In a new study, researchers modeled the transmission of Clostridioides difficile (C. diff) infections among patients in hospital cancer units. They found that most new infections were introduced by patients who were infected ...
Oct 5, 2026
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Hospitals should make nurse staffing and supportive nurse work environments a core part of extreme heat emergency preparedness, according to a new editorial from Penn Nursing's Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Research ...
Oct 5, 2026
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The American College of Chest Physicians (CHEST) has released a new clinical guideline for tobacco treatment in the inpatient setting. Published in the journal CHEST, the guideline contains six evidence-based recommendations ...
Oct 2, 2026
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A powerful veterinary sedative, medetomidine, is increasingly appearing in street supplies of the already deadly opioid fentanyl, and the number of patients suffering from medetomidine withdrawal has quadrupled in recent ...
Sep 29, 2026
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Three simple cleaning methods reduce bacterial levels on used single-use medical devices, according to a study from the University of Gothenburg. The findings could prove useful as a last-resort measure during severe shortages ...
Sep 22, 2026
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Whether in a hospital, a vehicle or a manufacturing facility, monitoring a person's health without touching them or restricting their freedom to move can be useful in numerous situations. However, conventional measurement ...
Sep 21, 2026
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Harnessing generative AI to help doctors make critical medical decisions requires more than raw technology. A new review study in the Journal of Medical Internet Research shows that adapting existing language models is key ...
Sep 21, 2026
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A UVA Health doctor and other leading national experts have developed new guidelines to improve care for patients who develop sepsis, a dangerous full-body infection that kills at least 350,000 Americans every year.
Sep 18, 2026
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AI agents could reliably support diagnoses and clinical decision-making in the future—provided sensitive health data are protected and clinicians can assess the reliability of individual AI-generated results. Researchers ...
Sep 15, 2026
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A large-scale, quality improvement program developed in collaboration with infection prevention experts at the Johns Hopkins Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality was associated with a 65% reduction in hospital-onset ...
Sep 14, 2026
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