The staff of Rossville, MD.-based MedStar Franklin Square Medical Center used the Community College of Baltimore County to set up a free drive-thru flu shot clinic that served over 800 attendees, according to The Baltimore Sun.

Ari Mahler, a nurse at Pittsburgh-based Allegheny General Hospital, described in a viral Facebook post how he treated the suspected Pittsburgh synagogue shooter and "chose to show him empathy," according to ABC News.

When 8-year-old Brandon Noblitt became wheelchair bound in 2016 due to acute flaccid myelitis, his options seemed limited, but  Amy Moore, MD, plastic and reconstructive surgeon at St. Louis-based Washington University, created a nerve transplant surgery that allowed Brandon to…

Federal health officials on Nov. 5 said cases of the rare, polio-like illness called acute flaccid myelitis are still on the rise among children in the U.S., according to NBC News.

Here are 19 stories Becker's recently published on Clostridium difficile in honor of November being C. difficile Awareness Month.

The American Academy of Pediatrics updated its policy on spanking Nov. 5, warning parents they should not spank their children, according to The New York Times.

Hospital quality ratings for heart surgery differ significantly across rankings systems, meaning they may be more confusing than helpful for patients, a study published in the Journal of the American College of Surgeons found.

Researchers at Morgantown-based West Virginia University are investigating how round-the-clock brightness in hospital rooms may impede recovery for cardiac patients.

Although many hospitals are concerned programs that promote open communication with patients about medical errors could result in increased liability costs, a study published in Health Affairs found these initiatives did not increase a hospital's liability risk.

Researchers at the University of Virginia School of Medicine in Charlottesville are using data science to help predict patients' increase in risk of infection and medical complications.