Health officials in Arkansas said about 150 people were exposed to measles after a traveler with the disease flew from Chicago to Little Rock, in today's bite-sized hospital and health industry news from Arkansas, California, and Florida.
Trent Haywood, CMO for the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association, says the data "demonstrat[e] … that vaccine use among commercially insured people in the [United States] is increasing in the right direction," but also indicate the need for "further improvements."
FDA and the Department of Defense's (DOD) new initiative follows recent debate over whether DOD should be able to approve drugs and medical devices that have not been approved by FDA for use in certain instances among military personnel.
A new JAMA study finds while Maryland's global payment program curbed health care spending, it has not changed how patients receive care—but experts say it may be too early to see the full effects.
More than 40% of physicians are burned-out—but some specialties are suffering more than others, according to Medscape's 2018 National Physicians Burnout & Depression Report.
An increasing number of people are deciding to become doctors later in life, after they've already established a different career—and their winding professional paths give them a unique perspective on medicine, Leah Samuel writes for STAT News.
HHS today is preparing to furlough more than 40,000 workers as Senate GOP leaders eye a procedural vote at noon that would advance a temporary spending bill to reopen the government.
