Good practice environments for nurses are linked to lower levels of missed care, according to a study published in the Journal of Nursing Scholarship.

Richard Klasco, MD, professor of emergency medicine at Boston-based Harvard Medical School, answered questions about flu boosters for The New York Times, Nov. 9.

Pertussis, or whooping cough, has been on the rise in Texas,  prompting physicians to urge parents to get their children vaccinated, according to East Texas Matters.

Imagine if the right doctor, saw the right patient, at the right time, for the right amount of time, in the right place. It seems simple enough. But it is far, far (light years) away from how our medical system…

The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control has confirmed its first 2018 flu-related death, according to News 13.

There are 164 cases of salmonella linked to raw turkey, leaving 63 hospitalized and one dead, the CDC announced Nov. 8.

The United States Agency of International Development said the U.S. is worried about the Democratic Republic of Congo's Ebola outbreak, which has 312 confirmed and probable Ebola cases and 191 Ebola-attributed deaths, according to Reuters.

Three Houston area hospitals — Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center, CHI St. Luke's Health–The Woodlands Hospital and CHI St. Luke's Health Brazosport, earned A's from the Leapfrog Group in its fall 2018 Hospital Safety Grade list.

Two surgeons at Dallas-based Methodist Health System cleared a 92-year-old woman for pancreatic cancer surgery, despite the surgery's higher risk for her age group, according to ABC 8.

Fort Myers, Fla.-based Lee Health will permanently close the kidney program at Fort Myers-based Gulf Coast Medical Center in December, according to Fort Myers News-Press.