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Americans account for 4.6 percent of the global population, yet they consume 80 percent of the global opioid supply. As physicians move away from prescribing opioids post-surgery, the healthcare industry must also shift patient expectations to ensure patient satisfaction.

The World Health Organization has rejected healthcare experts' open letter requesting the Olympic Games be moved from Rio de Janeiro because the organization states the risk for obtaining the Zika virus is lessened when the Olympics are taking place, according…

A new software program is designed to predict whether a patient has a certain disease, according to The Wall Street Journal.

This year, accreditation bodies are focusing on three main infection control areas in ASCs, according to Jennifer Eason, RN, CASC, regional vice president at SurgCenter Development.

Physicians have found it is much easier to prescribe patients an opioid painkiller than it is to treat patients for opioid addiction, according to Medical Xpress.

Tom Frieden, MD, director of CDC, said the agency is running out of time to combat the Zika virus, according to The Hill.

The House left for the Memorial Day recess, despite not reaching a Zika funding agreement, according to The New York Times.

Sixty students from Palm Beach Gardens (Fla.) Elementary School called out sick on Wednesday and Thursday due to a possible norovirus, according to the Palm Beach Post.

A bacteria resistant to an antibiotic has infected the first U.S. patient. Researchers have thought of the antibiotic as a last option against drug-resistant germs, making this case particularly alarming for the medical community, according to The New York Times.

The FDA recently approved an arm implant that emits drugs to treat individuals addicted to opioids, according to The Wall Street Journal.