Newark (N.J.) Beth Israel Medical Center allegedly kept a patient in a vegetative state alive for a year to improve its transplant program's survival rate, according to an investigative report from ProPublica.

The Infectious Diseases Society of America named Thomas M. File, Jr., MD, president.

HP's second generation of sanitizable PCs and all-in-one devices protect patients and hospital staff from bacteria and bugs.

Michigan health officials confirmed the state's fourth Eastern equine encephalitis death Oct. 2, according to local NBC affiliate ClickOnDetroit. 

Naval Medical Center Portsmouth (Va.) and its clinics are dealing with a shortage of civilian physicians amid a dispute involving companies contracted to staff the hospital, according to The Virginian-Pilot. 

The number of patients with cardiogenic shock across the country has increased and it is clear that timely decision-making and intervention are critical to survival.

A new web-based guide for healthcare organizations using medication to treat opioid use disorders has been released.

North Carolina health officials reported 116 Legionnaires' disease cases tied to the N.C. Mountain State Fair Oct. 1, marking an eight-case increase from the day prior. 

Patients, families and staff members at a pediatrician's office in Georgia were forced to run for cover after the facility was hit with stray gunfire from a nearby argument, reports WSB-TV 2 Atlanta.

A federal judge on Oct. 2 ruled that Philadelphia's proposed supervised injection site does not violate federal law, representing a landmark decision that could alter how opioid use disorder is treated in the U.S., reports The Washington Post.