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Following President Trump’s news briefing in which he advised women to forego Tylenol during pregnancy to prevent autism in their babies, the American Colleges of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and other experts reiterated their longstanding advice that pregnant women use Tylenol to reduce fever…
The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices recommended people make individual decisions about whether to receive a COVID-19 vaccination.
States are cutting Medicaid, typically one of their largest expenses, to close budget shortfalls before the extensive Medicaid cuts in President Trump’s domestic policy law take effect.
CVS Health’s Aetna insurance branch is expanding a program pairing members in its Medicare Advantage plans with nurses to reduce hospital readmissions and improve health.
The Partnership for Quality Measurement endorsed the Practice Environment Scale ─ Five-Item Composite (PES-5), making it a national health care quality measure.
AONL needs members to respond to the Gen 2 Insights 2025 survey by Oct. 3. So far, only 3% of members have taken the refreshed longitudinal annual survey on nursing leadership challenges, which directly shapes the programs and resources AONL creates to support nurse leaders.
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality will host a webinar Sept. 22 from noon to 1:00 p.m. ET on the safety best practices of high-performing health care systems related to safety culture, leadership and governance.
The Health and Human Services Department indefinitely paused a Centers for Disease and Control and Prevention project that would have made information about dozens of diseases available in nearly real time, according to CDC sources.
About one in six parents (16%) say they have delayed or skipped at least one vaccine for their children, other than those for flu and COVID-19, a KFF-Washington Post survey of parents found.
The U.S. faces a shortfall of 362,000 nurse practitioners and RNs, and 42,000 licensed practical nurses by 2032, according to a report released by Georgetown University’s Center on Education and Workforce.