The CDC has now activated six emergency responses for pathogens in 2026 — the latest a level 3 response to a record dengue outbreak in Florida — a pace that underscores how many infectious disease threats are landing on hospitals…

Health systems are facing a late-career physician dilemma: An aging workforce raises patient safety concerns, yet shortages and early retirements among mid-career physicians mean late-career physicians are needed more than ever.  The physician workforce has faced an aging problem for…

The Alabama Board of Nursing has resumed online license renewals six weeks after a cyberattack forced it to switch to paper applications, AL.com reported Oct. 22.  A ransomware attack detected in August took the board’s online licensing system offline Sept.…

Receiving a personalized mRNA-based cancer vaccine alongside immunotherapy lowered the risk of recurrence or death by 42% versus immunotherapy alone in a phase 3 clinical trial of patients with surgically resected stage 2B to 4 melanoma. The vaccine, called intismeran…

Actor Christina Applegate revealed Oct. 20 that she was misdiagnosed with multiple sclerosis. The revelation underscores how elusive an MS diagnosis can be and highlights the persistent challenge of diagnostic errors across the healthcare industry. Seven notes: 1. Ms. Applegate,…

New Orleans-based LCMC Health will launch a no-cost genetic screening initiative to help 100,000 adults identify inherited risks for certain cancers and heart disease. The Uniquely You program, in collaboration with genomics company Helix, will allow participants to provide DNA…

Nigeria is the fifth country to confirm a case of Ebola Bundibugyo since Congo’s outbreak was announced in May, the World Health Organization said. Nigeria confirmed its first Ebola Bundibugyo case in a woman who traveled from Uganda, The Washington Post reported.…

Who rescues the hospital-at-home patient at 2 a.m.? On a hospital unit, a deteriorating patient is a call light away from a nurse, and a rapid response team is down the hall. In a hospital-at-home program, that same patient may…

Performance ratings for the FDA and CDC have hit an all time low, according to an Oct. 15 Gallup poll. Gallup asked 1,000 U.S. adults to rate the job performance of 12 federal agencies and five Cabinet departments as excellent,…

For decades, researchers have sought to develop vaccines to treat cancer, but progress has been limited by the complexity of the disease, the diversity of cancer types and biological differences among individual patients. Now, a personalized cancer vaccine has succeeded…