The nursing profession has a role to play in mitigating the effects of climate change through patient education, nursing education and research, according to a new position statement from the American Nurses Association. 

CMS accused Salem-based Oregon State Hospital administrators of failing to take immediate action after a patient who was awaiting felony charges escaped using a hospital van, The Lund Report reported Sept. 20.

As global temperatures warm, infection-causing bacteria that thrives in both saltwater and freshwater — like Vibrio vulnificus and Naegleria fowleri — are increasing too, and with it, so is the risk to humans, The New York Times reported Sept. 20. 

HHS in partnership with the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality announced it will allocate nine grant awards of $1 million each, for five years, to support long COVID clinics. 

Starting Sept. 25, Americans will again be able to order free COVID-19 tests through the federal government. The news comes amid the ninth consecutive week of COVID-19 hospital admissions increasing across the U.S. 

All pregnant individuals should have their blood pressure checked during every single prenatal visit, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force now recommends. 

The CDC will award Boston-based Northeastern University $17.5 million over the next five years to create an innovation center designed to help communities detect and prepare for future infectious disease outbreaks. 

NewYork-Presbyterian Weill Cornell Medical Center used a fluid, known as BioBurst, created from umbilical cord blood in spine surgeries, but the fluid had not been approved for this purpose by the FDA, according to a Sept. 20 report from The New York Times. 

The COVID-19 uptick in some parts of the country may have peaked, recent wastewater surveillance data suggests. 

The White House is planning to create a new federal office dedicated to gun violence prevention, The Washington Post first reported Sept. 19. 

Penn Medicine researchers created an experimental mRNA vaccine that could protect against Borrelia burgdorferi, the bacteria that causes Lyme disease.

The national nursing shortage is prompting some states to tap family members to provide home-based care for children with complex health needs.

More than 20,500 patients with COVID-19 were admitted to U.S. hospitals for the week ending Sept. 9, according to the latest CDC update. 

For Katherine Bianco, MD, director of the maternal congenital heart program at Stanford Medicine Children's Health, the path to healthcare started with an important role model: her mother. 

Atlanta-based Emory University's School of Nursing has announced a partnership with the Georgia Nursing Leadership Coalition to address the nursing shortage across the state. 

The World Health Organization on Sept. 19 published its first-ever report on high blood pressure — a condition behind 10.8 million avoidable deaths every year, according to the report. 

California has a significant edge when it comes to combating the nursing shortage. The state saw about 30,000 more registered nurses move in than out during the first two years of the pandemic, according to a Sept. 19 Los Angeles Times report. 

Since June, The Joint Commission has announced new certifications for hospitals in three areas: sustainable healthcare, memory care, and healthcare equity. 

More hospitals are turning to patient codes of conducts to protect healthcare workers amid a rise in rude and violent behavior. However, banning patients — especially those with behavioral health needs — who don't exhibit physical threats can pose a care quality concern, Lisa Morrise wrote in a Sept. 12 blog post for the Institute for Healthcare Improvement. 

Ann Arbor-based Michigan Medicine researchers found Clostridioides difficile infections have more to do with patient characteristics than hospital transmission and that the infection may not be spreading the way previously believed.