One in 5 Massachusetts residents experienced a medical error between 2013 and 2018, according to a new report cited by The Boston Globe.

The vaccine for whooping cough grows less effective with time, according to a study published in Pediatrics and cited by CNN.

Despite recent fears of antibiotic resistance and superbugs, alcohol-based hand sanitizers are still considered the safest way to clean your hands, according to The Washington Post.

New rules will allow some veterans to access private healthcare paid for by the Department of Veterans Affairs, according to USA Today.

The Partnership for New York City, representing over 350 employers and 1.5 million workers, publicly supported a bill to eliminate the state's religious exemptions for childhood vaccinations, according to New York Daily News.

The American College of Surgeons' Coalition for Quality in Geriatric Surgery will release a set of updated care standards next month after four years of research and planning, according to The New York Times.

The CDC released a toolkit to help healthcare providers fight measles outbreaks.

Receiving antibiotics during infancy is associated with developing asthma during childhood, according to a study published in Clinical Infectious Diseases.

The chickenpox vaccine can also "dramatically" lower the risk of shingles in children, according to a 12-year study published in Pediatrics.

There are several simple ways hospitals can improve hand-hygiene compliance, according to MultiBriefs.

Twenty years have passed since the Institute of Medicine released its groundbreaking 1999 report "To Err Is Human: Building a Safer Health System," which found 98,000 patients die annually from medical errors, according to AAMC News.

Nurse practitioners and physician assistants offer the same level of diabetes care as physicians at Veterans Affairs facilities, according to a study published in the Journal of the American Academy of Physician Assistants.

The New Jersey Department of Health is calling for major infection control improvements at the state's long-term care facilities in the wake of a fatal adenovirus outbreak, reports NJTV News.

The "weekend effect," defined as differences in patient outcomes for those admitted on weekends compared to admissions on weekdays, may not be a "reliable indicator of care quality" on weekends, according to a study published in BMJ Open.

More than 1 million new cases of sexually transmitted infections occur daily among people ages 15 to 49, according to the World Health Organization.

A new law will allow nurses with a multistate license to work in Alabama, even if they are not licensed in the state, according to WSFA 12 News.

The word "congestion" often holds different meanings for patients and providers, which may lead to improper treatment, according to a study published in Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery.

The Democratic Republic of Congo's Ebola outbreak may not end for two years, a leader with the World Health Organization said June 6, according to CNN.

Thousands of diabetic patients are hacking into their insulin pumps to make them automatically estimate blood glucose levels and adjust insulin levels accordingly, Irl Hirsch, MD, a professor at Seattle-based UW Medical Center told USA Today.

Chattanooga, Tenn.-based Parkridge Health is using a sepsis prediction system that monitors patients' clinical data for signs of developing infection.