Florida is experiencing an increase in the mosquito-borne virus Eastern equine encephalitis, health officials warned in a July 25 statement, according to CNN.

A new Washington state law prohibiting personal and philosophical exemptions from vaccines went into effect July 28, according to STAT.

A second patient was found dead in a bathroom at Houston-based Ben Taub Hospital after waiting for emergency care, according to the Houston Chronicle.

Illinois Department of Public Health officials are investigating two cases of Legionnaires' disease that may have been contracted at Rush Oak Park (Ill.) Hospital, according to The Chicago Sun-Times.

A foodborne cyclospora outbreak has sickened 132 people in 11 states due to basil imported from Mexico, the Food and Drug administration announced July 25, according to The Miami Herald.

Physician burnout can contribute to patients' own burnout as they navigate their care, wrote Aisling Carroll, an ovarian cancer survivor and freelance writer, in an op-ed for STAT.

Below are 10 hospitals and health systems that recently posted job listings seeking patient experience leaders.

Children's Hospital of Wisconsin has treated eight teenagers for serious lung damage in July, which physicians suspect is linked to vaping, according to CBS affiliate WDJT. 

Below are 8 hospitals and health systems that posted job listings seeking CMOs in the last two weeks.

Nancy Corcoran-Davidoff, executive vice president and chief experience officer of Hackensack (N.J.) Meridian Health, discusses the importance of supporting clinicians through change, engaging patients while they are still in the hospital and why wellness will become a key focus for the CXO role.

The World Health Organization is creating a contingency plan in case Ebola vaccine supplies dwindle amid mass vaccination efforts in the Democratic Republic of Congo, reports STAT.

Evansville, Ind.-based Deaconess Midtown Hospital has developed a student nursing program in an effort to combat nursing shortages and recruit nurses to the hospital, according to NBC affiliate WFIE.

A North Carolina man has died after developing an illness caused by an amoeba naturally found in warm freshwater, the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Resources announced July 25, according to The State.

Rockland County's measles state of emergency order will not be renewed, New York state officials announced at a press conference July 25, according to News 12.

States are increasingly adopting the Nurse Licensure Compact, which allows registered nurses and licensed practical/vocational nurses to practice in person or via telehealth in all participating states under one multistate license.

Heart surgery patients do not demonstrate worse outcomes in July when medical school graduates start their residencies, according to a study published in The Annals of Thoracic Surgery.

A partnership between the Monroe (Wis.) Clinic-SSM Health and University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Nursing has been helping to address the state's rural healthcare shortage.

New Jersey joined 33 other states July 19 when Gov. Phil Murphy signed a bill to include the state in the Nurse Licensure Compact, according to NJBIZ.com.

The percentage of kindergartners receiving religious exemptions from Massachusetts' vaccine law reached an all-time high in the 2018-19 school year, according to Massachusetts Department of Public Health data that dates back to 1987-88, reported WGBH.

A patient ill with a condition that can cause loss of a testicle had to wait nearly a day to undergo testing and surgery at Penn State Milton S. Hershey (Pa.) Medical Center, according to PennLive.com.