The Trump administration has deleted or altered nearly 400 federal datasets since taking office, with health data accounting for the largest share of changes, according to a tracker updated Aug. 17 by dataindex.us, a group of data policy experts, researchers…

Health systems represented by the American Hospital Association’s past, current and incoming board chairs have signed on to HHS’ Make Hospital Food Healthier Pledge. Grand Rapids, Mich.-based Corewell Health, Houston Methodist and Sioux Falls, S.D.-based Sanford Health all signed the…

Nearly every U.S. hospital screens patients for sepsis, but far fewer have dedicated personnel to ensure screening is successful, the CDC found. Moreover, separate research links a lack of specific accountability to higher mortality. In its latest annual survey of…

Jefferson, La.-based Ochsner Transplant Institute recently completed 10,000 organ transplants, an accomplishment that Ari Cohen, MD, attributed to having a strong team that’s invested in the outcomes for patients. Ochsner’s first strategy for a successful transplant program is having the…

Vaccination coverage among the nation’s kindergartners slipped again in the 2025-26 school year while the share of children claiming exemptions climbed to a record 4.2%, new CDC data shows. Coverage for the MMR vaccine fell to 92.4%, down from 92.5%…

Danville, Pa.-based Geisinger Health is warning of a potential measles exposure at Geisinger Medical Center after a visitor suspected of having the disease passed through several areas of the hospital. The possible exposure occurred between 1 p.m. Aug. 12 and…

Nearly half of nurse practitioners report feeling burned out and 1 in 6 report having both burnout and depression, according to an Aug. 11 Medscape report.  Medscape’s “When Caring Costs Too Much: Medscape Nurse Practitioner Burnout & Depression Report 2026”…

Blacklegged ticks carrying Lyme disease have expanded into the mountains of western North Carolina, far south of the disease’s traditional Northeast and Upper Midwest range, according to an Aug. 13 CDC report. Researchers surveilling 22 residential properties in Biltmore Forest,…

Hurricane Lala has closed off road access to Ka’u Hospital in Pahala, Hawaii, the only hospital serving the southeastern side of the Big Island, after the storm caused parts of Highway 11 and six bridges in the Ka’u District to…

Millennials in plastic surgery, oncology and hematology had the highest percent of physicians receiving pay increases in the past year, an Aug. 15 Medscape report found. Medscape’s “Modest Gains, Lingering Strain: Medscape Millennial Physician Compensation Report 2026” surveyed 5,916 across…