Two people, including a hospital caregiver, have died after a July 2 shooting in the parking garage of Mercy Hospital Springfield (Mo.). Springfield Police Department officers responded to a report of ...

Drug shortages rose in early 2026 with five recent U.S. drug discontinuations reported by the FDA database, impacting key injectable medications.

Labor expenses for hospitals are seeing minimal growth while drug and supply expenses are rocketing across most hospital categories.

The nation’s age-adjusted death rate fell 4.6% in 2025 to 689.2 deaths per 100,000 people — the lowest rate ever recorded in ...

OpenAI is in early talks with the Trump administration about handing the federal government a 5% stake in the company, CNN reported July 2. The proposal, still described as conceptual, would also ask ...

Nurse execs identify skills nurses missing day 1, including critical thinking, communication, and hands-on clinical experience.

UC San Diego Health and Escondido, Calif.-based Palomar Health on July 1 completed a joint powers authority, forming a new health system called Palomar UC San Diego Health. The JPA combines Palomar ...

Citing declining federal reimbursements and the rising cost of delivering care, Fayetteville, N.C.-based Cape Fear Valley Health is eliminating about 200 positions, including 138 of which are ...

Orlando Health launches Orlando Health Children's brand July 1, 2026, renaming Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children as it unifies pediatric services statewide.

CMS plans to cut what Medicare pays hospitals for drugs bought through the 340B program and push site-neutral payment into a new category of outpatient services, two proposals that together would pull ...

Curtis Cole of Cornell University and 4 other health IT leaders on why major EHR switches may be ending — and what could still change that.