Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston has diverted some surgical cases after state regulators identified a problem with the hospital’s steam sterilization equipment, the Lewiston Sun Journal reported Aug. 26. The Maine Department of Health and Human Services identified the…

Officials in Aiken, S.C., have charged a woman in connection with shots fired inside Aiken Regional Medical Centers the night of Aug. 25. No one was injured, according to the local police department and hospital. Officers with the Aiken Department…

Idaho recorded the nation’s highest kindergarten vaccine exemption rate for the 2025-26 school year, with 17.5% of incoming kindergartners claiming an exemption from at least one required vaccine, according to an analysis of CDC data published by KFF. The Idaho…

Twelve days after a medication error at an Ascension hospital in Nashville, Tenn., harmed four patients, one of them is paralyzed below the sternum and being treated in Chicago, The New York Times reported Aug. 26.  The hospital, Ascension St.…

About 39% of physicians reported AI proficiency as a factor in hiring or promotion decisions, including 15% who said it was either a “major” or “moderate” factor, Doximity found. Doximity, a digital platform for U.S. medical professionals, released its 2026…

The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network and 128 other patient advocacy and professional groups submitted a comment letter Aug. 24 urging HHS’ Office of Inspector General to create a safe harbor under the federal anti-kickback statute allowing clinical trial…

Effective Feb. 1, the National Council Licensure Examination will have a $350 registration fee for test-takers in the U.S., an increase from the current $200 price.  “This is the first adjustment to the NCLEX registration fee since 2000,” the National…

As regional health systems prepare to transition patient panels into the new CMS ACCESS model, hospital executives are discovering a painful operational reality: you cannot execute a modern population health contract on an antiquated fee-for-service EHR chassis. When health systems…

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…