The Democratic Republic of Congo’s Ebola outbreak is doubling about every 20 days, Tom Fletcher, the United Nations’ Under-Secretary-General for humanitarian affairs and emergency relief coordinator, said Aug. 14. As of Aug. 17, the outbreak has 5,105 cases and 2,420…

Each year, the U.S. News & World Report Best Hospitals Honor Roll gives healthcare leaders a chance to look closely at what distinguishes the nation’s strongest hospitals. This year, one common thread is impossible to miss: Every hospital on the…

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,…