement. 

Patients in rural West Texas can access an oasis in a healthcare desert because of the new Ralls Family Medicine Clinic, located in Crosby County, according to a Sept. 12 report from The Texas Tribune.

Physicians from Nashville, Tenn.-based Vanderbilt University Medical Group's pediatrics department and Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital will provide services at Cookeville (Tenn.) Regional Medical Center as the result of a new agreement. 

Geriatric emergency departments are being added to hospitals nationwide as COVID-19 and a rapidly aging population illuminate these patients' vulnerability and distinct needs. 

Froedtert Kenosha (Wis.) Hospital is closing its emergency department and shifting acute inpatient services to Froedtert Pleasant Prairie (Wis.) Hospital by Oct. 1. 

Colorado children are accessing healthcare steps away from the classroom thanks to the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment's School-Based Health Center program, according to a Sept. 12 news release.

Children's hospitals in Illinois are declining transfer requests and struggling to keep beds open amid an unusually early spike in the number of children infected with enterovirus or rhinovirus, the Chicago Tribune reported Sept. 12.

Portland, Ore., residents can expect to wait 40 days, on average, to be seen as a new patient in physician offices. New Yorkers can plan to wait nearly half as long.  

Merit Health Central in Jackson, Miss., plans to close the state's only burn center on Oct. 14, the Clarion Ledger reported Sept. 8. 

The New Haven, Conn.-based Yale School of Medicine plans to create a new center for brain and mind health to promote collaboration between departments in both clinical and translational neuroscience, according to a Sept. 9 report from Yale News.

Marietta, Ga.-based Wellstar Health System announced plans to end operations at the downtown Atlanta Medical Center on Nov. 1, which sparked a strong response from state and local officials who raised concerns about the closure's impact on the community and other hospitals.

Nashville, Tenn.-based Vanderbilt Health has developed a new patient capacity command center to aid amid high patient volumes and staffing shortages throughout its network. 

Community Hospital North in Indianapolis, part of Community Health Network, will be ending its inpatient pediatric and pediatric intensive care unit services by Oct. 28, according to a statement shared with Becker's Sept. 9.