An unseasonably early and severe surge of respiratory syncytial virus is overwhelming children's hospitals and boosting the risk of a so-called "tripledemic," alongside flu and COVID-19, The New York Times reported Oct. 23.

As health system leaders confront the possibility of a COVID-19 and flu "twindemic" this year, they aren't focused on new strategies to handle a potential influx of patients. Instead, they're doubling down on what they know from their experience with the last four COVID-19 surges. 

Livonia-based Trinity Health Michigan and Ann Arbor-based University of Michigan Health have partnered to expand pediatric specialty care at Trinity Health Oakland, a 497-bed hospital in Pontiac, Mich. 

Healthcare in Texas shows significant gaps in coverage, with nearly one-fourth of people not having access to a regular source of care, according to a new report from the University of Houston and Texas Southern University.

Emergency department visits related to sexual assault increased more than 1,533 percent from 2006 through 2019, according to a new study.

Salida, Colo.-based Heart of the Rockies Regional Medical Center has received a proposal to construct housing for employees as well as hospitality housing for patients, caregivers, families who live more than 30 miles from the hospital, Ark Valley Voice reported Oct. 19. 

Providence, R.I.-based Brown University gifted $5 million to Care New England, also in Providence, to build a new labor and delivery center. 

Children's hospitals across the country are increasingly operating at or beyond capacity as they struggle to treat an unrelenting surge of patients with respiratory illnesses.

Avera Granite Falls (Minn.) Health Center is ending labor and delivery services as it moves to a shared regional model for this care, according to a news release shared with Becker's Oct. 19.

Urbana, Ill.-based Carle Foundation Hospital filed a petition with state regulators seeking to make its 36 temporary COVID-19 beds permanent, the News-Gazette reported Oct. 19.

Provident Hospital on Chicago's South Side is set to begin accepting ambulance patients again on Oct. 19 after pausing the service back in 2011, the Chicago Sun-Times reports. 

Four days after Wellstar Atlanta Medical Center closed its emergency department, nearby hospitals' patient volumes are steadily rising. 

Safety net hospitals are not the only medical facilities that could suffer from Wellstar Atlanta Medical Center's imminent closure. Smaller local clinics are also prepping for an increased patient load, radio station WSB reported Oct. 16. 

Sacramento, Calif.-based UC Davis Children's Hospital will now provide neonatal support at St. Joseph's Medical Center in Stockton, Calif.

The 499-bed University of Vermont Medical Center in Burlington is struggling to serve a high volume of patients and is redirecting non-emergent cases elsewhere, NBC affiliate WPTZ reported Oct. 17. 

The emergency room in Lake Placid, N.Y., could soon close, according to an Oct. 13 report from Lake Placid News.

HCA Florida Fawcett Hospital in Port Charlotte has reopened its operating rooms and some additional services following damage from Hurricane Ian, ABC affiliate WWSB reported Oct. 17. 

Hospitals across the country are seeing a significant surge of respiratory syncytial virus, NBC News reported Oct. 14. 

Two Wisconsin health systems — Froedtert Health in Wauwatosa and ThedaCare in Neenah — have joined forces to build two medical campuses including "micro-hospitals," the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported Oct. 13. 

After Hurricane Ian, a team of 37 healthcare workers from Massachusetts treated 500 patients in emergency department tents set up outside of Sarasota Memorial Hospital's Venice (Fla.) campus.