The American Hospital Association launched the United Against the Flu campaign Oct. 14.

Black patients with diabetes had a significantly higher risk of all-cause 30-day readmission compared to diabetics from other racial groups, according to a study published in JAMA Network Open.

Aligning care with patients' priorities may help lessen treatment burden and reduce the number of unnecessary tests for patients suffering from multiple chronic conditions, according to a study published in JAMA Internal Medicine.

The American Medical Association and American Heart Association recognized 1,183 health systems and physician practices for their efforts to control patients' blood pressure.

Burn specialists at Massachusetts General Hospital are the first clinicians in the world to apply a live-cell genetically modified pig skin graft on a human wound.

A female patient at Beaumont Hospital Emergency Center in Troy, Mich., was burned on 30 percent of her body after a fire that investigators have called suspicious, erupted in one of the rooms, according to The Detroit News. 

An intervention that involved long-term self-management of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease may increase COPD-related hospitalizations, according to a study in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

Researchers at Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic developed a vaccine that effectively killed breast cancer cells in a clinical trial patient, according to Mayo Clinic News Network. 

A group of adult siblings say they were unable to locate their dying father after Dearborn, Mich.-based Beaumont Hospital listed him as a John Doe, even though he had identification with him, according to local CNN affiliate WXYZ.

Eighty-eight people have been hospitalized and a second person has died from Legionnaires' disease in North Carolina, health officials reported Oct. 9. 

Hospitals' extreme focus on preventing falls has caused an "epidemic of immobility" among elderly patients, one health expert told The Washington Post and Kaiser Health News.

A 4-year-old boy died Oct. 10 after falling from a red wagon at Children's of Alabama in Birmingham, reports AL.com.

Healthmark Industries is pleased to announce the new Heart of the Hospital socks to its Personal Protection Equipment (PPE) line.

A patient died at WellSpan York (Pa.) Hospital's emergency department after being left unattended for more than an hour, according to a state inspection report cited by York Daily Record.

The CDC has penned a new name for vaping-related illness: EVALI, which stands for e-cigarette, or vaping, product use associated lung injury, according to new healthcare recommendations the agency released Oct. 11.  

A Sacramento, Calif., nurse pleaded guilty to conspiring with home health agencies in a scheme where the nurse referred Medicare beneficiaries to the agencies in exchange for illegal kickbacks, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced Oct. 10.

A physician claims she was fired in retaliation for suing Denver-based Centura Health regarding its aid-in-dying policy, according to local ABC affiliate Denver7. 

Sixteen of the 35 West Nile virus deaths reported in 2019 have been in Arizona, the CDC reports. 

The Atlanta Veterans Affairs Medical Center has temporarily paused elective surgeries until the end of October, citing equipment and staffing issues, according to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. 

The Massachusetts medical board is facing pushback from hospitals and physicians regarding stricter surgical regulations in the state, reports The Boston Globe.