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The House Appropriations Committee released text of a three-bill minibus for fiscal year 2026 that includes funding for key health programs and other bipartisan health care provisions and extensions.
Nurses once again attained the highest ethics ratings from Americans ─ a distinction they have held for 25 years.
The DAISY Foundation announced three recipients of the inaugural Karlene Kerfoot Nursing Leadership in Technology Education grants.
AONL will release the updated AONL Nurse Leader Core Competencies in March.
Subjective assessment estimates of postpartum blood loss likely underestimate its prevalence, finds a meta-analysis published in The Lancet: Obstetrics, Gynecology and Women’s Health.
An American Hospital Association podcast details how a mobile clinical education program at the University of Iowa College of Nursing, Iowa City, is delivering high-impact simulation training to rural hospitals and emergency medical service teams to prepare them for health emergencies.
The American Hospital Association issued a guide for hospital and health care leaders on how to prepare for, respond, mitigate and recover from mass violence incidents.
A public health official expressed concern with the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force’s work slowdown.
More than 230 organizations comprising clinicians, scientists, public health professionals and patient groups implored Congress to undertake “swift and robust oversight” of changes made to the U.S. childhood vaccine schedule by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Physicians are seeing a 10-year high in the number of children who are visiting their offices for flu, with 17 pediatric deaths reported as of Jan. 3, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.