The cost to equip emergency departments with the appropriate resources to safely care for children is minimal but can significantly improve survival rates, according to a study published June 3 in the Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians Open. 

Central Vermont Medical Center, part of Charlottesville, Va.-based UVA Health, will now require everyone who enters the emergency department, including staff, to pass through a medical detector. The hospital has also implemented a clear bag policy. 

Medical experts are voicing safety concerns over a new Florida law that allows physicians to perform cesarean sections outside of hospitals, The New York Times reported June 15. 

Amazon's One Medical is facing scrutiny after leaked documents show one of its call centers failed to escalate calls from senior patients with urgent symptoms, The Washington Post reported June 15.

Oklahoma City-based Oklahoma Children's Hospital OU Health performed the world's first robotic deep brain stimulation procedure on a pediatric patient and saw immediate improvement in the child's motor function.

Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia (HAP) is the most prevalent healthcare-associated infection, with 65% of HAPs occurring in non-ventilated patients as non-ventilator hospital-acquired pneumonia (NV-HAP).1 NV-HAP has emerged as a significant challenge within healthcare, increasing patient length of stay, the risk of sepsis, readmissions, and mortality rates.2-5 

Oklahoma State University's Center for Health Systems Innovation in Stillwater, Okla., teamed up with The Leapfrog Group to boost participation in the nonprofit's voluntary hospital survey and identify barriers to completion.

The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City received a $21 million grant from the National Institute on Aging to research the role of follicle-stimulating hormone in age-related conditions.

Taking Paxlovid for 15 days is safe, but it doesn't reduce symptoms of long COVID, according to a Stanford (Calif.) Medicine study published June 7 in JAMA Internal Medicine.

Police confirmed an officer-involved shooting on the campus of UNC Health Johnston on June 10 that left one person dead, The News & Observer reported. 

Waiting longer than five hours to give antibiotics to a pediatric patient with sepsis increases the risk of death, according to a study published June 5 in JAMA Network Open.

The National Institutes of Health is allocating about $30 million over fiscal years 2024 and 2025 to create a national primary care research network.

Lisa Pisano, a patient who received a pig kidney transplant at New York City-based NYU Langone Health, had it removed after 47 days due to complications, NBC News reported May 31. 

State and federal quality metrics that focus on in-hospital mortality for sepsis patients may unfairly penalize safety-net hospitals, according to a study published May 31 in JAMA Network Open.

After being hospitalized for heart failure, 63% of adults over 65 had reduced kidney function after being discharged, according to a new study from Boston-based Brigham and Women's Hospital.

Chicago-based Northwestern Medicine successfully performed a double lung transplant using a new technique in a 56-year-old patient who had been diagnosed with lung cancer and had additional lung damage from a COVID-19 infection.

Piedmont Columbus (Ga.) Regional Midtown is one of the first U.S. hospitals to administer Tzield, a newly approved therapy that delays the progression of Type 1 diabetes by two to seven years. 

When researchers at Ann Arbor-based University of Michigan wanted to support more primary care patients in their weight loss journeys, they didn't just add the lucrative new Wegovy or Ozempic treatments to the mix.

Researchers from Nashville, Tenn.-based Vanderbilt University Medical Center presented data May 21 on an inaugural tool that may help predict newborns' risk for developing respiratory syncytial virus in their lower respiratory tract.

The FDA has given Elon Musk's Neuralink the green light to implant its brain chip into a second person, The Wall Street Journal reported May 20.