Health officials cited Gulf Coast Veterans Health Care System for the 2017 death of a patient whom staff members failed to perform timely resuscitation on, according to a federal report cited by WLOX News.

The Minnesota Department of Health declared a hepatitis A outbreak in several counties Aug. 8.

Some medical schools are beginning to incorporate curriculum on climate change in lectures and elective classes, The Wall Street Journal reports.

Nearly two-thirds of practicing physicians (65 percent) still have medical school debt, and just 10 percent of those physicians expect to pay it off in the next two years, according to a national survey of 500 physicians conducted by Weatherby…

Los Angeles Times' Soumya Karlamangla profiled the journey of Adam Litwin, MD, who recently passed his final board exam to become a physician two decades after doing jail time for impersonating a physician at UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles.

Being exposed to the Clostridium difficile infection as an infant and becoming infected produces an immune response that could protect against contracting C. diff later in childhood, a study published in Clinical Infectious Diseases found.

Sentara Healthcare implemented a new sepsis detection system this year to help predict patients who may be at risk for the life-threatening condition, according to The Virginian-Pilot.

The National Association of Attorneys General on Aug. 5 sent a letter to members of Congress, urging them to remove federal treatment barriers for opioid use disorder, according to AHA News.

Health officials detected Legionella bacteria at Richmond, Va.-based Johnston-Willis Hospital, reports NBC affiliate WWBT.

The Oncology Nursing Society has established a Center for Innovation at its Pittsburgh headquarters to develop resources, projects, programs and applications to promote nurses' expertise in cancer care.