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.

U.S. News & World Report released its "2022 Best Global Universities Rankings" on Oct. 25, including the top universities worldwide for economics and business.

Healthgrades has identified 150 hospitals as the recipients of its 2022 Surgical Care Excellence Award, the organization said Oct. 19.  

Eight healthcare companies were named to Newsweek's "America Most Loved Workplaces" in the magazine's 2021 ranking.

The San Francisco Bay Area pays its tech employees the highest salaries on average nationwide, according to an October Hired study.

U.S. News & World Report has made changes to the physician survey that has long been part of the methodology for determining its annual best hospital rankings.

Florida towns dominated the U.S. News & World Report's best places to retire 2021-2022 list, the site of nine of 15 top places listed.  

Schools in California dominated the top 21 schools in the diversity category of this year's Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education College Rankings.

The demand for healthcare professionals is booming, projected to grow 16 percent in the next decade, CNBC reported Oct. 15.

Louisiana had the highest percentage of adults reporting symptoms of anxiety or depression in the second half of September, according to a ranking Kaiser Family Foundation published Oct. 12. 

Fifteen healthcare companies were named to Forbes' 2021 list of the 750 best employers in the world.

Eight companies working on healthcare initiatives made Fortune's 2021 list of firms the publication says are changing the world.