People aged 65 and older should get two doses of pneumococcal vaccines to prevent pneumonia, according to new recommended practices from the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices.

An oral supplement that contains arginine, zinc and antioxidants can help heal mild to severe pressure ulcers in malnourished patients, according to a study in the Annals of Internal Medicine.

Mindfulness and meditation, when practiced by healthcare providers, could help reduce instances of healthcare-associated infections and medical errors, according to the medical director of the Osher Center for Integrative Medicine at Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine.

University of California, Riverside School of Medicine is set to launch a new family medicine residency program in Coachella Valley with a unique focus on community service, according to The Desert Sun.

For years, healthcare organizations have attempted to get an accurate measure of hand hygiene compliance to determine compliance rates and how they tie in with infection rates. But the most widely used method of compliance measurement — visual observation —…

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The patient admitted to the University of California Davis Medical Center in Sacramento, Calif., on Thursday with Ebola-like symptoms has tested negative for the virus.

An estimated 250 to 400 unlicensed foreign-trained physicians live in Minnesota, according to a Minnesota Department of Health report.

HHS recently announced plans to have 90 percent of payments based on quality by 2018, and that announcement has spurred debate about what the definition of quality should be in healthcare and how it should be measured.

New research from the University of Michigan, the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and the University of Alabama shows that Tamiflu, an antiviral medication that fights the flu, shortens the length of the flu in patients by one…