The New Jersey Department of Health investigated Newark, N.J.-based University Hospital after the death of a premature baby and uncovered "major infection control deficiencies," according to NJ.com.

A study published in The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety examined hospital inpatient suicides in the U.S. and the methods used.

The CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices on Oct. 24 recommended all homeless people age 1 and older receive routine hepatitis A vaccinations.

Local communities in the Democratic Republic of Congo are starting to better understand the magnitude of the ongoing Ebola outbreak and cooperate with response efforts, a senior official at the World Health Organization told STAT.

The 2014 Ebola outbreak in West Africa cost global economies an estimated $53 billion, according to a study published in The Journal of Infectious Diseases.  

The neurological effects of Ebola virus disease persist for years after the initial infection, according to findings presented at the American Neurological Association's 143rd Annual Meeting Oct. 21 to 23 in Atlanta.

Hannah Bella Rodriguez, who was born July 11 weighing 1 pound, 4 ounces, finally left East Meadow, N.Y.-Nassau University Medical Center Oct. 22, weighing 5 pounds, 5 ounces, according to WABC.

Alaska is experiencing the state's largest syphilis outbreak in 40 years and seeks help from the CDC, according to KTVA.

President Donald Trump signed the SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act Oct. 24 to increase the country's opioid epidemic response efforts.

Cleveland Clinic Akron (Ohio) General Hospital surgeons created a treatment protocol that sends patients home after colorectal operations without any opioids, which led to shorter hospital stays, researchers reported at the American College of Surgeons clinical congress.