The Philadelphia Department of Health declared a public health emergency Aug. 1 over the city's hepatitis A outbreak, reports CNN.

Hospitals have until Aug. 16 to review their scores for fiscal year 2020 under CMS' Hospital-Acquired Condition Reduction Program, according to AHA News.

Health officials deemed Chapel Hill, N.C.-based UNC Children's Hospital in compliance with federal regulations, saying the hospital is "significantly different" than it was three years ago, when physicians expressed concerns about its heart surgery program, according to a CMS report…

A major hole in the healthcare system has many hospitals and health systems fueling the nation's opioid epidemic — unintentionally or not.

A salmonella outbreak linked to contact with pig ear dog treats had sickened 127 people in 33 states as of July 31, according to the CDC.

Sepsis survivors are less likely to be readmitted to the hospital if they are provided with a combination of home nursing care and early physician follow-up after discharge, according to a study published in the August issue of Medical Care.

Over half of adverse surgical events are due to human error, meaning those events could have been prevented, according to a study published July 31 in JAMA Network Open.

Physicians who feel their clinic can address patients' unmet social needs are less likely to be burned out, according to a study published earlier this year in The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine and reported Aug. 1…

New Jersey will allow some patients to request medically assisted suicide under a new law that takes effect Aug. 1, reports The Hill.

Aug. 1 marked the start of National Immunization Awareness Month, a CDC-led campaign to highlight the importance of vaccination.