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Leaders from around the globe are meeting at the United Nations General Assembly to discuss the growing concern over antimicrobial resistance, according to STAT.

The sixth most common principal diagnosis, sepsis, also takes the title as the most expensive inpatient diagnosis, racking up about $20 billion in hospitals' aggregated annual costs. Sepsis isn't backing down, wreaking havoc on patients' health and dwindling hospital funds.

Lancet Infectious Diseases published a study finding fetuses exposed to Zika are 50 times more likely to be born with microcephaly, according to STAT.

Regent Revenue Cycle Management (Regent RCM), a leading provider of cost-effective billing and collection services for ambulatory surgery centers in the United States, today announced Luz Renteria has been promoted to Revenue Cycle Supervisor.

The CDC developed new rapid response teams to combat the Zika virus, according to PBS Newshour.

Controversy continues to surround Mylan as news broke that the company's top five paid executives made a consolidated $300 million over the course of five years, according to a Wall Street Journal analysis.

The Fraser, Mich.-based medical supply manufacturer Healthmark Industries has added a new single-use gown to its personal protection equipment product line.

The Department of Veterans Affairs stopped sending its facilities' quality information this summer to national databases; although a 2010 law mandates the VA to report more comprehensive information to the database, according to USA Today.

A patient in Michigan was told her Medicare coverage was being discontinued after she had received several months of care but remained in poor health. However, the patient's daughter knew the care facility couldn't deny her because of lack of…

University of Utah Health Care's value-driven outcomes program has seen an increase in patient outcomes, and an 11 percent decrease in spending, MedicalXpress reported.