Nationally, KHN and AP have documented that more than 300 public health leaders, weary of abuse and of their expertise being questioned, have resigned or retired as the country struggles to recover from the worst pandemic in a century.
An audit found families got little support from NICA, a program set up to help care for brain-damaged kids. A Miami Herald/ProPublica investigation previously showed that NICA amassed a fortune while arbitrarily denying children care.
Preliminary results showed vaccinated children developed virus-fighting antibodies similar to levels that young adults produce after full-strength shots, Moderna said in a news release.
Executives at Workit Health Inc. last week announced a Series C fundraising effort that totaled $118 million from a variety of investors.
Massachusetts, New Jersey and New York are taking unprecedented steps to ensure they get what they pay for, after the devastating impact of COVID-19 exposed problems with staffing and infection control in nursing homes.
Federal health regulators said late Friday that kid-size doses of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine appear highly effective at preventing symptomatic infections in elementary school children and caused no unexpected safety issues, as the U.S. weighs beginning vaccinations in youngsters.
Florida's top health official was asked to leave a meeting after refusing to wear a mask at the office of a state senator who told him she had a serious medical condition, officials have confirmed.
The early days of the COVID-19 pandemic opened the eyes of many to a problem that had slowly snowballed into one of monumental proportions: America’s reliance on foreign supply chains for our basic medical needs.
Despite its promise of economic benefit, gentrification can pose some of the same financial challenges for safety-net healthcare providers as it does for longtime residents of those communities.
The next step in reducing healthcare's climate footprint should focus on limiting the greenhouse gas contributions from its supply chain, experts say.
The launch of Belong Health and Aria Medicare signals growing interest for quick solutions to join the lucrative Medicare Advantage market.
The Supreme Court is allowing the Texas law that bans most abortions to remain in place, but has agreed to hear arguments in the case in early November.
Published hospital prices show wide variations for the same care, demonstrating to advocates that price transparency can help consumers shop for the best prices.
The AI-powered telehealth software joined Alkuri Global Acquisition Corp. in the latest special purpose acquisition corporation merger.
New Cerner CEO Dr. David Feinberg, who took the helm as company CEO on Oct. 1, sent an email to staff Thursday informing them about the upcoming layoffs, a Cerner spokesperson confirmed to Modern Healthcare.
Under the terms of the deal, 23andMe will acquire Lemonaid for $100 million in cash and $300 million in common stock. The transaction is expected to close by the end of the year.
OSHA officials have threatened to take over three states’ workplace safety programs because they failed to adopt emergency COVID-19 rules to protect healthcare workers.
Scientists are monitoring the delta-related variant—known as AY.4.2.—to see if it might spread more easily or be more deadly than previous versions of the coronavirus.
Kid-size doses of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine appear safe and nearly 91% effective at preventing symptomatic infections in 5- to 11-year-olds, according to study details released Friday as the U.S. considers opening vaccinations to that age group.
A federal judge denied a request by several employees at the largest hospital system in Massachusetts for an injunction to block the company from placing them on unpaid leave for violating the system's COVID-19 vaccine mandate.
Just over 1 percent of Beaumont Health System's workforce, or 370 of its roughly 33,000 workers, were suspended this week for not receiving the COVID vaccine, the system says.
Millions more Americans are closer to getting a COVID booster as influential government advisers endorsed extra doses of all three of the nation’s vaccines — and said people could choose a different company’s brand for that next shot.
As enrollment in Medicare Advantage grows, there will be hard questions about how plans are paid for their services, said Jonathan Blum, a top CMS official.
Federal investigators confirmed the nation's largest insurer paid 40% less than the Medicare rate on "millions" of claims for inoculating patients.
Workit Health plans to use the additional money to expand into new markets and boost its primary and psychiatric care products and services.
Oak Street Health plans to integrate RubiconMD's services so that its clinics can provide virtual specialty consults, manage patient care and streamline referrals.
Tennessee claimed $2 billion in certified public expenditures from 2009 to 2014. Only $909.4 million was allowable and supported, federal auditors said.
Amita Health was formed in 2015 as a joint venture of national chains Ascension and AdventHealth. Now the organizations are divvying up the chain’s 19 hospitals.