Infant mortality rates dropped to an all-time low in 2025, according to new data from the CDC. The data comes from the CDC’s National Vital Statistics System. Estimates for 2025 are based on provisional death and birth data, with final…

When CMS surveyors determine that a hospital has put patients in “immediate jeopardy,” the deficiency that triggers it is far more often a breakdown in patients’ rights than a clinical error, federal data shows. That is the clearest pattern in…

My mom was a nurse. Some of my most vivid childhood memories are of accompanying her on house calls, where she taught husbands and wives how to give insulin injections using an orange for practice. Growing up in Bayonne, N.J.,…

It has happened hundreds of times: I’m called into the ICU as a Palliative Care specialist, ask who the patient is and what matters most, and afterward a family member pulls me aside to say, “No one has ever had…

Two people were shot June 16 inside ChristianaCare’s Wilmington (Del.) Hospital, and one victim has died, Wilmington Police Chief Wilfredo Campos said at an evening press conference streamed on the city’s Facebook page. Police were called to the hospital at…

Young nurses are no longer the most burned-out group in the profession, a significant reversal from 2022 when nurses under 35 were the workforce’s most stressed and most likely to quit, according to a study published in the Journal of…

More than 4 in 5 physicians now use artificial intelligence in their professional practice, and 92% of physicians want additional AI training, an American Medical Association survey found. American Medical Association’s 2026 Physician Survey on Augmented Intelligence surveyed 1,692 physicians…

Peter Stafford, MD, the American physician who contracted Ebola, has recovered and returned to the U.S., CBS News reported June 15.  Here are the latest updates on the Ebola outbreak. 1. Dr. Stafford, his wife and their four children all…

An independent investigation into the cases of 11 current and former nurses at Newton (Mass.)-Wellesley Hospital who were found to have tumors concluded the tumors were not associated with the workplace, the Boston Herald reported June 14. An investigation was…

A survey of 624 current and former CDC workers found that 95% believe recent changes at the agency will cost American lives. Researchers from Lansing-based Michigan State University anonymously surveyed 624 CDC workers between February and April who either currently…