Complying with the NIH’s public access policy could add as much as $104 million a year in article processing fees for NIH-funded researchers, according to a modeling study published Aug. 24 in JAMA Internal Medicine. The NIH updated its Public…

Pennsylvania health officials have confirmed two measles-associated deaths. The individuals were unvaccinated.  The deaths are the first measles-related fatalities in Pennsylvania in 35 years, the commonwealth’s health department said Aug. 25. They are also the first two U.S. measles deaths…

Pending regulatory approval, a Michigan university plans to revive a nursing school with the help of Trinity Health as a clinical partner.  Siena Heights University in Adrian, Mich., closed after the 2025-26 school year. Its three accredited nursing programs may…

Florida’s Department of Health has published a proposed rule that would eliminate school immunization requirements for chickenpox, hepatitis B, Haemophilus influenzae type B and pneumococcal disease. The proposal, published Aug. 24, would remove requirements for immunizations not mandated by state…

About 21% of staff at Solnit South, Connecticut’s psychiatric hospital for children based in Middletown, are out on workers’ compensation for injuries sustained on the job, the Hartford Courant reported Aug. 24. Lawmakers have called the situation a “safety crisis,” while employees…

Chapel Hill, N.C.-based UNC Health is shifting how it pays academic and community physicians, as benchmarks and workforce expectations shift, according to the system’s chief clinical officer.  UNC Health has combined both arms of its physician enterprise into a single…

Health systems and hospitals are making significant changes to leadership and educational roles in an attempt to draw more young physicians into the positions, leaders told Becker’s.  Last year, Becker’s found many systems grappling with a physician leadership shortage. Leaders…

Three anesthesiology organizations reaffirmed the safety of spinal anesthesia in response to reported medication errors that severely harmed four patients in Nashville. The Society for Obstetric Anesthesia and Perinatology, Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation and American Society of Anesthesiologists said spinal…

Population health accountability has been arriving gradually for years at health systems nationwide, through shared savings programs and value-based contracts that rewarded efficiency but kept most of the financial risk on Medicare’s side. That cushion is shrinking. Leanne Yanni, MD,…

Many nurse practitioners are struggling to find a preceptor, resulting in many students paying preceptors thousands of dollars so they can graduate, The Hechinger Report reported Aug. 24. To graduate, NP students must spend at least 500 hours working with…