New York City is seeing an outbreak of Candida auris, an often multidrug-resistant fungus, at hospitals citywide, a report in the CDC's Emerging Infectious Diseases found.

In response to mass shootings in cities nationwide, hospital officials are conducting real-life simulations to prepare to treat victims, according to U.S. News & World Report.

Hurricane Florence, which touched down Sept. 14 in North and South Carolina, caused damage that Moody's Analytics estimates will cost $17 billion to $22 billion, according to CNBC.

In the wake of Hurricane Florence, the CDC issued a report Sept. 17, reminding clinicians treating patients from affected areas to check for signs of carbon monoxide poisoning.

The Huggies No Baby Unhugged program is awarding seven $10,000 grants to help support or establish volunteer hugging programs at hospitals nationwide. The programs improve developmental outcomes for babies in neonatal intensive care units.

Stephen Colbert discussed the opioid epidemic and took aim at pharmaceutical companies during a "Late Show" segment Sept. 14, according to Rolling Stone.

A cardiothoracic surgeon and his wife were killed after their plane crashed in a residential neighborhood near Boston on Sept. 15, ABC 7 NY reports.

The New England Journal of Medicine doubled down on its refusal to retract a 2016 paper co-authored by a Lebanon, N.H.-based Dartmouth health policy professor who resigned last week after allegations of plagiarism, STAT reports.

A study published in Pediatrics examined the efficacy of a quality improvement project that aimed to reduce the blood culture collection contamination rate at a children's hospital.

EHR reminders can help improve vaccination rates, according to a study published in JAMA Network Open.