Ambulance response times to cardiac arrest 911 calls are 10 percent longer in low-income areas, according to a study published in JAMA Network Open.

The Democratic Republic of Congo's Ebola outbreak is creeping southward toward several major cities, which could threaten supplies of the experimental Ebola vaccine health workers are using to contain the outbreak, reports STAT.

Retroactive denial policies for emergency room care, such as the one Anthem rolled out in several states, place a financial burden on patients and prevent them from seeking care, according to a Doctor-Patient Rights Project study.

A study published in the American Journal of Infection Control examined whether the addition of an ultraviolet disinfection step after terminal cleaning can help reduce Clostridium difficile infection rates.

Broward Sheriff's Office deputies shot and killed a patient at University Hospital in Tamarac, Fla., on Dec. 1.

A study published in Clinical Microbiology and Infection shows that the bedside use of a rapid influenza digital immunoassay among children in an emergency ward may help reduce costs and enhance antimicrobial stewardship strategy.

Some of the drug marketplaces on the dark web operating in the U.K. have voluntarily banned the sale of fentanyl, the nation's National Crime Agency told The Guardian.

The Trump administration has been sending enrollees emails promoting the benefits of Medicare Advantage ahead of the Medicare enrollment deadline on Dec. 7, The New York Times reports.

Paradise, Calif.-based Adventist Health Feather River Hospital, a 101-bed facility that sustained significant damage during the deadly California Camp Fire in early November, plans to reopen "no matter what," according to the Chico Enterprise-Record.

A physician killed during a shooting incident at Chicago-based Mercy Hospital & Medical Center Nov. 19 reportedly called police before the shooting occured, telling officers she feared for her life, the Chicago Police Department said Nov. 29, according to WTHR…