MedStar Health Blog

In the district and the U.S. as a whole, the influenza virus is surging, with roughly 200 new cases reported to the D.C. Department of Health each week. Hospital staff must take many steps to prevent ...

At MedStar Health, we are committed to creating a learning healthcare environment that fosters and supports research. To support this effort, we are pleased to announce two (2) intramural grant fundi...

Researchers at the Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Cancer Institute at MedStar Franklin Square Medical Center have again enrolled the first patient in the world in a Phase III study of treatment for non-s...

Congratulations to all MedStar researchers who had articles published in January 2018. The selected articles and link to PubMed provided below represent the body of work completed by MedStar Health in...

Researchers from the Firefighters’ Burn and Surgical Research Laboratory at MedStar Washington Hospital Center evaluated wound cleansers to limit the effects of two strains of antibiotic-resistant bac...

In 1988, MedStar Washington Hospital Center became one of the first four hospitals in the United States to implant a ventricular assist device, or VAD, in a patient with heart failure. Today, our Adva...