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Johnson & Johnson will pay 42 states and Washington, D.C. $33 million through a settlement to resolve claims that the company misrepresented manufacturing practices for several of its over-the-counter drugs, according to The New York Times.

UCLA researchers identified antibiotic-resistant superbugs in four parks throughout California, according to Medical Xpress. The concentration varied across the four parks, but researchers noted all four city parks had high quantities of antibiotic-resistant superbugs.

Kaiser Health News reports clinicians waste a large sum of money and risk patient harm when they order unnecessary tests and treatments.

When providers do not adhere to antisepsis protocols, they put patients' lives at risk, according to STAT.

To learn how to improve physician error disclosure rates, researchers could benefit from looking into social psychology literature, according to a new study published in Medical Education.  

March, April 2017 Issue of Becker’s Hospital Review On the Cover Should Medicare Allow Total Joints in ASCs?Outpatient total joint replacements are gaining steam; physicians across the country are preforming outpatient total joints in hospitals as well as ASCs. Click here…

Compared to the third quarter of 2016, the fourth quarter had the same percentage of normothermia rates in ASCs, according to ASC Quality Collaboration data.

The Cameos of Caring program awarded Kandi Diamond, BSN, RN, the 2017 Cameos of Caring nurse award on May 2, according to Troy Daily News.

Based on a CDC report, the superbug Candida auris is spreading, according to CNN.

The United States has wide gaps in life expectancy based on county, and this gaps show no sign of narrowing, according to a study published in JAMA Internal Medicine.