University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center along with several community hospitals including, UH Parma, UH Samaritan and UH St. John medical centers earned an “A” Hospital Safety Grade by The Leapfrog Group, a prestigious national honor recognizing hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers that demonstrate the highest standards in patient safety and quality care.

A healthy New Jersey man, 47, died after eating hamburger. The death has prompted the leading expert on the allergy to urge vigilance among physicians and residents of the growing area home to the Lone Star tick.

The Vaccine Innovation Center at Korea University College of Medicine (Director: Professor Heejin Jeong) has been selected as the lead institution for a health security research initiative under the Ministry of Health and Welfare’s “2025 Korea-ARPA-H Project.” The project, titled “Development of Broad-Spectrum Antiviral Agents and Combination Therapies to Prevent Severe Disease in Future Pandemics,” aims to create advanced therapeutics capable of effectively suppressing disease progression—the primary cause of mortality during pandemics. The research will run from 2025 to 2029, with a total budget of KRW 12.5 billion (approximately USD 9.5 million).

A blocked coronary artery causing an acute heart attack must be opened immediately with a stent procedure. However, if other coronary arteries also appear to be narrowed, it is safe to wait and treat those later. This approach cuts the number of stent procedures in half, according to cardiologists from Radboud university medical center, writing in The New England Journal of Medicine.

The American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics (ACMG) announced today that Melanie Wells, MPH, CAE, Chief Executive Officer of ACMG and the ACMG Foundation for Genetic and Genomic Medicine (ACMGF), will step down from her role, concluding her tenure on November 21, 2025. Wells will continue to support the organizations through the transition period, and ACMG and ACMGF will appoint an interim CEO shortly to ensure continuity of leadership and operations.