The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality is seeking hospitals to participate in an initiative to improve outcomes for cardiac patients, according to AHA News.

The California government is struggling to investigate physicians suspected of writing inappropriate vaccine exemptions for children due to a lack of cooperation from some parents, reports the San Francisco Chronicle.

Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, on Aug. 13 reintroduced a bill that outlines a multipronged approach to improve federal surveillance, prevention, control and research into antibiotic resistance.

A man with an assault rifle opened fire at a Chicago-based Veterans Affairs hospital Aug. 12, prompting a lockdown, reports Chicago Tribune.

Scientists may be able to repurpose older drugs, like bithionol, to kill drug-resistant bacteria, suggest the findings of a study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Science.

Massachusetts emergency departments perform well in national safety and quality rankings, but front-line providers say they can do more to eliminate the risk of patient harm, according to a new report from the Betsy Lehman Center for Patient Safety.

Ebola transmission may not end in the Democratic Republic of Congo if health officials maintain current response efforts, one Ebola expert wrote in an op-ed published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases and cited by STAT.

A nurse-led root cause analysis intervention helped lower hypoglycemia rates in a critical care unit, according to a study published in Critical Care Nurse.

A Legionnaires' outbreak linked to an Atlanta hotel is now the largest recorded in Georgia's history, a spokesperson for the state health department told CNN Aug. 11.

The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating whether an air ambulance pilot fell asleep while transporting a patient to a Boston-area hospital, reports CBS affiliate WBZ.