University of Louisville (Ky.) Hospital will now offer the region's first CAR T-Cell therapy program for cancer patients thanks to a $1 million donation from a Louisville resident, according to local NBC affiliate WAVE 3 News.  

A new report from the Office of Inspector General for the Veterans Health Administration found VA facilities generally met requirements, but cited problems with facility cleanliness and panic alarms.

Three more Eastern equine encephalitis deaths have been reported in Michigan, Indiana and Massachusetts, bringing the nation's total to 13.

The American Hospital Association launched the United Against the Flu campaign Oct. 14.

Black patients with diabetes had a significantly higher risk of all-cause 30-day readmission compared to diabetics from other racial groups, according to a study published in JAMA Network Open.

Aligning care with patients' priorities may help lessen treatment burden and reduce the number of unnecessary tests for patients suffering from multiple chronic conditions, according to a study published in JAMA Internal Medicine.

The American Medical Association and American Heart Association recognized 1,183 health systems and physician practices for their efforts to control patients' blood pressure.

Burn specialists at Massachusetts General Hospital are the first clinicians in the world to apply a live-cell genetically modified pig skin graft on a human wound.

A female patient at Beaumont Hospital Emergency Center in Troy, Mich., was burned on 30 percent of her body after a fire that investigators have called suspicious, erupted in one of the rooms, according to The Detroit News. 

Most medical groups (86 percent) feel regulatory burden has increased in the past year, with 77 percent pointing to CMS' Quality Payment Program as "very" or "extremely" burdensome, according to the Medical Group Management Association's "Annual Regulatory Burden Survey."