Financial pressures have prompted the closure of an Alaskan community, according to a Sept. 13 report from the Anchorage Daily News.

Radnor, Pa.-based Main Line Health will fully transition its pediatric care from Melbourne, Fla.-based Nemours Children's Health to Children's Hospital of Philadelphia per a new affiliation agreement. 

Patients in rural West Texas can access an oasis in a healthcare desert because of the new Ralls Family Medicine Clinic, located in Crosby County, according to a Sept. 12 report from The Texas Tribune.

Physicians from Nashville, Tenn.-based Vanderbilt University Medical Group's pediatrics department and Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital will provide services at Cookeville (Tenn.) Regional Medical Center as the result of a new agreement. 

Geriatric emergency departments are being added to hospitals nationwide as COVID-19 and a rapidly aging population illuminate these patients' vulnerability and distinct needs. 

Froedtert Kenosha (Wis.) Hospital is closing its emergency department and shifting acute inpatient services to Froedtert Pleasant Prairie (Wis.) Hospital by Oct. 1. 

Colorado children are accessing healthcare steps away from the classroom thanks to the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment's School-Based Health Center program, according to a Sept. 12 news release.

Children's hospitals in Illinois are declining transfer requests and struggling to keep beds open amid an unusually early spike in the number of children infected with enterovirus or rhinovirus, the Chicago Tribune reported Sept. 12.

Portland, Ore., residents can expect to wait 40 days, on average, to be seen as a new patient in physician offices. New Yorkers can plan to wait nearly half as long.  

Merit Health Central in Jackson, Miss., plans to close the state's only burn center on Oct. 14, the Clarion Ledger reported Sept. 8. 

The New Haven, Conn.-based Yale School of Medicine plans to create a new center for brain and mind health to promote collaboration between departments in both clinical and translational neuroscience, according to a Sept. 9 report from Yale News.

Marietta, Ga.-based Wellstar Health System announced plans to end operations at the downtown Atlanta Medical Center on Nov. 1, which sparked a strong response from state and local officials who raised concerns about the closure's impact on the community and other hospitals.

Nashville, Tenn.-based Vanderbilt Health has developed a new patient capacity command center to aid amid high patient volumes and staffing shortages throughout its network. 

Community Hospital North in Indianapolis, part of Community Health Network, will be ending its inpatient pediatric and pediatric intensive care unit services by Oct. 28, according to a statement shared with Becker's Sept. 9.

Parts of a 731-bed hospital in San Jose, Calif., were left without power for approximately four hours Sept. 6 after its backup generators failed as the state withstood days of triple-digit temperatures. 

Nearly 1 in 4 adults ages 18 to 44 received mental health therapy in 2021, according to a Sept. 7 analysis from the CDC.

Sturgis (Mich.) Hospital will become a rural emergency facility beginning January 2023, the Sturgis Journal reported Sept. 7. 

Children's of Alabama hospital in Birmingham is experiencing an "unusually large volume" of patients in its emergency room, with more than 200 patients a day. 

Medicare annual wellness visits do not adequately meet the wellness needs of the diverse population of U.S. adults, according to research conducted at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine.

Cape May Court House, N.J.-based Cape Regional Medical Center will end its maternity and obstetric services effective Sept. 10 due to a lack of physicians.