Texas had the largest net gain of births over deaths among U.S. states between July 2024 and July 2025, while Pennsylvania had the largest net loss, according to an Aug. 13 LinkedIn post from WalletHub. The ranking draws on U.S.…
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U.S. News & World Report released its debut ratings Aug. 12 for the best GLP-1 telehealth platforms, its first evaluation of the online companies prescribing brand-name weight loss drugs. The media company rated 20 platforms offering FDA-approved, brand-name GLP-1 medications,…
Only eight hospitals with the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s highest honor, Magnet with Distinction, also hold five CMS stars on nurse communication. Since launching the Magnet with Distinction program in 2022, the ANCC has bestowed the designation to 108 hospitals:…
Smithfield, N.C.-based Johnston Health has the lowest median emergency department visit time for psychiatric and mental health patients. Becker’s has compiled lists of hospitals and health systems with the shortest and longest emergency department visit times for psychiatric and mental…
Idaho is the best state to live in, and New Mexico is the worst, according to an analysis published Aug. 10 by WalletHub. The personal finance company compared the 50 states across five dimensions: affordability, economy, education and health, quality…
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More than 3,700 hospitals — roughly 85% of U.S. acute care and critical access hospitals — received a score from at least one of five major hospital rankings this year. Becker’s compiled and compared the 2026 results of U.S. News…
U.S. News and World Report’s 2026-2027 rankings for cardiology, heart and vascular surgery look different from last year’s list in more than just the order of names. Here are four of the biggest shifts between this year’s ranking and the…
Mississippi appears in the top five states for highest mortality across eight chronic conditions, the CDC found. The CDC calculated mortality rates from 10 chronic diseases in every state. Mortality rate is the number of deaths per 100,000 total population…
The Emergency Nurses Association awarded a record-breaking 126 emergency departments with the 2026 Lantern Award. To receive a Lantern Award, EDs must submit a comprehensive application which measures how they excel in meeting challenges, including ED boarding, improving pediatric readiness…
The Lown Institute released its 2026 ranking of the top academic medical centers in the nation Aug. 4, drawing from the broader 2026 Lown Hospitals Index published in June. University Health in San Antonio topped the academic medical center list,…