Ochsner Children’s, part of New Orleans-based Ochsner Health, has joined the Tiny Baby Collaborative, an international research network focused on infants born at 23 weeks’ gestation or earlier. The neonatal intensive care unit at Ochsner Baptist in New Orleans will…

When a patient came to Jon Ebbert, MD, with dizziness, he took her history, examined her and told her he suspected benign paroxysmal positional vertigo. “She looked at me and said, ‘That’s what ChatGPT told me,'” said Dr. Ebbert, a…

The CDC has added a third U.S. measles death to its national tracker as cases pass 4,400, and Pennsylvania is warning physicians about congenital measles for the first time in decades. Here are six things to know:

Generation Z nurses have one of the strongest retention rates in their first two years, but after roughly 30 months, turnover rises above that of other generations, a report from Laudio and the American Organization for Nursing Leadership found. However,…

The Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine at UNT Health Fort Worth is the nation’s sole medical school that requires students to pass a patient safety exam, The Dallas Morning News reported Oct. 21.  The Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine’s curriculum…

HHS announced Oct. 20 a national plan to improve kidney disease care as part of Make America Health Again’s focus on chronic disease. Approximately 37 million American adults have kidney disease, but many lack a diagnosis.  The plan, unveiled by…

The flu season is off to a severe and early start, with outpatient visits for flu-like illness already reaching levels rarely seen this time of year. As of early October, the rate of outpatient visits for flu-like illness was tracking…

Intermountain Health is overhauling its care model to reshape how nursing care is delivered and increase the share of time nurses spend at the bedside to 41%.  System leaders are redesigning and simplifying nurse workflows, and using technology to reduce…

The National Institutes of Health awarded about 56,600 extramural grants in fiscal 2026, roughly 7,500 fewer than in fiscal 2024, according to an Oct. 15 analysis from the Association of American Medical Colleges. The AAMC based its analysis on publicly…

A total of 576 hospitals in the U.S. have a Clostridioides difficile infection rate of zero, based on the healthcare-associated infections dataset from CMS. Measures are developed by the CDC and collected through the National Healthcare Safety Network. The measures…