CMS cited Detroit-based DMC Harper University Hospital for several infection control issues, including bugs that were flying around an intensive care unit during a recent inspection, according to The Detroit News.

For a universal healthcare system to succeed, leaders must focus on the expertise of nurses, a global health center director wrote in a STAT op-ed.

New clinic services address crucial gaps found nationwide in diabetes care

As the number one cancer killer in the U.S., there’s a high likelihood that lung cancer will affect you or someone you know. Lung cancer kills more Americans than breast, colon and prostate cancers—combined.

Overcrowding in the emergency department could be a barrier to the early administration of antibiotics for sepsis, according to a study published in Annals of Emergency Medicine.

Officials at Yakima, Wash.-based Astria Regional Medical Center — previously Yakima Regional — said the hospital may end funding for its residency programs by June 30, 2019, according to the Yakima Herald.

Despite spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on medical school, physicians are increasingly forgoing medical practice in favor of other health-related ventures, claiming they can do more to improve care delivery worldwide as entrepreneurs, The Boston Globe reports.

The second flu-associated pediatric death of the 2018-19 season was reported in the week ending Nov. 17, according to the CDC's most recent FluView report. The child lived in Florida, according to the state health department. 

The CDC and the City of Lubbock Health Department are investigating 27 cases of a rare, multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa in Lubbock, Texas, according to a KCBD report.

The use of examination gloves in hospitals may present a barrier to hand hygiene, especially among nurses, according to a study cited by Healio.