There's a roughly 80% chance that combined peak hospitalizations from COVID-19, respiratory syncytial virus and influenza will be similar or lower to levels seen during last year's respiratory virus season, though three factors could lead to a higher burden, according to a new CDC report. 

Amanda Caldwell, BSN, RN, did not intend to step into leadership, but her desire to make things better for patients and serve staff eventually drove her toward such roles.

A recent study found patients with a sepsis diagnosis who were discharged to home health care, skilled nursing facilities or home had higher readmission rates.

A measles outbreak in Minnesota has risen to 30 reported cases. 

The National Institutes of Health halted research on "Havana syndrome" Aug. 30 after an internal probe found some patients with the mysterious illness may have been coerced into participating, the Miami Herald reported.

New national guidelines on pediatric care in emergency departments reduce mortality, a recent study found.

COVID-19 metrics in the U.S. fell slightly for the week ending Aug. 24, indicating the nation's summer wave may be slowing. 

Vermont has the highest catheter associated urinary tract infections rate in the country while North Dakota has the lowest, CDC data shows. 

In a recent press release, Healthmark, A Getinge Company announced they are now offering the Humipak for Robotic Instruments to its SST Instrument Retrieval product line.  

Recently Bloomberg released their first in a series of articles on Advanced Practice Nursing. Practitioners. This first installment focused on nurse practitioner education, offering harmful and unsubstantiated opinions regarding the educational preparation and subsequent care provided by U.S. based Nurse Practitioners to patients across the United States. As dedicated nurse practitioner faculty and nurse practitioners (NPs), each with over 30 years’ experience in the field, we denounce this misguided reporting as irresponsible and dangerous to patient safety, as we did almost five years ago in Becker’s Hospital Review rebutting a similar article. Perpetuating the messaging that NPs are “unsafe” is old, tired, and unsupported by peer-reviewed research. 

Here are the chief nursing leaders from the 11 hospitals with Magnet with Distinction programs.

The CDC has updated annual flu shot recommendations for the 2024-25 season, noting two key changes: A return to trivalent vaccines, and two vaccines now considered acceptable options for adult solid organ transplant recipients. 

West Virginia has the highest central line-associated bloodstream infection rate in the country, while North Dakota has the lowest, CDC data shows. 

In the late-'90s, I entered the healthcare workforce as an internist at Boston-based Brigham and Women's Hospital. I was called to medicine, like so many of my peers, by a desire to help people, to heal them.

The CDC is investing $118.5 million in public health infrastructure to identify and prevent pregnancy-related deaths.

Leaders of the CDC, HHS and FDA held a press conference Aug. 23 about the upcoming respiratory virus season. Here are four things to know:

A patient-controlled liquid oral opioid device could address delays in pain medication delivery, according to a study published July 26 in the Journal of Pain Research.

Conceptually, "do not resuscitate" orders are straightforward medical documents. However, confusion among medical staff can lead to inappropriate care or patient harm, The New York Times reported Aug. 26.

About 140 infants were abducted from healthcare facilities between 1964 and April 2024, and the number continued to decline, NPR affiliate WHYY reported Aug. 22.

Two-thirds of communication errors in healthcare relate to patient handoffs, according to The Joint Commission. After finding these handoffs were a root cause of miscommunication safety events, MD Anderson Cancer Center sought to flip the script.