Infectious disease
Wisconsin measles cluster grows as schools reopen, almost all cases unvaccinated
State health officials confirmed 15 measles cases and six probable infections in southwestern counties, and say local spread is already underway.
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Health
Hospitals, public health and the systems patients actually meet.
Public health
States expand back-to-school RSV and flu clinics as pediatric wards brace for fall
Health departments in a dozen states are adding evening and weekend appointments. Hospitals want fewer overlapping respiratory surges than last year.
Hospitals
Hospitals cut travel-nurse bills, then run into overtime and burnout
The expensive contract labor of 2022 is mostly gone. The staffing math has not gotten easier, and nurses say the remaining gaps show up as extra shifts.