Over 80 percent of nurse respondents said they suffered from significant stress, according to an American Nurses Association survey. Nurses often work overtime and skip breaks, in part due to nationwide nursing shortages, and they may forget to take care…

Ending measles outbreaks worldwide will require strong public health systems and political support, two public health experts wrote in an op-ed published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal.

Health officials confirmed the third death linked to a respiratory outbreak at an assisted living facility in Virginia, according to CBS affiliate WTVR. 

NYC Health + Hospitals, a network of 11 public hospitals in New York City, will launch a $100 million per year program that aims to reduce the strain on emergency rooms by providing patients better access to primary care Aug.…

In about one-third of intensive care unit cases, there are disagreements between the clinicians and patients, or their surrogates, about the appropriateness of treatment, according to a study published in Chest.

Regulations implemented in 2013 in New York state to mandate how physicians treat sepsis appear to be working, according to a study published July 16 in JAMA and reported by NPR.

Scientists have been researching a possible connection between mental illness and inflammation, and some believe a vaccine could someday be developed to combat certain mental illnesses, according to Vice.

A FedEx driver transported three patients to Atlanta-based Grady Hospital after a July 15 shooting, reports CNN.

A nurse at Seattle Children's Hospital contracted the measles after caring for an infected patient, reports Q13 Fox.

Hospitals are increasingly hiring "secret shoppers," or consultants pretending to be patients, to better evaluate the quality of care they provide, according to The New York Times.