Fewer than 1 in 6 healthcare staff received a COVID-19 booster during the 2023 to 2024 respiratory virus season, CDC data shows. 

To address the maternal health crisis in the U.S., CMS has issued new conditions of participation standards for hospitals that offer obstetrical services as part of its 2025 Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System rule shared Nov. 1. 

Whooping cough cases in mid-October were more than five times higher compared to the same time last year, the CDC warned Oct. 31.

New Brunswick, N.J.-based Rutgers Institute for Translational Medicine and Science received a $47.5 million grant to turn laboratory discoveries into practical health solutions, treatments and clinical care.

If all emergency departments in the U.S. were fully prepared to treat children, about 25% of deaths that occur annually among pediatric patients receiving emergency care could be prevented, according to a new study led by researchers at Oregon Health…

CMS releases a new rule for hospitals, healthcare organizations criticize the decision, the rule goes into effect anyway, and the cycle continues. Peter Pronovost, MD, PhD, wants to see this story be rewritten. 

The number of dengue fever cases is now more than double the total cases from last year, ABC News reported Oct. 31.

It has taken decades to overcome the many scientific and technical barriers that stopped us from being able to provide routine prevention of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) lower respiratory tract disease (LRTD) to a broad population of babies, whether born…

Eighty-six percent of physicians said prior authorizations interfered with patient care, a new Medscape Medical News survey found. 

The American Medical Association has awarded Sacramento, Calif.-based UC Davis School of Medicine a two-year grant to create a medical school admission toolkit to help other schools boost the number of historically underrepresented medical students.