The extraordinary turbulence surrounding AI security is likely to have a profound impact on board governance of health care companies, both as to its overarching agenda and to director oversight obligations. This, given the extensive commitment by many such companies to AI…

Windsor, Vt.-based Mount Ascutney Hospital and Health Center and Claremont, N.H.-based Valley Regional Hospital jointly launched emergency department and medical-surgical nurse residency programs. The inaugural cohorts launched this summer, with one in ED residency cohort hosted by Valley Regional Hospital…

On Sept. 14, a bipartisan resolution was introduced that aims to create a National Physician Suicide Awareness Day. The resolution was sponsored by five representatives, according to a Sept. 15 American Hospital Association news release. If passed, it would recognize…

U.S. News & World Report released the 2026-27 edition of “Best Children’s Hospitals,” and named 11 hospitals to its Honor Roll. For the 20th edition, U.S. News and RTI International, a North Carolina-based research and consulting firm, collected and examined…

In 2026, 10 new medical schools have been announced, and several more have opened. Yet, they may not alleviate physician shortages. Four notes on the current state of the physician shortage 1. Across 35 specialties, there is a projected shortage…

San Francisco-based Sutter Health is the first nonprofit health organization to have an official partnership with a national park site. Sutter Health is partnering with the Presidio Trust on a model that will bring healthcare, nature and community well-being together,…

The Pennsylvania Department of Health confirmed a fourth measles-associated death Sept. 15, an unvaccinated 18-year-old who lived in Mifflin County. The Mifflin County coroner’s office said the cause of death was acute disseminated encephalomyelitis, a rare and severe neurological complication…

Mayo Clinic and Thermo Fisher Scientific have launched Precure, a joint venture designed to detect biological signs of disease before patients develop symptoms, according to a news release shared with Becker’s. Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic, will serve as majority owner…

The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo is showing signs of slowing. “The peak has been reached since the beginning of the third week of the month of August,” Congo Minister of Communication Patrick Muyaya wrote on X.…

The nonprofit parent organization of OpenAI — the Open AI Foundation — has given $40 million to Chapel Hill, N.C.-based UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center to generate data that can be used to develop more precise, personalized cancer vaccines.  UNC…