Low vaccination rates in adolescents and teenagers have some New York medical groups calling for the creation of a 16-year-old immunization visit, according to local CBS affiliate Channel 3 News.

North Carolina health officials on Oct. 17 reported the first case of Legionnaires' disease in an individual who did not attend a recent state fair, which is believed to be the source of a major outbreak occurring in the state,…

Most office-based physicians who provide treatment for sexually transmitted diseases reported not having the recommended medications for gonorrhea and syphilis on site, according to a CDC report.

Academic medicine should follow the lead of the National Institutes of Health and implement term limits to open up leadership positions for women and minorities, write three female physician researchers in a commentary for The New England Journal of Medicine. 

The University of New Mexico School of Medicine in Albuquerque will shut down its neurosurgery residency program on June 30, 2020, after losing accreditation, according to the Albuquerque Journal. 

Michigan health officials are not required to investigate when psychiatric patients die within two days of a hospital discharge, a loophole that some lawmakers want to close, reports ABC affiliate 7 Action News.

The Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security held a pandemic preparedness exercise Oct. 18 in Baltimore to highlight the economic threats of global disease outbreaks.

The CDC reported 180 new cases of vaping-related illnesses this week, bringing the national case count to 1,479 as of Oct. 15.

Tennova Healthcare-Clarksville (Tenn.) allegedly violated federal law by denying a nurse reasonable accommodation for a workplace injury and then firing her, according to a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission lawsuit filed Oct. 15. 

Harris A. Berman, dean of Boston-based Tufts University School of Medicine, is retiring at the end of the year.