The American Nurses Association is urging employers to move away from zero-tolerance policies on nurse bullying and incivility in favor of a tiered, restorative approach that weighs context and severity. The recommendation appears in a new position statement on civility…

The board chair of the NIH Clinical Center in Bethesda, Md., has admonished HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for opening a vaccine injury clinic at the hospital, The New York Times reported Oct. 16.  In a six-minute opening statement…

The U.S. has recorded 4,410 confirmed measles cases this year, and the CDC is sending staff to Pennsylvania, where the nation’s largest outbreak has caused five confirmed measles-associated deaths. Here are four outbreak updates to know: Separately, Kenya confirmed four…

The share of flu tests coming back positive rose from 3.9% to 5% in the week ending Oct. 10, the CDC’s first FluView report of the 2026-27 season shows. ED visits and outpatient visits for flu also climbed. Seasonal flu…

Academic health systems are opening their own longevity medicine programs amid growing demand for preventive care, The New York Times reported Oct. 16. Since last fall, Los Angeles-based Cedars-Sinai, Chicago-based Northwestern Medicine and New York City-based Weill Cornell Medicine have…

A surgical team at Cleveland Clinic became the first in Ohio to perform an ex vivo intestinal autotransplantation. The procedure involved removing an abdominal tumor, the pancreatic head and small intestine as one unit, then reimplanting the small intestine after…

HHS has declared public health emergencies in Florida and Alabama following Hurricane Isaias, allowing hospitals and other healthcare providers affected by the storm to access temporary federal regulatory flexibilities. HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. issued the declarations Oct. 13,…

Flu activity in California is running weeks ahead of a typical season, and emergency departments are feeling it first.  Four California health systems told Becker’s what they are seeing so far: more ED visits and positive tests, admissions rising and…

Pediatric infectious disease specialists in Pennsylvania, home to the nation’s largest measles outbreak in more than three decades, are treating an influx of children with severe complications from a virus many physicians have little experience with, NBC News reported Oct.…

The Liaison Committee on Medical Education has granted preliminary accreditation to two new medical schools, one in New Orleans and one in Provo, Utah. Both can now recruit their first classes, which will start in summer 2027. Here is where…