Connecticut health officials on Sept. 20 confirmed the state's first Eastern equine encephalitis death since 2013.

Vizient honored 27 hospitals with its 2019 Bernard A. Birnbaum, MD, Quality Leadership Award.

SUNY Upstate Medical University in Syracuse, N.Y., opened an $11 million simulation-based teaching center to improve patient safety and care delivery.

Hand-washing, even without soap, is more effective at quickly killing influenza A virus than alcohol-based hand sanitizers, according to a study published Sept. 18 in mSphere. 

Three people died and four more were hospitalized at Pittsburgh based-UPMC Mercy after a string of apparent drug overdoses Sept. 22, according to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. 

Missouri health officials on Sept. 19 confirmed the nation's eighth fatal case of a vaping-related lung illness, while Kansas officials announced the ninth death Sept. 23.

The World Health Organization is sounding the alarm on a potentially unreported Ebola case in Tanzania, according to a Sept. 21 statement cited by STAT.

Edmundson, Mo.-based Ascension's Nursing Center of Excellence was responsible for the development of the Nursing Transformation Unit at Nashville, Tenn.-based Ascension Saint Thomas West, an innovative program that seeks to tackle the nursing shortage and workplace burnout, and improve care…

The Minnesota Department of Health is recognizing hospitals and nursing homes across the state for achieving high flu vaccination rates among employees, reports Fox 9 News.

Misperceptions about vaccines are the same in hospitals and long-term care as the rest of the world