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.

Several healthcare facilities across Pennsylvania are seeing an influx of patients with respiratory infections, viral strains mimicking the flu, and foot and mouth disease, signaling the sick season has come a few weeks early, according to the Herald Standard.

Kids who clean their hands using hand sanitizer instead of traditional soap and water contract fewer respiratory infections, miss fewer school days and receive less antibiotics, according to a study published in Pediatrics.

Researchers in the U.K. created a 'risk profile' to find heart patients who face the highest risk of developing sepsis, often years before they become ill, a study published in the Journal of the American Heart Association found.

Hospitals that participate in "Get With The Guidelines–Stroke," a quality improvement program for stroke care developed by the American Heart Association and American Stroke Association, are linked to providing better care, a study published in JAMA Neurology found.

The CDC said a rare but potentially severe condition that causes muscle weakness and paralysis in the arms and legs, typically among children, has increased in recent years, according to KHOU 11.

Medical residents told the Daily Bruin they only received a fraction of the $5,000 housing stipend that administrators at the Los Angeles-based David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA assured them they would receive.

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Up to 168 million doses of the flu vaccine will be available during the 2018-19 flu season, according to The Washington Post.