New York State Supreme Court Justice Denise Hartman upheld a new state law eliminating religious exemptions to vaccine laws for school children, according to Newsday.

Rural hospital closures increase patient mortality by 5.9 percent, whereas urban closures have no measurable impact on patient outcomes, according to a study published in August by the National Bureau of Economic Research.

The Hospital and Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania has created the Opioid Learning Action Network.

The CDC reported 755 cases of Candida auris in the U.S., as of June 30.

Connecticut lawmakers called for the state Department of Public Health to release the most recent data on school vaccination rates, according to The Connecticut Mirror.

Burnout is a growing problem among U.S. nurses, with over half reporting symptoms of poor physical and mental health, according to a 2018 study published in the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine.

About 3,500 donor kidneys are discarded annually in the U.S., despite more than 90,000 Americans currently sitting on a waiting list for a kidney transplant, according to a study published in JAMA Internal Medicine and cited by CNN.

The American Academy of Pediatrics collaborated with SELF magazine to create stock photos that offer a more accurate, positive perception of childhood vaccinations.

The heart transplant program at Oregon Health & Science University Hospital will resume operations after a yearlong suspension, the hospital announced Aug. 26.

A woman who became the fourth to be diagnosed with Eastern Equine Encephalitis virus in Massachusetts this year has died, according to The Boston Globe.