Minimally invasive surgery, which has grown in popularity since 2006, is worse than standard surgery for early stage cervical cancer patients, according to two studies cited by NPR.

As patient care technology expands from 3-D images to preview operations to virtual reality goggles that help medical students learn science content, the way physicians and nurses are trained is changing significantly, The New York Times reports.

Massena (N.Y.)  Memorial Hospital is offering free flu shots Nov. 7 to 100 patients age 18 or older.

The World Health Organization is sending nearly 1.5 million doses of the yellow fever vaccine from its emergency stockpile to Ethiopia after 10 people died from the disease, according to Reuters.

Olympus Corp. is appropriating more than $85 million in expected losses from a federal investigation into the company's duodenoscopes, which have been linked to several infection outbreaks since 2010, reports The Morning Call.

Between 2005 and 2016, 71 percent of hospitals made no significant improvements in their clinical work environments, a study published in Health Affairs found.

The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services on Nov. 6 confirmed the first death linked to an ongoing hepatitis A outbreak in the state, reports The News & Observer.

To cut down the wait time on pediatric heart transplants, the pediatric cardiology team at Stanford, Calif.-based Lucile Packard Children's Hospital created a new way to better match donor hearts to heart transplant recipients, according to Scope.

Chemists at Stanford (Calif.) University have modified a common antibiotic to make it more effective at fighting methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, according to a study published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society. 

The quality measures used for CMS' Nursing Home Compare star ratings may not entirely reflect aspects of patient safety, a study published in Health Affairs found.