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The medical community is divided as to whether staff's apparel, including white coats, could result in patient infections, as only a small number of studies have shown that apparel could lead to such infections, according to Medscape.

The World Health Organization issued new global guidelines for decreasing surgical site infections.

Here are 14 statistics on overtime pay for nurses from the Medscape RN/LPN Salary Report 2016.

Disclosing adverse events to institutions and patients may be a trying, and often stressful, experience for providers. American Academy of Pediatric gives five recommendations for institutions when an adverse event occurs.

Hospital-acquired infections are a prevalent, and sometimes deadly, problem that healthcare leaders continue to try to address, according to Consumer Reports.

After the World Health Organization issued its warning on the Zika Virus on Nov. 20, 2015; a year later is the virus still a public health emergency?

The UBS Optimus Foundation introduced "Going Further: a philanthropic health portfolio."

Earlier this week, the CDC published a report assessing the leading five causes of deaths in the United States in 2014, according to The Washington Post.

Annals of Emergency Medicine published a study finding patients are just as likely to go to an emergency department as a retail clinic for low-level issues, according to Kaiser Health News.

Palmetto GBA updated its local coverage determination for Lynch syndrome genetic testing, according to the American Gastroenterological Association.