Fifty-six patients' blood stem cells have been destroyed after a freezer malfunction at the Children's Hospital Los Angeles, CNN reports. 

Two Ohio counties serving as bellwethers in the federal opioid trial set for Oct. 21 outlined their arguments against the drugmakers and distributors they sued for allegedly fueling the opioid crisis, according to The Washington Post.

More than half of registered nurses are not familiar with efforts to curb antibiotic overuse, according to a study published in the American Journal of Infection Control.

When infectious disease specialists help oversee the care of patients with bloodstream infections caused by the candida fungus, death rates can drop by up to 20 percent, according to a study published in Lancet Infectious Diseases.

Sepsis kills nearly 270,000 Americans each year1. Mortality from sepsis increases by as much as 8% for every hour treatment is delayed2.

Police are investigating 46 reports of patient safety issues at Lakeview Behavioral Health in Norcross, Ga., according to local news station WSB-TV.

Artificial intelligence models can diagnose diseases just as well as human clinicians, suggest the findings of a study published in The Lancet Digital Health.

The American Academy of Pediatrics is adopting a new hashtag in October to promote flu vaccinations, reports ABC affiliate WHAM.

If all physicians caring for Medicare fee-for-service patients meet certain national cost and quality benchmarks, Medicare would save about $287 billion across the next decade, according to a brief published by UnitedHealth Group. 

A new program implemented Sept. 24 sends registered nurses from Valencia, Calif.-based Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital to a local senior center to provide free wellness checks and education, according to The Signal.