Health officials declared the Democratic Republic of Congo's Ebola outbreak a public health emergency of international concern July 17. The outbreak, which is nearing the one-year mark, had caused 2,522 infections and 1,698 deaths as of July 16.

Louisville, Ky.-based Jewish Hospital is putting its heart transplant program on hold starting Aug. 17, according to The Courier-Journal.

Higher employment rates correlate with increased physician visits for the flu, according to a study published April 24 in Economics & Human Biology and reported July 9 by Ball State University.

Recent bat discoveries have prompted the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics to send patient safety alert messages, according to The Gazette.

CMS designated Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine as a qualified provider-led entity, which allows the organization to develop diagnostic imaging criteria for emergency departments and ambulatory facilities.

Investigators found 41 patients developed septic arthritis, a rare joint infection, after receiving injections at a New Jersey outpatient facility, according to a study published July 17 in Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology.

One in 20 patients experiences preventable harm in healthcare, according to a meta-analysis published July 17 in BMJ.

A woman has been charged with second-degree assault for allegedly punching a nurse at Jackson Hospital in Montgomery, Ala., according to The Montgomery Advertiser.

Variations in newborn screening tests between states leave some children undiagnosed and untreated for rare conditions that require early intervention, according to Bloomberg.com.

Most hospitals do not meet The Leapfrog Group's surgical volume standards, which outline the minimum number of surgeries a hospital must report annually to limit the risk of patient harm, according to the group's 2019 Inpatient Surgery Report.

Nurse practitioners can solve the issue of limited healthcare access in the U.S., wrote Sophia L. Thomas, DNP, president of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners, in an op-ed for The Hill.

The Joint Commission is investigating the death of a South Carolina patient who died after being improperly restrained by state mental health employees, reports The State.

Kaiser Permanente researchers created a machine learning algorithm to sort sepsis patients into subgroups, which could better inform treatment options, according to a study published in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association.

The World Health Organization declared Ebola a public health emergency of international concern July 17, the fifth such declaration for a viral outbreak, according to The Hill.

Some nurses may tell women in labor to hold off on pushing if the physician is not yet present, an action that can be dangerous for the mother and baby, according to Vice.

Clostridium difficile remains on surgical gowns despite treatment with recommended disinfectant, according to a study published July 12 in Applied and Environmental Microbiology.

Massachusetts nurses will testify at a State House hearing July 18 to advocate for legislation addressing workplace violence.

New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based Northwell Health has started its School Nurse Professional Development Program, which educates nurses on the latest developments in healthcare and provides them with hands-on clinical practice.

The San Diego State University School of Nursing is now one of four organizations in the world to have committed to a patient safety curriculum that starts in freshman year and continues through graduate studies, according to DailyNurse.com.

Healthcare organizations have a responsibility to address the problem of nurse burnout, and one of the methods of doing so is fostering resilient environments and employees, according to The Joint Commission.