Around 300 inmates have been quarantined as of June 13 following the identification of seven confirmed and 14 potential mumps cases at Harris County Jail in Houston, according to Houston Public Media.

CMS accepted Columbus, Ohio-based Mount Carmel West's plan of correction to address several deficiencies related to the hospital's physical environment, the hospital announced June 18, according to WOSU Public Media.

America's youth are experiencing a mental health crisis. One in five people ages 13-18 currently suffer from a mental illness, and suicide is the second leading cause of death for people ages 10-17.

UNC Children's Hospital shared risk-adjusted outcomes data for its cardiac surgery program June 17, which shows mortality rates continued to rise after cardiologists voiced their concerns about the program's quality and safety, reports The New York Times.

Health officials determined Oak Lawn, Ill.-based Advocate Christ Medical Center followed proper protocols in caring for the infant cut from his murdered mother's womb, according to a report from the Illinois Department of Public Health obtained by WGN 9.

Hospitals must go beyond treatment for drug use complications and address the underlying addiction, Richard Bottner and Christopher Moriates, MD, faculty members at Dell Medical School of the University of Texas at Austin, wrote in an op-ed for STAT.

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality hopes to prevent 1 million diagnostic errors per year by 2025, according to a blog post on the organization's website.

Using an approach centered on an admission conference call supports safe patient care and does not increase risk when used for admitting pediatric patients into inpatient care from emergency departments, according to a study published in The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety.

Henry Ford Health System in Detroit is giving some patients a new option to fight cancer: CAR T-cell therapy.

Misinformation fueled by the internet will heighten the danger posed by future pandemics, Bruce Schneier, a security technologist and lecturer at the Harvard Kennedy School in Cambridge, Mass., wrote in an op-ed for The New York Times.

The CDC reported 22 new measles infections in the past week, bringing the total annual case count to 1,044 as of June 13.

Five recent cases of flesh-eating bacteria contracted in New Jersey's Delaware Bay may be related to rising water temperatures due to climate change, according to The Courier-Post.

Researchers convened June 10-11 to discuss how to stop infections in patients with weakened immune systems at the Seattle-based Third Symposium on Infectious Disease in the Immunocompromised Host, according to an article from Hutch News, a publication of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center.

Now, more than ever before, hospitals need to focus on their Central Sterile Processing Departments (CSPD). Central sterile is one of hospital’s most important departments but one of the least thought about in regards to labor and process improvement.

One hundred and ninety-two patients received an expired injectable inactivated influenza vaccine between July 11, 2018, and March 29, 2019, according to the CDC.

UNC Children's Hospital in Chapel Hill will temporarily pause complex heart surgeries while health officials investigate its cardiac surgery program, the hospital announced June 17.

Several patients have filed separate lawsuits against Mount Carmel Grove City (Ohio) hospital, claiming the facility did not properly respond to a Legionnaires' outbreak that resulted in 16 confirmed infections and one death, reports CBS affiliate WBNS.

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It is imperative to address social determinants of health on a national policy level, Terry Gallagher and Angela Moss, nurse practitioners at Rush University College of Nursing in Chicago, wrote in an op-ed for The Hill.

National Nurses United is working with hundreds of volunteers around the country to increase support for the Medicare for All Act of 2019, according to The New York Times.