Taking antibiotics while ill with the flu may increase the risk of developing bacterial pneumonia, according to new findings from researchers at Los Angeles-based Cedars-Sinai. 

In the U.S., care deserts exist across specialties and geographic areas. Represented in a variety of ways, cancer care deserts arise when patients are unable to access appropriate treatments, screenings and clinical trials. 

A University of North Carolina Chapel Hill (N.C.) study found that medical boards rarely discipline physicians for misinformation, despite growing concerns over medical misinformation spread.

The American Hospital Association sent congressional leaders a list of priorities it would like to see the legislature address before the end of 2024:

More systems and universities are turning to externship programs to shore up their nursing pipelines and help nursing students gain practical experience.

Abha Agrawal, MD, an internal medicine physician, joined Lawrence General Hospital as CEO in January. Four months later, Steward Health Care went bankrupt and left two nearby hospitals at risk of closure.

President-Elect Donald Trump announced the development of a new governmental department with the goal of restructuring agencies, cutting waste and improving efficiencies, according to Reuters.

Effective Jan. 6, Catina Latham, PhD, will become UChicago Medicine's senior vice president for community health transformation and chief equity officer. 

The American Hospital Association expressed support for the use of healthcare navigators by hospitals and health systems to help patients find, access and understand financial assistance programs designed to pay for healthcare services, according to a Nov. 11 letter to CMS. 

The University of Alabama at Birmingham will offer a new program for healthcare executives in the spring.

Research and innovation have steadily driven advancements in breast cancer screening since Congress enacted the Mammography Quality Standards Act in 1992. 

November started with a flurry of hospital mergers and acquisitions.

U.S. hospitals are experiencing a shortage of IV fluids, triggered by a disruption at Baxter's North Carolina plant following Hurricane Helene. As hospitals have scrambled to conserve supplies, at least one health system found it had been overusing IV fluids in patient care, Bloomberg reported Nov. 12. 

Cardinal Health has agreed to acquire a majority stake in GI Alliance, a gastroenterology management services organization, and Advanced Diabetes Supply Group for a combined total of $3.9 billion, according to an Nov. 11 news release from the company. 

Johnson & Johnson is asking a federal judge to declare its 340B rebate plan legal and prevent HHS and the Health Resources and Services Administration from taking any enforcement action against its implementation. 

UCLA Health and the Los Angeles Lakers have expanded their existing partnership with a multiyear global deal.

Cody Murdock has been named CEO of Rehabilitation Hospital of Kingsport (Tenn.).

Nurses nationwide are raising concerns over the rapid adoption of AI and virtual nursing in healthcare, arguing that these technologies could compromise patient safety.

St. Louis-based Ascension has made several executive changes at the system level and within its hospitals this year.

Healthcare bankruptcies hit a five-year high in 2023, when 12 hospitals and health systems filed for bankruptcy, but the trend has slowed in 2024 as average operating margins improved across the hospital sector.