The opioid crisis cost the U.S. at least $631 billion from 2015 to 2018, with healthcare costs constituting a third of the economic loss, according to a study released Oct. 15 by the Society of Actuaries. 

Medicare patients with a high fatality risk after surgery have higher 30-day survival rates at major teaching hospitals compared to nonteaching hospitals, according to a study published Oct. 15 in Annals of Surgery.

Within a day, North Carolina officials confirmed the fourth death in the state from Legionnaires' disease and a lawsuit was filed that claims hot tubs at a state fair are to blame for the outbreak affecting more than 100 people,…

Nurses who regularly use chemical disinfectants in the workplace may be at risk for developing chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, according to a study published in JAMA Network Open.

Washington, D.C.-based St. Elizabeths Hospital enters its fourth week without running water after Pseudomonas and Legionella bacteria survived a water system flush Oct. 11, according to The Washington Post.

A New Quest Diagnostics health trends report that most primary care physicians fear chronic pain patients will resort to illicit drugs if they don't have access to prescription opiods. 

Graduate medical education (GME) office for an academic medical center (AMC) or teaching hospital is responsible for maintaining ACGME accreditation of its residency and fellowship programs as well as fulfilling a variety of other responsibilities.

Surgeons concerned that prescribing few opioids might hurt their patient satisfactions scores can breathe a sigh of relief, according to a new study.

Philadelphia police arrested a woman Oct. 17 on charges of fraudulently practicing as a nurse, CBS Philly reports.

The vaccine exemption rate for kindergarteners was 2.5 percent in the 2018-19 school year, up from 2.3 percent in 2017-18, according to CDC's most recent Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report published Oct. 18.