The American Medical Association announced a $15 million competitive initiative on Oct. 30 aimed at improving residency training in the U.S.

Some physicians and surgeons at the University of Kansas in Lawrence said the United Network for Organ Sharing's proposal to change organ donation distribution zones would adversely affect liver transplant programs, according to KCTV 5 News.

A 26th child was diagnosed with adenovirus at the Wanaque (N.J.) Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation Oct. 30, prompting New Jersey state officials to take preventative actions at other healthcare facilities so similar breakouts do not occur, according to New…

The American College of Physicians updated its position on firearms in a policy paper published Oct. 30 in Annals of Internal Medicine.

A nurse at Bridgeport (Conn.) Hospital, part of Yale New Haven (Conn.) Health, received a quality award from hospital leaders after helping a man who crashed his motorcycle, according to the CTPost.

In 2017, California hospitals made the most progress in reducing healthcare-associated infections since reporting started in 2009, and many hospitals are on track to reach 2020 infection reduction goals, according to a California Department of Public Health report cited by…

CDC Director Robert Redfield, MD, cited a global flu pandemic as a serious and "very possible" fear that keeps him up at night, according to CBS News.

Government health officials stopped a clinical trial Oct. 29, which tested stem cell therapy on heart failure patients, due to recommendations that 31 articles related to the test be retracted, according to STAT.

Researchers at Atlanta-based Emory University's Rollins School of Public Health received a two-year, $1.5 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to focus on immunization programs in low-income countries.

Pittsburgh-based UPMC chaplain and nurse Daniel Leger, RN, was in critical condition late Oct. 27 after a gunman opened fire at the Tree of Life synagogue in Squirrel Hill, Pa., according to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.