An 85-year-old man in North Carolina died Sept. 25 after contracting a rare bacterial infection from Hurricane Florence floodwaters, according to WECT.

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs released its annual end-of-year hospital star rankings for fiscal year 2018 on Oct. 3.

Many hospitals in South Carolina are struggling to implement protection against gun violence due to financial limitations and the accessible nature of their medical buildings, according to The Post and Courier.  

To better equip hospitals in the fight against antibiotic resistance, a group of physicians and scientists in Seattle launched a nonprofit organization in September to develop a database of antibiotic-resistant bacteria, the Seattle Times reports.

Cuero (Texas) Regional Hospital is offering free drive-thru flu shots in its parking lot Oct. 10, the Victoria Advocate reports.

Harmful infections related to heroin use have spiked in Minnesota, with admissions at state hospitals for heart valve infections among drug users more than quadrupling since 2010 —  from 18 to at least 81, the Star Tribune reports.

The number of one-star Veterans Affairs hospitals nationwide dropped from 14 to nine during the past year, according to USA Today.

Wayne Jonas, MD, a physician, retired army medical officer and alternative medicine researcher, shared three ways clinicians can help chronic pain patients  avoid opioid dependency in an Sept. 24 post on his website.

Boston-based Massachusetts General Hospital will take part in an international multifacility trial evaluating the efficacy of experimental Ebola treatment called ZMapp, the hospital announced Oct. 2.

As North Carolina residents tackle dangerous cleanup projects after Hurricane Florence, Wilmington, N.C.-based New Hanover Regional Medical Center is seeing a jump in emergency room visits, WECT reports.