Providers often struggle to have open end-of-life discussions with critically ill patients, prompting a need for hospital leaders to reevaluate how nurses discuss death and dying, a nurse argues in The Hill.

Most headache specialists are dissatisfied with emergency department care for patients experiencing headaches, survey results published in Headache revealed.

Kansas City (Mo.) emergency rooms are seeing a jump in electric scooter-related injuries after companies Lime and Bird dropped the vehicles in the city this summer, KBIA reports.

Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins Medicine appointed Allen Kachalia, MD, senior vice president of patient safety and quality, effective Dec. 1. He will also serve as director of the Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality.

The nasal spray vaccine FluMist, approved for use in the 2018-19 flu season, is available in limited locations, according to 11Alive.

The Lexington-Fayette (Ky.) County Health Department confirmed the state's first flu-related death for the 2018-19 flu season, according to LEX 18.

California Democratic Gov. Jerry Brown signed legislation requiring hospitals in the state to create policies for discharging homeless patients, the governor's office announced Sept. 30.

One in five antibiotic prescriptions are provided without an in-person visit, and about half of outpatient antibiotics are prescribed without an infection-related diagnosis, according to a study presented at IDWeek 2018, an annual meeting for infectious diseases professionals.

A fire at Jefferson Hills, Pa.-based Jefferson Hospital, a part of the Allegheny Health Network in Pittsburgh, led to some patients and visitors being moved, according to wpxi.com.

Smithfield, N.C.-based Johnston County Hams is recalling about 90,000 pounds of ready-to-eat ham products due to the potential presence of Listeria monocytogenes, according to a report issued Oct. 8 by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.