St. Louis Children's Hospital is aiming to prevent accidental child overdoses by offering families free lock boxes to safely store medications in their homes.
Sentara RMH Medical Center in Harrisonburg, Va., will close its pediatric unit at the end of September, though officials emphasize the hospital will continue to provide care for children in the emergency department and make safe transfers when
After a six-year legal battle, Beaufort (S.C.) Memorial Hospital has withdrawn its certificate of need for a planned hospital in Bluffton, S.C., the hospital confirmed in a statement shared with Becker's.
New Mexico has the highest rate of Clostridium difficile infections for the second year, while Nevada has the lowest, federal data shows.
Ralph de la Torre, MD, chairman and CEO of Dallas-based Steward Health Care is invoking his Fifth Amendment right ahead of a Senate committee's contempt vote.
Once Ozempic's exclusivity ends, drug manufacturers could sell generic versions for less than $100 per month, Sen. Bernie Sanders said Sept. 17. Before insurance, the brand-name drug costs $969 per month in the U.S.
By 2028, the national shortage of registered nurses is projected to primarily affect the Northeast, according to Mercer, a financial services company.
A West Virginia hospital that closed in 2020 has received a license that will allow it to operate the 76-bed facility, according to a Sept. 16 report from CBS affiliate WOWK.
Research is mounting against the common practices of prescribing thickened liquids, conducting spine implants for back pain and suspending blood pressure medicines before surgery, The New York Times reported Sept. 14.
Suicide rates continue to rise despite national suicide prevention strategies — and a lack of policy adoption may be at the root, KFF Health News reported Sept. 16.