One hundred days after the World Health Organization declared an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the outbreak has become the second-largest ever recorded and is growing faster than any previous one. Here is what to know about…

The FDA has approved supplemental biologics license applications for three updated 2026-27 COVID-19 vaccines from Pfizer and BioNTech and Moderna, according to Aug. 27 news releases from the companies. Here are five things to know:

Internal medicine is the most in-demand physician specialty and locum tenens specialty, 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 on how AI is…

Eight professional societies and the Sepsis Alliance published a position paper Aug. 25 in Clinical Infectious Diseases, outlining strategies for hospitals to improve sepsis outcomes. Four things to know: 1. The Infectious Diseases Society of America spearheaded the effort, developing…

Measles recently claimed its first U.S. lives of 2026, a fast-moving Ebola outbreak has become the second-largest on record and a lettuce-linked parasite has sickened more than 17,000 Americans. Here are five developments clinical leaders should know: 1. Pennsylvania recorded…

A medication mix-up that paralyzed a 72-year-old Nashville, Tenn., patient has pulled national pharmacy and anesthesiology groups into renewed scrutiny of whether clinicians should be criminally charged for errors. On Aug. 14, four joint replacement patients at Ascension St. Thomas…

Health systems and hospitals are making significant changes to leadership and educational roles in an attempt to draw more young physicians into the positions — which means confronting aspects of leadership the industry has been overlooking. Last year, Becker’s found…

Interventional radiology and neurosurgery saw the greatest jumps in annual compensation among 40 specialties, 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 on how…

Physicians born abroad make up nearly half of U.S. internal medicine. Now two federal visa changes are hitting that workforce at once, and hospital leaders say the pileup is the real danger. The changes landed within weeks of each other.…

Nearly two weeks after President Donald Trump signed an executive order that aimed to overhaul the childhood vaccine schedule, physician leaders at seven children’s hospitals told Becker’s they are not changing how they recommend or administer vaccines. “This is a…