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Two emergency department staff members at Provident Hospital of Cook County were injured by a patient Monday afternoon, according to a statement from the hospital.

A hospital nurse in Palm Beach County suffered critical injuries after she was attacked by a patient Tuesday, according to sheriff’s deputies.

A doctor in Berlin who was first arrested in August on suspicion of killing four elderly patients is now suspected of killing a total of 10 patients and, in five…

A Wilkes-Barre woman accused of kicking a nurse in the face at Wilkes-Barre General Hospital was sentenced to 24 months restrictive probation with the first six months on house arrest…

Late Wednesday night, fire crews in Knox County responded to a fire at Aperion Care, which is located on Old Bruce Road in Vincennes and was formerly the Willow Manor…

JIANGSU JUMAO X-CARE MEDICAL EQUIPMENT CO LTD is recalling certain devices due to incidents of device melting and fire during the use of oxygen concentrators. The cause of the fires…

Baxter Healthcare Corporation is correcting the Life2000 Ventilator System due to a nonconforming battery charger, which triggers a battery alarm and renders the ventilator inoperable. This is a result of…

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is alerting patients who use diabetes devices and their caregivers of reports where users of continuous glucose monitors (CGMs), insulin pumps, automated insulin…

A medication technician at a Scottsdale assisted living facility has been arrested and is accused of sexual assault, and as it turns out, it’s not the first time he is…