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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported the amount of acute respiratory illness causing people to seek health care remains high.
Hospitals are providing improved postpartum support to better meet the needs of new mothers and their families after giving birth.
The Health Resources and Services Administration is accepting applications until April 22 for its four-year Rural Maternity and Obstetrics Management Strategies Program
A study found life expectancy disparities of different U.S. populations have nearly doubled since 2000, with Indigenous Americans in western states living 64 years and Asian Americans living 84 years.
A scoping review of 31 articles showed nurses from underrepresented racial and ethnic backgrounds report experiencing racism that may negatively affect their physical and psychological well-being.
Bipartisan legislation introduced this week would reauthorize for five years the AONL-supported Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act (S. 266).
Educators affiliated with Ohio’s oldest practical nursing program urge their colleagues to embed resiliency training into educational programs to give future caregivers tools to thrive.
To recruit and retain novice nurses, health systems should offer enticing hiring packages with benefits and flexibility, as well as strengthen transition to practice programs, members of a CNO panel said.
Community health workers played a critical role during the COVID-19 pandemic in Orange County, Calif., according to a study published in the June 2025 Social Science & Medicine ─ Qualitative Research in Health.
A Health and Human Services Department report describes how the COVID-19 pandemic led to a 15% increase in drug-resistant hospital-acquired infections and antimicrobial resistant-related deaths. Factors included severely sick patients who needed mechanical ventilation; long hospital stays and…