HHS is giving $20 million to 27 organizations around the country to help them set up rural medical residency programs over the next three years.

Health officials declared the Democratic Republic of Congo's Ebola outbreak a public health emergency of international concern July 17. The outbreak, which is nearing the one-year mark, had caused 2,522 infections and 1,698 deaths as of July 16.

Louisville, Ky.-based Jewish Hospital is putting its heart transplant program on hold starting Aug. 17, according to The Courier-Journal.

Higher employment rates correlate with increased physician visits for the flu, according to a study published April 24 in Economics & Human Biology and reported July 9 by Ball State University.

Recent bat discoveries have prompted the Iowa City-based University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics to send patient safety alert messages, according to The Gazette.

CMS designated Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine as a qualified provider-led entity, which allows the organization to develop diagnostic imaging criteria for emergency departments and ambulatory facilities.

Investigators found 41 patients developed septic arthritis, a rare joint infection, after receiving injections at a New Jersey outpatient facility, according to a study published July 17 in Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology.

One in 20 patients experiences preventable harm in healthcare, according to a meta-analysis published July 17 in BMJ.

A small fire forced Largo (Fla.) Medical Center to relocate nearly 20 patients July 18, reports ABC affiliate WFTS.

A woman has been charged with second-degree assault for allegedly punching a nurse at Jackson Hospital in Montgomery, Ala., according to The Montgomery Advertiser.