Ventura (Calif.) County Medical Center will reopen its pediatric intensive care unit Oct. 29, nearly four years after county hospital officials closed the unit due to staffing and patient transfer concerns, according to the VC Star.

Some hospitals in Charleston, S.C., recorded as many as 30 more births in October after a rare snowstorm closed businesses in January, according to The Post and Courier.

UPMC McKeesport (Pa.) Hospital closed four patient rooms after mold was discovered during routine maintenance, according to a CBS Local news report.

As hundreds of patients facing psychiatric emergencies are admitted to emergency departments each year, hospitals can help prevent EDs from being overwhelmed by taking several key actions, starting with better collaboration, an emergency medicine director writes in a STAT op-ed.

Iowa Falls, Iowa-based Hansen Family Hospital will end its labor and delivery services on Nov. 23, after its primary physician leaves the hospital, according to The Courier.

The severity of a patient's mental health condition may be linked to increased emergency department use, according to a study published in Jama Network Open.

Hospitals in Panama City, Fla., and the state health department have expanded medical care options since Hurricane Michael, The News Herald reported.

Mobile, Ala.-based USA Health University Hospital received two bomb threats Oct. 16 and Oct. 17, according to WKRG. 

D.C. Council members unanimously approved an emergency bill that may keep the 283-bed Providence Hospital in Washington, D.C., open, according to The Washington Post.

Overcrowding at New York City-based Montefiore Medical Center — one of the state's busiest emergency rooms — has forced caregivers to treat patients through "hallway admissions," several nurses and patients at the hospital told the New York Daily News.

Hospitals in New Hampshire and across the U.S. have stopped delivering babies amid decreased demand, the New Hampshire Union Leader reports.

Tulare (Calif.) Regional Medical Center reopened as scheduled at 9 a.m. Oct. 15, according to the Valley Voice.

As the number of elderly Americans with chronic conditions and multiple comorbidities increases, and patient care moves to innovative outpatient models, non-emergency medical transportation is a category that will continue to grow in both importance and utilization.

Akron (Ohio) Children's Hospital will take over operations of Canton, Ohio-based Aultman Hospital's neonatal intensive care unit and maternal fetal medicine practice under a new agreement, according to Crain's Cleveland Business.

Hurricane Michael forced some Florida hospitals to close entirely, and others to evacuate their patients.

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Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare closed a freestanding emergency room in Cypress, Texas, after acquiring North Cypress Medical Center in September, according to Community Impact Newspaper.

Hurricane Michael strengthened to a Category 4 storm just hours before it is expected to hit the Florida Panhandle Oct. 10, making it one of the strongest weather events to hit the U.S. in 2018, according to CNN.

Kansas City (Mo.) emergency rooms are seeing a jump in electric scooter-related injuries after companies Lime and Bird dropped the vehicles in the city this summer, KBIA reports.

A fire at Jefferson Hills, Pa.-based Jefferson Hospital, a part of the Allegheny Health Network in Pittsburgh, led to some patients and visitors being moved, according to wpxi.com.