As the state's largest wildfire in history bore down on Paradise, Calif., physicians, nurses and other Paradise-based Adventist Health Feather River medical professionals began evacuating patients. However, one physician was forced to use his medical expertise after leaving the facility,…

Flucelvax, an immunization made by biotechnology company CSL using cell-based technology, was about 36 percent more effective in preventing flu-like illness last winter than conventional shots made using chicken eggs, Bloomberg reports.

A study published in Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology examined the pattern of blood culture utilization in an academic university hospital setting.

People identifying as heterosexual are less likely to misuse opioids than those who have a different sexual orientation, according to a study published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.

CMS extended Tahlequah, Okla.-based W.W. Hastings Hospital's compliance deadline to Dec. 22 after a July survey found it was out of compliance in infection control, nursing services and medication administration practices, according to the Cherokee Phoenix.

Poll results published by Ann Arbor, Mich.-based C.S. Mott Children's Hospital revealed 34 percent of U.S. parents said their child was unlikely to get the flu vaccine this year, CNN reports.

The medication fluoxetine may be linked to poorer long-term health outcomes among pediatric patients with acute flaccid myelitis, according to study published in Neurology.

Pediatric patients whose caregivers had poor asthma knowledge were four times more likely to have a prolonged hospital stay — defined as more than two days, according to research presented at the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology Annual…

University of Nebraska Medical Center and Nebraska Medicine, both in Omaha, sent five infectious disease experts to Uganda to train healthcare workers in infection control practices, according to the Omaha World Herald.

Fifteen to 20 people fleeing the California Camp Fire have become ill with norovirus while staying at Chico, Calif.-based Neighborhood Church, according to The Sacramento Bee.