The CDC released 2017 syphilis surveillance data Sept. 25, which shows an increase in syphilis rates among women of childbearing age, prompting healthcare authorities to emphasize the importance of STD testing among pregnant women.

Using hospital inspection reports released by the Connecticut Department of Public Health, the Connecticut Health Investigative Team published a database revealing numerous patient safety violations at Connecticut hospitals.

The National Institutes of Health awarded grants to academic medical centers to improve the diagnosis of rare and undiagnosed conditions and added five clinical sites to its Undiagnosed Diseases Network.

Three veterans may have died due to misdiagnosis by an allegedly impaired pathologist at Fayetteville, Ark.-based Veterans Health Care System of the Ozarks, The Joplin Globe reports.

The former president of SUNY Upstate Medical University pleaded guilty Sept. 24 to abusing his leadership role by illegally padding his annual salary, according to the timesunion.

Nearly three-fourths of Americans plan to get a flu shot earlier this year to be better protected against the illness, according to a recent survey from Walgreens.

In a recent press release, Healthmark announced the addition of Swanky Athletic Socks to its Personal Protection Equipment accessory product line.

The University of Washington Medical Center in Seattle mistakenly destroyed frozen embryos in 2014, affecting 31 patients, a hospital spokesperson confirmed to KIRO 7.

The America-Japan Society named Jeannette South-Paul, MD, as the recipient of the second annual Kentaro Kaneko Award.

Patients staying in multiple-bed rooms of general medicine and surgical wards do not face a higher risk of Clostridium difficile, a study published in Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology found.