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.

Santa Clara County confirmed a measles case in an adult who recently traveled abroad; officials say the vaccinated patient is isolating and urged residents to check MMR status.

Medical City Children's Hospital unveiled a 33,000-square-foot, $48M pediatric cardiac ICU that adds 25 congenital-heart beds.

Minnesota’s measles cases doubled this week to 10, centered in a Twin Cities cluster. Health officials are urging MMR vaccinations and checking records.

A stray cat in downtown Helen tested positive for rabies, White County officials say. The county will post warning signs and asks anyone exposed to contact environmental health.