hospitals

Stethoscopes tend to have more bacteria than the palms of physicians' hands.

This new antimicrobial coating could change the landscape for surface-to-skin microbe transmission.

Increasing resuscitation times may improve patients' survival.

Babies born very early or that weigh very little have an increased odds of dying if they aren't born in the right hospital.

Nobody wants to get sicker in a hospital than they were at home, but that's the reality for 1.7 million Americans every year, who develop healthcare-associated infections (HAIs).

Four out of 10 hospitals advertise robotic surgeries on their websites.

But many doctors are still wary of the practice.

Two-thirds of hospital stays for headache are because of migraines, according to the data.