Twenty emergency room nurses were the first to graduate from a New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based Northwell Health program that certifies sexual assault nurse examiners, Northwell Health announced Aug. 21, according to Newsday.

A Massachusetts resident has been diagnosed with Powassan virus, a rare and potentially deadly tick-borne illness, public health officials announced Aug. 21, according to ABC affiliate WCVB.

Federal authorities are investigating Dallas-based University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center after two nurses died of fentanyl overdoses in restrooms at UT Southwestern's William P. Clements Jr. University Hospital, according to The Dallas Morning News.

A patient at Camp Hill, Pa.-based Geisinger Holy Spirit hospital has been charged with assaulting two staff members, according to Fox affiliate WPMT.

Medicine is a "stealth family-friendly profession," according to The New York Times.

Texas cities are increasingly likely to have large measles outbreaks due to rising numbers of unvaccinated children in private and public schools, according to a study published Aug. 21 in JAMA Network Open and reported in Science Daily.

The Joint Commission will accept nominations for the 2019 John M. Eisenberg Patient Safety and Quality Award through Oct. 1.

Pediatric resident physicians who tested positive in depression screenings are three times more likely than those who tested negative to commit harmful medical errors, according to a study published in Academic Medicine.

HHS is doling out $107 million to 1,273 community health centers to improve quality, efficiency and value.

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