About 25 percent of children younger than 8 years with autism spectrum disorder, mostly in the black and Hispanic communities, are not diagnosed, according to a study published in Autism Research.

A patient at Clearwater, Fla.-based Morton Plant Hospital was arrested for the second time in five years for threatening to bomb the hospital, Spectrum Bay News 9 reports.

A Colorado state representative plans to introduce a bill to loosen vaccine requirements in the state, according to the Colorado Times Recorder.

Charlottesville-based University of Virginia's School of Nursing announced Jan. 8 a $20 million gift from Joanne and Bill Conway to help enroll more than 1,000 students over the next 10 years. 

One in six caregivers looking after a child with autism mistakenly believe that vaccinations could be a cause of the child's autism, according to a study published in the journal Vaccine.

After postponing the final vote on a bill that would no longer allow religious exemptions to vaccine requirements for students, lawmakers in the New Jersey Senate have reached a last-minute agreement that supports passage of the bill, according to NorthJersey.com.

For the second time in the U.S., a woman with a uterus transplanted from a deceased donor has given birth to a healthy baby.

Leaders at Boston-based Brigham and Women's Hospital have seen an unusually large volume of flu patients in its emergency department this month, reports WBUR.

The CDC in a Jan. 8 advisory notice urged clinicians to look for symptoms of pneumonia among any patients who recently visited China.

The Georgia Department of Community Health launched a new, more user-friendly version of the state's healthcare facility website Jan. 7, about a month after a computer glitch took the site offline, reports The Atlanta Journal Constitution.

The flu has already sickened an estimated 9.7 million people and killed 4,800 this season, according to the CDC's most recent FluView report.

Below are four nurses who have continued to save lives outside of the hospital. 

Illinois and North Carolina reported the first influenza-related deaths among children in their respective states this flu season.

Giving patients multiple antibiotics is a popular strategy for addressing the issue of treating infections that are resistant to certain antibiotics, but a new study shows that this strategy may actually be strengthening resistance, according to The Scientific American.

Three cases of patients with pan-resistant Candida auris infections, that is, resistant to all three classes of commonly prescribed antifungal drugs, have been identified in New York City, the CDC reports.

As the new year begins, the CDC has reported over 2,600 total EVALI cases and confirmed the youngest vaping-related death in the U.S.

Lack of insurance may be associated with delayed breast cancer diagnosis and treatment among racial and ethnic minority women, as well as higher mortality rates, according to a study published Jan. 9 in JAMA Oncology.

The CDC on Jan. 7 confirmed the nation's youngest victim of vaping-related lung illness to date: a 15-year-old boy from Texas, reports CNN. 

A Minneapolis Veterans Affairs hospital has been cited for a preventable patient suicide that occurred in 2018, the second in recent years, according to an Office of Inspector General report released Jan. 7.

A well-known program to keep "frequent flyer" patients out of the hospital does not cut readmissions any more than typical care protocols, according to a study published in The New England Journal of Medicine.