First-time, U.S.-educated candidates passed the National Council Licensure Examination for Registered Nurses at an 86.7% rate in 2025, with results ranging from 92.9% in North Dakota to 77.8% in Alaska. The figures come from newly released data in the National…

Cardiologists and endocrinologists review wearable technology data the most often among specialties, according to a new American Medical Association survey. The “2026 AMA Multi-Country Study on Consumer Wearable Data in Clinical Practice” surveyed 2,222 physicians surveyed from January through early…

Lung transplant can extend survival in some patients with stage 4 lung cancer, according to a study published July 8 in JAMA. Researchers and physicians from Chicago-based Northwestern Medicine analyzed data from 404 adult patients with end-stage pulmonary disease, including…

The District of Columbia, New York and Massachusetts have the most physicians per 100,000 residents, while Mississippi, Alabama and Nevada have the fewest, according to Bureau of Labor statistics and Census data. Becker’s used the bureau’s latest data — 2025…

The planned July meeting for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force has been postponed until late August, an HHS spokesperson told Becker’s. Six things to know: 1. It is the fourth time the meeting has been delayed. The task force,…

Uninsured patients hospitalized for gunshot wounds in Florida are discharged significantly faster than patients with coverage, according to a recent analysis of state hospital billing data. KFF Health News and The Trace, a news outlet focused on gun violence, reviewed…

Among organizations, 23% said clinician burnout is not a current focus, compared to 17% that reported its their No. 1 concern. In a LinkedIn poll, Becker’s asked, “Where does clinician burnout rank among your organization’s top operational concerns heading into…

Front-line healthcare workers at the epicenter of the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo went on strike over a lack of pay and poor working conditions, Reuters reported July 7. Workers from in and outside hospitals said they…

The number of students admitted to doctoral programs this fall fell 15% from a year earlier across more than 50 of the nation’s top research universities, The New York Times reported July 6. This decline could shrink the scientific talent…

Picture the scene: an operating room mid-procedure, a patient’s blood pressure dropping, a clinician reaching for a vasoactive medication. In that moment of urgency, a small plastic connector at the end of an intravenous line is accessed quickly, because it…