Emergency departments across the U.S. are reporting a sharp rise in tick bite cases, with July marking the highest number of visits since 2017, according to recent data from the CDC, ABC News reported.  Young children and older adults are…

U.S. children have an almost two times higher risk of death compared to children from other high-income nations, according to a study published July 7 in JAMA.  Researchers analyzed mortality statistics, survey responses and EHR data to identify how the…

Hospital leaders are constantly looking for ways to improve efficiency and care at their facilities. Although many of these projects are large programs or workflow changes, there are many small initiatives that have an outsized impact. Becker’s asked four leaders…

Columbus-based Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and James Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers found about 1% to 2% of all inpatient hospitalizations resulted in patients discharging against medical advice — and these patients led to more than $800 million in…

Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic researchers have developed an AI tool to accurately identify signs of surgical site infection on postoperative online portal images, according to a study published July 3 in the Annals of Surgery.  “This work lays the foundation…

Weeks after HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced the CDC would stop recommending healthy children and pregnant women receive routine COVID-19 vaccinations, national healthcare groups filed a lawsuit July 7 seeking to reverse the order.  Here are 10 key…

U.S. officials have confirmed 1,267 measles cases across 27 outbreaks as of July 1 — a sharp increase from the 285 confirmed cases in 2024, according to CDC data.  Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins University is also tracking the measles spread and…

Between July 7, 2023, and June 30, 2024, Houston-based University of Texas MD Anderson had the lowest rate of Clostridioides difficile infections among cancer hospitals exempt from reporting to Medicare’s Inpatient Prospective Payment System. Eleven PPS-exempt cancer hospitals are required…

Two states are considering bills that would require medical schools to use A-F grading systems instead of pass-fail. Indiana and Texas are considering SB 289 and HB 5294, respectively, both of which would eliminate pass/fail grading for medical schools and…

A division of HCA Healthcare has reached settlements with nine families over lawsuits alleging a former NICU nurse injured several infants.  The cases centered around HCA’s Henrico Doctors’ Hospital in Richmond, Va., which temporarily paused NICU admissions in late 2024…