A resident of Brownsville, TX, has been diagnosed with Zika virus infection without any other known risk factors, meaning it may be the first local transmission of the virus by mosquitos in the sta
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Medical advances have reduced the demand for blood in the United States, creating financial pressure on the nation’s blood collection centers and threatening their future survival, according
The AHA today released a report offering hospital leaders nine innovative ways to preserve access to essential health services i
House leaders Friday unveiled a revised 21st Century Cures bill, which includes a number of
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is accepting comments on a proposed update to its 2011 recommend
Nine people were transported to three hospitals in Columbus, OH, this morning after a man allegedly drove a vehicle into pedestrians at Ohio State University in Columbus, cutting others with a butc
Patients and their families should be protected from the financial burden of unexpected medical bills, AHA President and CEO Rick Pollack writes in a letter to the editor published
The absence of microcephaly at birth does not rule out congenital Zika virus infection or Zika-related brain abnormalities in infants born to mothers exposed to Zika virus during pregnancy, accordi
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services recently
A report released this week by Healthcare Ready looks at health
The AHA’s Hospitals in Pursuit of Excellence initiative and Institute for Diversity in Health Management will host a free webinar Dec. 5 at 2 p.m.
The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical education Nov.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services yesterday released two rules, one final and one proposed, to address eligibility and appeals processes for the Medicaid and CHIP programs. The
AHA today commended the Senate Finance Committee Chronic Care Working Group on the release of its recent draft legislation to address the needs of Medicare beneficiaries and recommended further ref
The Measure Applications Partnership today published a list of 97 measures under consider
Palliative care services are associated with statistically and clinically significant improvements in measures of patient quality of life and symptom burden, according to a