The U.S. has experienced 1,249 measles cases and 22 outbreaks this year, according to the CDC's most recent Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report published Oct. 4.

The CDC is urging physicians nationwide to report potential cases of vaping-related illnesses.

Jamestown, N.Y.-based UPMC Chautauqua was slated to open a methadone clinic to address growing opioid misuse among residents, but internal state decisions ultimately thwarted the plans, according to the Observer.

CMS cited Brattleboro (Vt.) Retreat for giving patients access to plastic bags that could be used for self-harm, according to VTDigger.

A patient at Royal Oak, Mich.-based Beaumont Hospital was diagnosed with Legionnaires' disease, hospital officials confirmed Oct. 4, according to The Detroit News.

Physicians were once "America's quintessential Republicans," but industry and workforce changes, among other trends, have produced what The Wall Street Journal calls a "historic shift" to medical professionals supporting the Democratic Party.

Washington, D.C.-based St. Elizabeths Hospital has gone 11 days without running water after leaders discovered the presence of Pseudomonas and Legionella bacteria Sept. 26 during routine testing, according to WTOP. 

Emergency department physicians at Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak (Mich.) rushed a woman to trauma care after she presented to the ED with panic attack symptoms and zombie makeup on her face, according to FOX 2 Detroit.

The University of Chicago Medicine received a $4.5 million federal public health grant to expand HIV testing in the city's South and West sides. 

Since 2018, 278 physicians and physician assistants were disciplined by the North Carolina Medical Board, according to a CBS 17 investigation.