The Association of American Physicians and Surgeons is suing U.S. Rep. Adam Schiff for asking social media platforms to remove inaccurate vaccine information, saying his request amounts to censorship of free speech.

A man who recently returned to Japan after visiting China has tested positive for the new strain of coronavirus that has been linked to the pneumonia outbreak in China, according to a Time report.

Niagara Falls (N.Y.) Memorial Medical Center is guaranteeing patients access to a primary care physician within seven days of a hospitalization, according to local radio station WBFO.

Since going into effect in 2014, the Affordable Care Act's insurance coverage expansion has significantly reduced racial and ethnic disparities in access to healthcare, though that progress has stalled since 2016, according to a Commonwealth Fund analysis published Jan. 16. 

A new heart transplant method — donation after cardiac death, or DCD — is being tested out in the U.S. for the first time, STAT reports.

A new collaborative model puts certified nurse-midwives at the helm of care teams, which can help hospitals facing a shortage of obstetricians, according to a study published in Mayo Clinic Proceedings: Innovations, Quality & Outcomes.

The ACA program that penalizes hospitals with higher-than-average readmission rates did not increase mortality risk for patients between 2008 and 2016, according to a study published Jan. 15 in The British Medical Journal. 

Fighting common hospital-associated infections, such as sepsis, is an ongoing challenge for the healthcare community, but real-time communication and enhanced coordination of care can go a long way in helping curb these conditions.

Healthmark Industries has announced that they are now adding the Terragene® Auto-Reader Incubator and Biological Indicators to their Sterilization product line.

A now-deleted TikTok video of a nurse promoting abstinence outside of marriage to prevent sexually transmitted diseases has prompted conversation about prejudices patients have experienced from medical professionals, Business Insider reports.

Less than 2 percent of providers were responsible for nearly a quarter of the antibiotic prescriptions written for children in Tennessee outpatient settings in 2016, according to a study published in Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology.

The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute in Washington, D.C., appointed Nakela Cook, MD, executive director, effective April 15.

Kentucky has reported the first four influenza-related deaths of the current season.

A patient at Barbourville (Ky.) Appalachian Regional Healthcare has been quarantined for a possible infectious disease, according to NBC affiliate WBIR Channel 10.

Engaging physicians in quality improvement work can help prevent them from feeling a loss of control in medicine, which is often cited as a contributing factor to burnout, two physicians wrote in a blog post for Health Affairs.

Among 809 vaping-related injury patients reporting on the source of THC-containing products, 131 (16 percent) acquired products exclusively from legal sources, according to the CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report published Jan. 14.

The South Dakota Department of Health confirmed the state's first three flu-related deaths of the 2019-20 season Jan. 14.

Surgeons at Cleveland Clinic performed a record number of organ transplants across its hospitals in 2019.

The Washington Department of Health interviewed leadership at Seattle Children's in November 2019 to determine why cardiac surgeries were still being conducted in operating rooms without advanced air filtration systems, according to a state report cited by NBC affiliate King 5. 

The average human body temperature has dropped in the United States since the 19th century, according to a study published in the journal eLife.