The World Health Organization has warned that a number of urban areas, including Miami, are ecologically suitable for a yellow fever outbreak, in today's bite-sized hospital and health industry news from Florida, New York, and South Carolina.
FDA's new "Medical Device Safety Action Plan" centers on five key areas that are designed to bolster federal regulation and monitoring of medical devices.
A new study suggests Americans who experienced a sudden and substantial loss of wealth in midlife were 50% more likely to die over a 20-year period—an increase in mortality risk comparable to a new diagnosis of coronary heart disease.
The Joint Commission's list of the requirements health care organizations were most likely to miss is based on a review of its hospital accreditation and certification surveys conducted in 2017.
It's common practice for donated livers, once removed, to be packed on ice while they await transplant—akin to "beers on a camping trip," STAT News reports—but a new study found that livers were far less likely to be discarded if they traveled in a device that mimicked the human body.
Traditional primary care doctors are becoming "scarce" amid the emergence of urgent care centers and retail clinics, as well as proliferating mergers between health care providers, Reed Abelson and Julie Creswell write for the New York Times.
TIME on Thursday released its annual "100 Most Influential People" list, showcasing seven health care leaders—and several more whose work has tied closely to health care.
