Since Pennsylvania's centralized electronic system for licensing boards launched in 2016, nurses across the state say they've faced delays and rude service, according to Spotlight PA.

A telehealth-based antimicrobial stewardship program helped reduce broad-spectrum antibiotic use by nearly 25 percent at two community hospitals, according to a study published in Clinical Infectious Diseases.

Sexually transmitted diseases increased in Utah County for the fifth year in a row, according to the Daily Herald.

The World Health Organization will host the first-ever World Patient Safety Day Sept. 17.

A majority of healthcare providers felt an obligation to work when they were sick, according to survey results published in Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control.

Emergency rooms in communities where surgeon availability is limited can be forced into a game of patient hot potato when an individual presents with a condition the hospital is unable to treat. When the hospital has to send a patient…

The rate of Americans without health insurance grew to 8.5 percent, or 27.5 million, in 2018, according to a report from the U.S. Census Bureau. 

Kansas health officials on Sept. 10 confirmed the state's first death in a string of mysterious lung illness linked to vaping, reports The Washington Post.

Bethlehem, Pa.-based St. Luke's University Health Network created a new family medicine residency program designed "to stop burnout before it happens," the system announced Sept. 5.

Los Angeles County on Sept. 9 unveiled a new fleet of vehicles that will respond to 911 calls involving people facing mental health crises, according to Los Angeles Daily News.