Seeking to thwart transmission of communicable respiratory diseases among patients, visitors and staff, hospitals in a handful of states have reinstated masking mandates.

Early research suggests initiating therapy with senescence-inhibiting drugs could limit the risk of these side effects. 

Buzzworthy developments of the past few days.

For AI to achieve sweeping adoption across U.S. medicine, physicians will need to be assured they won’t be held liable should clinical algorithms make mistakes.

What happens when hospitals en masse stock up on supplies to withstand a health crisis of unknown duration?

The Women’s Choice Award is out with its 2024 lists of best hospitals for women across 19 categories, from bariatrics and cancer care to stroke care and women’s services.

More than 17,000 medical devices used to diagnose and treat the lungs and airways are being recalled.

“We identified a problem in cardiology,” one cardiologist explained. “Heart imaging has made remarkable progress in recent decades, but the electrics of the heart have eluded us."