University of Michigan Hospitals and Health Centers in Ann Arbor topped the list of hospitals providing the most telehealth visits billed to Medicare during the first quarter of 2021, according to a Dec. 6 analysis from Hospital Pricing Specialists. 

The Leapfrog Group honored 149 hospitals with its annual Top Hospital Award. Of those, 72 are teaching hospitals. 

U.S. News and World Report recognized 237 hospitals for maternity care in a new ranking released Dec. 7.

Harvard University offers the best MBA program for entrepreneurs, according to financial database PitchBook's annual ranking of the top 25 MBA programs for business founders. 

Stanford University is the best college for entrepreneurs, according to financial database PitchBook's annual ranking of the top 50 colleges for business founders. 

While some states perform better than others when it comes to addressing certain racial and ethnic health inequities, disparities exist in all 50 states, even those with stronger health systems, according to a report released Nov. 18 by the Commonwealth Fund.

California has the most areas facing shortages of primary care providers of all U.S. states, according to a ranking Kaiser Family Foundation released Nov. 11.

More than 5,000 kids in the U.S. have developed multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children — a rare condition linked to COVID-19 — since 2020, according to the CDC.

IBM Watson Health on Nov. 16 released its annual ranking of 50 top hospitals for cardiovascular care in collaboration with Fortune.

Lynchburg, Va.-based Centra Health is the most cost-efficient health system in the U.S., according to a ranking from the Lown Institute, a nonpartisan healthcare think tank. 

West Virginia is the most obese and overweight state in the U.S., according to an analysis released Nov. 15 by WalletHub, a personal finance website. 

Massachusetts had the highest adult flu vaccination rate of all U.S. states during the 2018-19 flu season, according to a ranking Kaiser Family Foundation released Nov. 11.

The CDC reported a record number of sexually transmitted disease cases in 2019 for the sixth consecutive year. 

The Leapfrog Group released its fall 2021 Hospital Safety Grades on Nov. 10, assigning "A" through "F" letter grades to 2,901 general acute-care hospitals in the U.S. for patient safety performance.

The Leapfrog Group gave 18 hospitals failing grades in its fall 2021 Hospital Safety Grades released Nov. 10.

Florida has had the quickest recovery rate from unemployment claims since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, while Washington, D.C., has the slowest recovery rate, based on a Nov. 4 report by WalletHub.

West Virginia has the highest percentage of adults who report fair or poor health, according to a ranking Kaiser Family Foundation released Nov. 4.

Alaska was the state with the highest percentage of adults without a physician, according to data published Nov. 2 by the Kaiser Family Foundation. New Hampshire ranked lowest with just 10 percent of adults reporting they don't have a physician.

Businesses in Vermont have the highest likelihood of recovering from a cyberattack while businesses in Delaware have the lowest, according to a Verizon ranking published Oct. 27.

Pennsylvania has the largest percent of its workforce in healthcare while Wyoming has the smallest, based on a Becker's analysis of 2020 Commerce Department data.