The Yale School of Medicine in New Haven, Conn., stripped a cardiologist of his endowed chair position Sept. 21, less than two months after he was awarded the honor, according to the Yale Daily News.

After a whistle-blower complained of medical neglect, dirty surgical instruments and flies in an operating room at Manchester (N.H.) Veterans Affairs Medical Center, a VA report cleared the hospital of wrongdoing and neglect related to veteran care, according to The…

Care facilities can cut healthcare-associated infections by up to 55 percent through evidence-based infection control interventions, regardless of a country's economic status, a review of 144 studies published in Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology found.

When expectant mothers request a Caesarean section without any medical or surgical reasons, physicians must walk a fine line of empowering women to advocate for health outcomes, while still following the ethical core of the Hippocratic oath — "doing no…

Madison-based UW Health's Level 1 trauma center treated several victims of a workplace shooting incidence Sept. 19 in Middleton, Wis., according to WKOW 27.

Unreliable funding for implementation research of infection prevention practices puts patients at risk

A patient who visited three Boston area Veterans Affairs hospitals has been diagnosed with Legionnaires' disease, CBS Boston reports.

Since Cleveland Clinic launched team-based care initiatives in 2010, the 4,000-provider health system has overcome challenges for patient care improvements, according to a blog post on the AMA Wire.

Using prophylactic antibiotics in cesarean-section delivery other than the recommended antibiotics, including cefazolin, was associated with a higher risk of surgical site infections, a study published in Obstetrics & Gynecology found.

The opioid epidemic has grown into a pressing political issue, which many midterm election campaigns aim to bring to the forefront of their platform, according to The Wall Street Journal.