The U.S. is investing in the effort to combat drug-resistant bacteria through an international partnership including public and private entities, according to the Wall Street Journal. 

Eleven state attorneys general have filed an amicus brief backing the Federal Trade Commission’s attempt to block the merger of two health systems in suburban Chicago, Advocate HealthCare and NorthShore University Health System.

With reports of healthcare networks being hacked, patients in New York appear to trust such information will be kept safe. The New York eHealth Collaborative announced that more than 8 million New Yorkers have given consent to their healthcare providers to access their records through a state-wide network, SHIN-NY.

Texas residents in danger of a drug overdose will have easier access to a potentially life-saving drug. 

When discussing the pros and cons of new drugs, new treatments, new studies or any new medical development with government regulators, people with different relationships to the health concern at hand often make up an advocacy group. 

After several months of buildup, the CMS Hospital Compare website began to offer overall hospital star ratings July 27. 

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is formally asking for comments on whether it should change its policy of only allowing gay men to donate blood after they’ve been abstinent for one year.

According to an annual report card released by the Health Care Incentives Improvement Institute and Catalyst for Payment Reform, the vast majority of states aren’t meeting the groups’ minimum standards for providing consumers with easily accessible information on the prices of healthcare services.