Licensed practical and vocational nurses saw the highest annual mean pay jump in 2024, while nurse practitioners had the highest growth in number of employed nurses across all settings, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics data. The bureau gathered employment…

As the country grapples with a projected physician shortage, a wave of new medical school construction is underway — and the latest planned projects share a notable distinction: Each represents a first of its kind. The state of Delaware announced…

New Brunswick, N.J.-based Children’s Specialized Hospital’s Kelly Marcoux, PhD, CCRN, was named the inaugural recipient of the Society of Pediatric Nurses Daisy Award of the Year in Pediatric Nursing. Dr. Marcoux, vice president of patient care services and chief nursing…

After rolling out a rapid sepsis diagnostic tool across its network, Baton Rouge, La.-based FMOL Health achieved a 24% reduction in sepsis mortality over the last two years.  FMOL Health, which operates 10 hospitals across Louisiana and Mississippi, said June…

South Dakota is considering a proposal to build the nation’s first Indigenous School of Medicine in Rapid City, the Mitchell Republic reported June 1. Here is what to know. 1. Donald Warne, MD, a physician, co-director for the Center for…

Some of the highest-paying physician specialties are also facing the most severe projected shortages. Becker’s gathered data from Medscape’s “Physician Compensation Report 2026,” the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the Health Resources and Services Administration’s National Center for Health Workforce…

The Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations is helping fast-track three Ebola Bundibugyo vaccines candidates. “With Bundibugyo virus spreading rapidly and no licensed vaccines, every day counts in the race against this deadly disease,” Richard Hatchett, MD, CEO of CEPI, said…

For more than 20 years, Mt. Washington Pediatric Hospital, the University of Maryland Medical System and Johns Hopkins Medicine have demonstrated what is possible when competition gives way to a shared mission.  In a healthcare environment often defined by institutional…

The founding leaders of the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell are ready to make their case for more collaborative medical education. They just needed the product first. David Battinelli, MD, the school’s dean and New Hyde…

The Trump administration is proposing to overhaul how research agencies award grants. Here’s what to know. 1. The Office of Management and Budget’s May 29 proposal would establish a standard framework for distributing research grants across the entire government. 2.…