Patient Safety & Outcomes

Some physicians are warning against the "Milk Crate Challenge," a viral phenomenon in which participants attempt to walk up a pyramid of milk crates until they reach the top or wipe out, deeming it a public health hazard, reports The…

Monoclonal antibodies are a "much underutilized intervention" for COVID-19, the White House's Chief Medical Adviser Anthony Fauci, MD, said during an Aug. 24 briefing. 

Unvaccinated people in Los Angeles County, Calif., were about 29 times more likely to be hospitalized for COVID-19 compared to fully vaccinated residents this spring and summer, according to the CDC's Aug. 24 Morbidity and Mortality Weekly report.

About 11.1 million Americans are living with long COVID-19, according to new estimates from The American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.

Hospitals in the West are still inching toward returning to 2019 patient volume levels, according to a new survey of 100 hospitals from management consulting firm McKinsey & Co. 

Cardinal Health recalled Aug. 20 a supply kit used during a procedure for critically ill newborns after finding it doesn't include specific instructions for the scalpel, which has a permanent locking feature. The scalpel has been linked to two patient…

Several Baylor Scott & White Health facilities are postponing elective procedures amid the latest COVID-19 wave, with the specific facilities affected varying daily.

Cigna is rolling out COVID-19 vaccination and testing requirements for its employees as they return to worksites.

As of Aug. 17, Alabama had more patients in need of intensive care unit beds than designated ICU beds, according to The Washington Post and Montgomery, Ala.-based TV station WSFA.

Some hospitals in Idaho and New Mexico are just weeks away from needing to activate crisis standards of care as COVID-19 hospitalizations continue to swell in each state, health officials said.