Two nurses at Richland, Wash.-based Kadlec Healthplex recently experienced patient violence, leading one of them to make the hashtag #EndNurseAbuse to bring awareness to workplace violence in the healthcare setting, according to KNDU Local News.  By Harrison Cook - 10/1/18

Only 63 percent of Americans over age 60 intend to get a flu shot this season, according to survey results from Clover Health's annual Flu Shot Monitor survey.  By Harrison Cook - 10/1/18

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality and the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute will provide 11 organizations with a total of $40 million in funding to train researchers on how to conduct patient-centered outcomes research.  By Mackenzie Bean - 10/1/18

Flu season can be a stressful time for nurses, who must treat high levels of flu patients while often covering for coworkers who are out sick.  By Mackenzie Bean - 10/1/18

The U.S. Government Accountability Office selected seven new members for the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute's governing board.  By Anuja Vaidya - 10/1/18

CesareanRates.org, a program of the Maternal Safety Foundation, published state dashboards to monitor progress toward the national low-risk cesarean birth rate goal of 23.9 percent.  By Megan Knowles - 10/1/18

A patient at Orange Park (Fla.) Medical Center said her newborn was mistakenly given to a different mother for breastfeeding hours after she gave birth, WJXT reports.  By Megan Knowles - 10/1/18

Despite value-based incentives for physicians and hospitals, New Jersey has fewer vaccinations, more cesarean section deliveries and a harder time controlling patients' high blood pressure, according to a report cited by the Asbury Park Press.  By Megan Knowles - 10/1/18

About 92 percent of hospital workers reported receiving a flu vaccine during the 2017-18 flu season, compared to 75 percent of ambulatory care workers and 67 percent of long-term care workers, according to a survey released Sept. 28 by the CDC.  By Harrison Cook - 10/1/18

The United Nations General Assembly on Sept. 24 hosted a meeting focused on wiping out tuberculosis by 2030, according to NPR.   By Harrison Cook - 10/1/18

Surgeons at Louisville, Ky.-based Jewish Hospital Trager Transplant Center and the University of Louisville completed their 300th lung transplant Sept. 18, according to The Lane Report.  By Harrison Cook - 10/1/18

The World Health Organization raised its alert level Sept. 27, saying the risk of Ebola spreading from the Democratic Republic of Congo to other countries is now "very high" due to ongoing violence from militia groups, as well as the outbreak's proximity to the neighboring countries of Uganda, Rwanda and South Sudan.  By Harrison Cook - 10/1/18

Several patients at Buffalo, N.Y.-based Roswell Park Cancer Comprehensive Cancer Center developed an infection after an employee swapped a narcotic drug from syringes with water, and the patients were injected with the syringes, according to The Buffalo News.  By Megan Knowles - 10/1/18

After a suspended nurse at Madison, Wis.-based UnityPoint Health-Meriter Hospital was charged with abusing patients in the neonatal intensive care unit, the hospital has taken several steps to improve patient safety, WMTV reports.  By Megan Knowles - 9/28/18

About 92 percent of hospital workers reported receiving a flu vaccine during the 2017-18 flu season, compared to 75 percent of ambulatory care workers and 67 percent of long-term care workers, according to a survey released Sept. 28 by the CDC.  By Harrison Cook - 9/28/18

In the 2017-2018 flu season, just half of pregnant women said they got a flu vaccine before or during their pregnancy, a CDC report found.  By Megan Knowles - 9/28/18

A suspended nurse at Madison, Wis.-based UnityPoint Health-Meriter Hospital has been charged with 19 counts related to abuse in the neonatal intensive care unit, WMTV reports.  By Megan Knowles - 9/27/18

In last year's flu season, a record-breaking estimated 80,000 people died and 900,000 people were hospitalized from flu-related complications, U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams, MD, said at a Sept. 27 news conference presented by the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases.  By Megan Knowles - 9/27/18

An experimental vaccine created by GlaxoSmithKline could stop tuberculosis development in half of patients who get it. It could be the first new shot against TB in 100 years, according to a study covered by Reuters.  By Megan Knowles - 9/27/18

Surgeons at Jacksonville, Fla.-based Wolfson Children's Hospital performed the first procedure to treat a ruptured aneurysm on a pediatric patient using the Pipeline Embolization Device, according to Juice, a health news source from Jacksonville-based Baptist Health.  By Mackenzie Bean - 9/27/18