Since 2005, Seattle Children's Hospital has faced sporadic mold outbreaks. Below is a timeline tracking key events as the hospital worked to figure out the source of the deadly mold. 

Only a fraction of U.S. physicians believe the government is taking strong precautions against the spread of the new strain of coronavirus, also known as COVID-19, according to a new survey.

Antibiotics used to treat pneumonia patients in an outpatient setting fail about one-fifth of the time, according to a study published in Open Forum Infectious Diseases.

As pharmaceutical companies and government researchers race to find a cure for the new strain of coronavirus, new research suggests that there are medications already on the market that may help treat the virus, dubbed COVID-19.

The CDC estimates flu has caused 32 million illnesses, 310,000 hospitalizations and 18,000 deaths this season, according to the agency's most recent FluView report.

Healthmark Industries has introduced the Battery Analyzers to its ProSys™ Instrument Care product line.

Researchers at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia created an algorithm that uses clinical data to more easily and accurately track sepsis cases among pediatric patients, according to a study published in Pediatric Critical Care Medicine.

HHS on Feb. 26 awarded $117 million in funding to help communities nationwide increase access to HIV treatment and prevention services. 

The 407 hospitals that received five stars in CMS' January update of its Overall Hospital Quality Star Ratings captured readers' attention the most in February.

The coronavirus outbreak is at a "decisive point," but could still be contained with aggressive measures, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, PhD, said in a Feb. 27 media briefing.

Here are the 10 most-read stories on clinical studies and research published by Becker's Hospital Review in February:

A majority of U.S. hospitals perform high-risk surgeries without meeting healthcare watchdog the Leapfrog Group's minimum volume standards for performing those surgeries safely, which is "very disturbing," according to Leah Binder, president and CEO of the Leapfrog Group.

Preventing the transmission of healthcare-associated infections is a key part of maintaining a safe hospital environment for patients, staff and visitors. To improve infection control, organizations are making small changes that can make a big difference in this effort.

The CDC confirmed the first U.S. COVID-19 case of unknown origin Feb. 26, though the agency declined testing for the infected patient for four days, USA Today and The Hill report.

CMS Administrator Seema Verma unveiled a new quality strategy that aims to streamline reporting and reduce physician burnout at the agency's 2020 Quality Conference in Baltimore.

An intervention that involves four changes to processes helped Stony Brook (N.Y.) University Hospital slash its Clostridium difficile infection rates, according to a study published in The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety.

The Virginia House of Delegates passed a bill that would require children enrolled in schools to receive nearly every vaccine on the CDC's list of recommended vaccines, according to WRIC-TV, an ABC affiliate.

More than half (55 percent) of U.S. residents living in Long Island and New York City say they would get a vaccine to prevent the new strain of coronavirus if one were available, a new poll shows.

A CMS inspection has found several instances in which emergency room staff at Milwaukee-based Froedtert Hospital did not check on patients as often as they should have per hospital policy, according to a Milwaukee Journal Sentinel report.

Nineteen nurses share what they would tell their younger selves, knowing what they know now.