While an increasing number of adolescents received HPV vaccinations between 2016-17, other data highlights a spike in HPV-related cancer, according to two separate Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Reports from the CDC published Aug. 24.

The World Health Organization on Aug. 24 confirmed the first probable case of Ebola in Oicha, a city in the North Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, which resides in a "red zone" where outsiders may be…

The California Department of Public Health collectively issued $1,052,505 in fines to 13 California hospitals for licensing compliance issues that caused or were likely to cause patient harm or death.

Instances of patients having "racial preferences" for their healthcare providers are on the rise, which puts hospitals in a three-way bind between complying with nondiscrimination laws, making sure their employees are not harassed and promoting care quality, according to Bloomberg…

Medicare-for-All, a movement among Democrats aiming to disrupt the insurance market and provide Americans with universal healthcare, is gaining popularity among both political parties, a new Reuters Poll found.

Hospitals and healthcare facilities are gearing up for the potential surge in patients that may arise if Hurricane Lane makes landfall in the state during the next several days, Hawaii News Now reports.

As one of the leading causes of deaths in hospitals, sepsis — a complication often hard to identify — presents a unique challenge to hospital leaders. Since the risk of death from sepsis increases by about 8 percent with each hour…

Scientists are making progress in fighting methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus by using light to activate oxygen that gets rid of antibiotic-resistant bacteria, according to the American Chemical Society.

Boston-based Massachusetts General Hospital entered into a research collaboration with ideas42, a nonprofit behavioral design laboratory.

In addition to spreading false information and reputedly interfering with the 2016 U.S. presidential election, Russian bots and trolls also tried to heighten skepticism over vaccines on Twitter, according to a study published in the American Journal of Public Health.