A late-winter flu surge is keeping ERs busy and sickening schoolchildren across St. Louis County; county data show high weekly case counts and multiple school outbreaks.

Michigan’s new Southeast Michigan Psychiatric Hospital in Northville is on schedule for a July handover and fall patient moves, but auditors and lawmakers say oversight questions remain.

Research and trial data show many men with low‑risk prostate cancer are deferring surgery or radiation in favor of active surveillance, with similar long‑term survival. Local coverage highlights the shift and what patients should ask.

An OHSU study finds routine screenings for anxiety and intimate partner violence are uncommon across Oregon clinics; researchers released workflow guides to help providers implement screening.

An outpatient ACL repair in Weston left a 25‑year‑old with diffuse hypoxic brain injury; an administrative complaint accuses the anesthesiologist of lapses in care.

Lab‑tested portable CO alarms can spot invisible leaks in hotel rooms; Consumer Reports recommends travelers bring a detector as a simple safety step.

A $5M Pritzker Traubert grant will fund HealthCatalyst Chicago, a Cook County Health and City Colleges partnership to train and place 1,000 Chicagoans in health jobs. Local officials say the program could reduce staffing agency use and expand steady career paths.

NYC Health + Hospitals expanded its oncology and infusion center at South Brooklyn Health in Coney Island, adding bays, exam rooms and services hospital leaders say could double capacity.

A commercial egg operation in Crawford County has been quarantined after H5N1 was confirmed; state and federal teams have set control and surveillance zones across three counties.

Deaconess Illinois broke ground on a Marion EMS hub that will centralize interfacility transfers, house ambulances and crew quarters, and aim to cut long transfer waits across Southern Illinois.

Burke County confirmed its first measles case and listed exposure sites in Morganton, Hickory, Lenoir and Valdese. Officials urge monitoring and vaccination.

UCSF researchers found SPF 50 lotions vary widely in price and that lower‑cost sunscreens may prompt fuller, more protective use.

Community gardens, a neighborhood market and local coalitions are part of a grassroots push to narrow a roughly 20-year life-expectancy gap between West Garfield Park and the Loop.