Veterans' groups are urging the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to improve care quality at its nursing homes after a report revealed "blatant disregard for veteran safety" at a Massachusetts VA nursing home, USA Today reports.

RepScrubs, a Sanford, Fla.-based company, aims to prevent contamination by placing vending machines with disposable scrubs for sales representatives entering hospital operating rooms, according to the Orlando Sentinel.

In-hospital mortality is significantly higher among patients infected with multidrug resistant or extensively drug-resistant pathogens, a study published in Clinical Infectious Diseases found.

New Jersey health experts are encouraging residents to remain vigilant amid an ongoing measles outbreak in Lakewood Township, according to Asbury Park Press.

The CDC has confirmed 106 cases of acute flaccid myelitis across 29 states in 2018, according to CNN.

Health officials have identified 13 countries with rising malaria cases, which highlights the need to bolster containment initiatives, according to CNN.

When it comes to the worst cases of nurse bullying, emergency medical services personnel — and not other nurses — are often the victims, Cameron Hershey, BSN, RN, a critical care transport nurse in California, wrote in an op-ed for…

North Carolina is experiencing the state's largest chickenpox outbreak since 1995, when the vaccine against the virus became widely available, reports The Washington Post.

A gunman opened fire at the Mercy Hospital & Medical Center campus in Chicago the afternoon of Nov. 19, killing a Chicago police officer, a physician and a first-year pharmacy resident, according to CBS Chicago.

Members of the local community and physicians at Naples, Fla.-based NCH Healthcare System are pushing back against a policy directive to cut independent physicians' admitting privileges, Naples Daily News reports.