North Carolina health officials will investigate UNC Children's Hospital after a report highlighted cardiologists' concerns about the hospital's pediatric heart surgery program in 2016 and 2017, reports The New York Times.

Rush University Medical Center in Chicago temporarily closed three mental health units to address safety concerns raised by state health officials, reports the Chicago Tribune.

Business Insider asked new nurses nationwide to share the most difficult aspects of their job.

Chipotle is showing its appreciation for nurses by offering the clinicians buy one, get one free meals June 4.

Hospitals in Baton Rouge, La., have seen a string of violence against healthcare workers in recent months, raising concerns about workplace safety, reports The Advocate.

The CDC has confirmed 971 cases of measles in the U.S., the highest number reported in the country since 1992.

Facebook has yet to take significant steps in addressing the spread of vaccine misinformation online, despite making a pledge to do so in March, reports The Wall Street Journal.

The CDC reported 971 measles cases nationwide as of May 30, marking the highest case count seen in almost three decades, reports CNN.

A list of the 41 hospitals that have received 14 consecutive "A" safety grades from The Leapfrog Group captured readers' attention the most in May.

Jamestown (Tenn.) Regional Medical Center is struggling financially and physicians are concerned about how the hospital's financial troubles are affecting patient care, according to local TV station 10News.

Candida auris (C. auris), an emerging, often drug-resistant yeast that can cause invasive infections with high mortality, can spread quickly. It can persist on environmental surfaces for weeks and has caused outbreaks in healthcare settings, where it can spread through contact with contaminated surfaces or equipment, or from person to person.[i]

Nearly 40 percent of antibiotic exposure occurs after a patient has been discharged from the hospital, according to a study published in Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology.

Nurses face a multitude of stressors and challenges every day, from a sometimes erratic work environment to staffing shortages and negative patient outcomes. To address these issues and keep nurses happy and engaged, health systems and hospital leaders must realize the value of supporting resilience among not only their nursing teams but also across their institutions.

While 82 hospitals in the United States make their pediatric heart surgery outcomes data publicly available through the Society of Thoracic Surgeons, 31 do not.

Cardiologists at UNC Children's Hospital in Chapel Hill expressed serious concerns about the safety and quality of the hospital's pediatric heart surgery program in 2016, after noticing an uptick in surgical complications and deaths, according to a 7,000-word investigative report from The New York Times.

The world's smallest surviving baby was discharged from San Diego-based Sharp Mary Birch Hospital for Women & Newborns this month.

Emergency department sepsis patients with higher acuity scale scores get their antibiotics sooner than their counterparts with lower scores, giving them a greater chance at survival, researchers found.

An outbreak of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli O26 infections linked to flour has sickened 17 people in eight states, according to the CDC.

The family of a pregnant woman murdered in Chicago last month is pushing for legislative changes that would require hospitals to validate the identity of newborns brought to hospitals, reports Block Club Chicago.

Only 1 in 5 hospitals fully meet national performance targets for maternal care quality metrics, according to The Leapfrog Group's 2019 Maternity Care Report released May 29.