An 82-year-old man shot and killed himself Aug. 21 in the emergency room at Wheeling (W.Va.) Hospital, according to The Intelligencer.

A Sioux Falls, S.D.-based Sanford Health neurosurgeon, who faces a lawsuit for allegedly defrauding Medicare, was terminated and will leave the health system Sept. 24, according to a local newspaper, the Sioux Falls Argus Leader.

Tuberculosis rates declined by nearly half from 2007 to 2017, but racial and geographic disparities remain among certain populations, according to a study published Aug. 21 in The Lancet and reported by STAT.

Cuba experienced an undetected Zika outbreak in 2017, about a year after officials declared the public health emergency over, according to a study published in Cell and cited by The New York Times.

Seniors leaders failed to promptly address "long-standing deficient conditions" and safety concerns at West Palm Beach VA Medical Center, which may have contributed to a patient's suicide in early 2019, according to an Aug. 22 report from the VA Office…

A group of scientists, policy experts and biotech leaders launched a coalition Aug. 21 to combat superbugs.

Nearly 2 million healthcare professionals do not feel they have the resources and training needed to achieve zero harm in their workplace, according to a new survey from The Joint Commission Center for Transforming Healthcare.

State health officials have placed six employees on leave amid an investigation into patient abuse claims at Boston-based Lemuel Shattuck Hospital, reports 7 News Boston.

WellSpan York (Pa.) Hospital has created a five-minute dance video for pregnant women in labor, according to a WPMT, Fox 43, a Fox-affiliated TV station.

Low levels of support staffing for nurses, such as licensed practical nurses and nurse's aides, as well as low registered nurse staffing levels are linked to an increase in patient deaths, according to a study published in BMJ Quality &…