Between 5.7 million and 8.4 million people die each year in low- and middle-income countries from poor quality of care, a report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine found. 

Researchers from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine in Cleveland uncovered a way to stop immune cell death linked to sepsis, inflammatory bowel disease and arthritis.

Physicians who have had cancer or experienced a close friend or family member's cancer are more likely to go against ovarian cancer screening recommendations, a study published in the Journal of Women's Health found.

The Republic of Congo on Aug. 27 confirmed a case of yellow fever in the city of Pointe Norie, which health officials warned could turn into "an emerging event of epidemic proportions," according to Reuters.

Despite a decline in new cases, the World Health Organization cannot assess whether the ongoing Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo is stabilized due to the challenge of identifying new cases in conflict-ridden red zones, according to Reuters.

The air quality in Washington state's Tri-Cities area reached hazardous levels Aug. 26 due to ongoing wildfires, sending many people to the hospital with breathing issues, according to KEPR.

In a study of about 40,000 patients from 14 countries, myocardial injury, major bleeding, and sepsis were the top three causes of patient deaths after noncardiac surgery, according to the European Society of Cardiology.

Despite requests from U.S. research institutions and government officials, the Chinese government has concealed lab samples of H7N9, a type of bird flu, from the U.S. for more than a year, The New York Times reports. The specimens are necessary…

For some patients with endocarditis, a heart infection, a treatment that shortens intravenous antibiotic treatment and gives remaining antibiotics orally can reduce hospital stays by half, a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine found.

The number of uninsured Americans in the first three months of 2018 was 28.3 million, or 8.8 percent of the population, according to new data released by the CDC.