An investigation into a patient's death in 2017 at the Chillicothe (Ohio) Veterans Affairs Medical Center found failures in patient safety and training at the hospital, the Chillicothe Gazette reports.

Allentown, Pa.-based Lehigh Valley Health Network is retraining staff on cleaning policies after health department inspectors found several sanitation problems at two of the health system's hospitals, The Morning Call reports.

Poughkeepsie, N.Y.-based Marist College and Health Quest, a five-hospital system in LaGrangeville, N.Y., announced plans to construct a joint medical school during a press conference Sept. 12, according to the Poughkeepsie Journal.

The New Jersey Hospital Association announced plans for a new data and informatics center to better understand the state's health challenges and the economics of healthcare.

A study published in Clinical Infectious Diseases investigated the effectiveness of influenza vaccine throughout the influenza season.

Twin sisters Jalynne Crawford and Janelle Leopoldo gave birth to boys on the same day in June at the same Arizona hospital. The sisters underwent caesarian sections performed by the same physician two hours apart, according to ABC News.

Physicians at Kansas City-based University of Kansas Health System operated on a 10-year-old boy after a foot-long meat skewer impaled his head in a  Sept. 8 accident, according to The Kansas City Star.

Instagram is launching a new pop-up feature to help users who search drug-related hashtags find support resources, The Hill reports.

Jeff Bezos has created the Day One Fund with a starting endowment of $2 billion to support nonprofits that help homeless families while also creating a new network of tuition-free preschools in low income areas.

The number of uninsured people and the uninsured rate were not statistically different in 2017 compared to 2016, according to a report from the Census Bureau.