Montana's Missoula County has recorded 169 pertussis cases in 2019, and the county health department issued a warning Sept. 5 that the number of cases is growing as children return to school, according to The Missoulian.

Male and female physicians report that women in medicine face more harassment, fewer opportunities and lower pay than men, according to CompHealth, a healthcare staffing firm.

An Ohio man allegedly stole a licensed practical nurse's identity and used fraudulent documents to work as a nurse for four years, Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost announced, according to WSET ABC 13.

The excessive use of social networking sites can detract from nurses' performance at work, according to a study published in the Journal of Advanced Nursing.

Sept. 1 marked the start of Sepsis Awareness Month, which the Sepsis Alliance launched in 2011.

The number of nonwhite students graduating from medical schools has increased since 2002 but black, Hispanic and American Indian students are still underrepresented, according to a study published Sept. 4 in Jama Network Open Journal. 

Brian Halpern, a nurse at Seattle-based Virginia Mason Medical Center, says the Bahamas were "wiped out" from Hurricane Dorian and are "going to have lots of needs," according to KOMO News.

Adding dedicated antibiotic stewardship-focused training rounds into the medical education curriculum helped increase adherence to guidelines governing the duration of antibiotic therapy, according to a study published in Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology.

The "provider-in-triage" system in emergency departments drives up healthcare costs unnecessarily and gives physicians insufficient time to provide quality care for patients, Keith Corl, MD, an assistant professor at Providence, R.I.-based Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, wrote in…

Smoking e-cigarettes could disrupt the lungs' ability to fight off infection, even if a vaping product contains no nicotine, according to a study published Sept. 4 in The Journal of Clinical Investigation.