Federal and regional maps show life expectancy in Atlanta can differ by more than 20 years across neighborhoods; experts point to income, historic redlining and access to care.

Penn Medicine Doylestown Health earned Healthgrades’ 2026 Patient Safety Excellence Award, placing the hospital among the top five percent nationally for safety and experience.

Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Fort Worth is nearing American Burn Association verification. A pending Medical Control Advisory Board vote could let EMS route severe burn patients to the hospital instead of sending them out of Tarrant County.

Autopsies and police records link six more deaths to a West Baltimore building run by operators tied to PHA Healthcare, highlighting a regulatory gap in recovery‑housing oversight. Lawmakers and regulators say reforms are underway.

A Memphis pilot is turning doula care into Medicaid‑covered support for TennCare mothers as states and insurers widen access, backed by studies showing better birth outcomes.

A six‑week boxing program run with UTEP researchers cut systolic blood pressure by about 16 mmHg and improved vascular markers in young adults with elevated readings. The result points to a time‑efficient workout for early hypertension.

DOH confirmed a fourth travel-related dengue case on Oʻahu and says the risk of local spread is low. Mosquito-control teams were dispatched and residents are urged to dump standing water.

East Jefferson General Hospital and Tulane clinicians performed Louisiana's first ophthalmic plaque radiotherapy, giving patients a local option to treat eye melanoma.

Trace One's analysis finds Class I food recalls rose 36.4% from 2021–25 and Oklahoma ranks 33rd nationally, with a small uptick in fish-product recalls. Officials say better detection and complex supply chains help explain the rise.

Lara Khouri, formerly CHLA's COO and a Long Beach native, has been named CEO of Miller Children's & Women's Hospital. She plans to expand specialty care, AI tools and regional transport services.

San Diego surgeons warn a viral "bonesmashing" trend risks fractures, nerve injury and lasting brain harm.

The CPSC and Vive Health recalled about 122,000 adult bed rails after two entrapment deaths; owners should stop using affected models and follow Vive Health's refund steps.

A Memphis woman says $1,200 in Facebook-ordered veneers left her in pain and facing costly repairs, and state officials say the operator may not be licensed.