Minneapolis-based Children's Minnesota's innovation program Community Connect aims to address patients' social determinants of health needs. With multiple entry points, patients and families can enroll in the program through proactive screenings during appointments, direct clinician referrals and family self-referrals.

Health officials are predicting the upcoming flu season to be severe, according to U.S. News & World Report.

China is working to shut down shipments of illicit fentanyl and fentanyl-related substances to the U.S., investment firm Blackstone's chairman, CEO and co-founder told CNBC Sept. 17.

Most pediatricians and family physicians report that the new two-dose schedule for the human papillomavirus vaccine has resulted in higher vaccine completion rates, according to a study published in Pediatrics.

Hospital admissions involving opioid overdoses in Pennsylvania fell by nearly 24 percent in 2018 to 833 admissions, according to a report published Sept. 18 by the Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council.

Health officials confirmed four new cases of the mosquito-borne disease Eastern Equine Encephalitis in southwest Michigan, two of which resulted in death, reports CNN.

A WellSpan Health physician has been diagnosed with measles even after being fully vaccinated against the virus, marking the second confirmed case in York County, Pa., according to York Daily Record. 

Proximity to a live measles outbreak may influence an individual's opinion on vaccinations, according to a study published in PLOS One.

An independent advisory board has ruled that Chapel Hill, N.C.-based UNC Children's Hospital can resume complex heart surgeries after a three-month pause, reports The News & Observer.

Physicians should take at least one blood culture from sepsis patients before administering antibiotics, as the therapy can create less reliable test results, according to a study published in Annals of Internal Medicine.