Greenwich Village, N.Y., residents rallied on Saturday against plans to convert New York City's St. Vincent's Hospital into a condo complex that would include an ambulatory surgery center and emergency department, according to an NY1 report.
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At Johnson & Johnson's annual meeting, shareholders voted down a proposal to end use of animals to train surgeons for the company's high-tech surgical tools, according to a report by the San Francisco Chronicle.
Several patients have become sick after being admitted to Sacred Heart Medical Center in Spokane, Wash., which was tested positive by authorities from the Centers for Disease Control for legionella bacteria, according to a local KHQ news report.
An iPhone app could help significantly improve hand hygiene adherence among healthcare workers, according to research results presented at the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology annual meeting.