Several major media companies — CBS, WarnerMedia and Viacom — said they will no longer run e-cigarette advertisements, according to CNBC.

Child deaths have decreased by nearly half and maternal deaths by over a third globally since 2000, primarily due to better access to affordable, high-quality healthcare, according to Sept. 19 report from UNICEF and the World Health Organization. 

New York state is the first in the country to ban the sale of most flavored e-cigarettes.

California has joined a growing list of states taking measures to prevent the sales of flavored e-cigarettes, according to The Wall Street Journal.

California plans to launch a $20 million public awareness campaign next month regarding the dangers of vaping, NBC News reports.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Sept. 15 that the state plans to issue an emergency regulation banning flavored e-cigarettes, according to NPR.

HHS allocated $374 million in funding to support maternal and child health programs nationwide.

It is often difficult to predict new trends, best practices and what will become an industry standard in healthcare. But one thing appears certain: The era of fee-for-service as the primary payment model is gradually coming to a close.

St. John's Medical Center in Jackson, Wyo., is developing a "lifestyle medicine" program to better manage patient health, according to the Jackson Hole News & Guide. 

Healthcare organizations seeking to improve clinician satisfaction need a healthcare IT focused on purposeful, user-centered design.

Globally, cardiovascular disease is still the leading cause of death for middle-aged adults, but a study published Sept. 3 in The Lancet found that cancer-related deaths are now more common in some high-income and middle-income countries.

Planned Parenthood will close two of its clinics in Ohio Sept. 20 due to a loss of state and federal funding, according to The Hill.

Suicide rates increased in counties across the U.S. from 1999 to 2016, but increases were most prominent in rural areas, according to new research published in JAMA Network Open.

Minnesota health officials are seeing an increase in blastomycosis cases this year, according to WCCO-TV.

Measles could wipe out the immune system's memory, thus opening the door for other disease outbreaks to occur, Michael Mina, PhD, MD, assistant professor of epidemiology at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health in Boston, told NPR.

Around 700 American women die annually from pregnancy-related causes, and a Sept. 6 report from the CDC reveals there are racial disparities in maternal mortality rates.

The average death rate for the five states with the highest rates is almost 50 percent higher than the death rate for the five states with the lowest rates, according to a September report from the CDC.

During a recent family Thanksgiving, I cut my finger.

Rural hospitals are in financial distress, forcing many to shut their doors.

Optimism is associated with an 11 to 15 percent longer life span, on average, and with achieving "exceptional longevity," or reaching the age of 85 or older, according to a new study published Aug. 26 in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America.