Nurse fatigue is “not a personal failing but a predictable outcome of system failure,” the American Nurses Association said in a position statement that calls fatigue a shared responsibility but said employers must take the lead. The Silver Spring, Md.-based…

In 2023, nearly one in three women ages 21-29 had never received cervical cancer screening, according to a study published Aug. 27 in JAMA Network Open.  Researchers from Charleston, S.C.-based Medical University of South Carolina’s Hollings Cancer Center analyzed data…

More parents are declining hepatitis B vaccination and vitamin K prophylaxis for infants, and female infants are less likely than males to receive either, according to a research letter published Aug. 31 in JAMA.  Researchers at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia…

Infectious disease experts are cautiously optimistic the coming flu season will be milder than last year’s, citing moderate activity in the Southern Hemisphere and vaccine shots well matched to circulating strains, The New York Times reported Aug. 31. Scientists look…

The new director of the CDC ordered agency officials to exclude two measles deaths reported by Pennsylvania from the national tally, breaking from the agency’s longstanding practice of accepting states’ death determinations. Erica Schwartz, MD, who took over the CDC…

United Therapeutics Corp. opened its $110 million xenograft production facility, which will raise gene-edited pigs to provide transplant organs to humans, the Post Bulletin reported Sept. 1. Here is what to know. 1. The 65,000-square-foot, “designated pathogen-free” facility will be…

Single specialty and multi-specialty groups were the top two highest-paying settings for physicians, followed by hospitals, Doximity found.  Doximity, a digital platform for U.S. medical professionals, released its 2026 Physician Compensation Report Aug. 25. The report surveyed physicians in June…

The smartest move perioperative teams made this year rarely shows up as a single tool or technology purchase. Look closer at the specifics — an integrated operating model that puts surgery, anesthesia, nursing, and frontline staff around the same data…

A nurse tiptoeing through a darkened unit on night rounds. A knowing groan about someone daring to say “the Q word” on shift. A bit about being humbled by hospital furniture. Three years after SSM Health wove its nurse recruitment…

Six years ago, Northwell’s Mather Hospital’s CMS rating hovered around three and four stars until leaders made reaching five-star status part of their strategic plan for their “little community hospital,” Kevin McGeachy, president of Mather Hospital, said in an upcoming…