States with Medicaid expansions spend more per enrollee overall than nonexpansion states, and nearly half of expansion states’ enrollees have a chronic condition, a May 28 KFF Health News report found. On May 22, a number of Medicaid provisions that…

In the last seven months, the Medical Council of Canada has seen a 750% increase in the number of Americans creating accounts on its site to initiate the licensure process, NPR reported May 29. The number of American physicians seeking…

Moderna announced that HHS is withdrawing millions of dollars it had pledged to support the company’s efforts to develop a human avian flu vaccine.  During the Biden administration, HHS announced plans to provide Moderna with $176 million last summer followed…

Advocate Health, a 69-hospital system based in Charlotte, N.C., is seeking systemwide hospital accreditation with The Joint Commission.  The initiative will enable hospital-to-hospital benchmarking within the system and with other hospitals with similar geographic profiles, according to a May 27…

Mental health among mothers in the U.S. has declined significantly over the past decade, according to a new study based on data from more than 198,000 mothers. The research, published May 27 in JAMA Internal Medicine, found a steep drop…

Patient volumes are rising year after year at Shriners Children’s — but access is keeping pace. Through creative programs and partnerships, the health system is finding new ways to reach patients who might otherwise fall through the cracks. Bill Munley,…

In a May 28 message to health system CEOs, two national healthcare safety organizations compared cutting infection control jobs to “dismantling the fire department during wildfire season.” The Leapfrog Group and the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology…

A new fast-spreading COVID-19 variant, NB.1.8.1, tied to a surge in China, has been identified in the U.S. as access to routine vaccinations is poised to narrow, CBS News reported May 27.  Here are five things to know: 

The CDC’s decision to remove COVID-19 vaccines from its recommended immunization schedule for healthy children and pregnant women has sparked significant concern from healthcare industry groups. While some groups, like the American Hospital Association, took a more neutral stance, others…

Newton (Mass.)-Wellesley Hospital has concluded its investigation into a possible cluster of tumor cases among longtime nurses who work in the maternal care ward, finding no environmental contributors, The Boston Globe reported May 27. Investigations by the Massachusetts Department of…