HHS allocating $145M to health center look-alikes delivering primary care services
April 20, 2021 – HHS is allocating $145 million in grant funding to health center look-alikes (LALs) that deliver primary care services to underserved communities…
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Mon Health System plans new location for Stonewall Jackson Memorial Hospital
April 20, 2021 – The administrators of Stonewall Jackson Memorial Hospital, which is part of the Mon Health System, plan to open a new location…
Audrey Andrews, Tenet EVP and general counsel, retiring at year’s end
April 20, 2021 – Tenet Healthcare Corp. (Dallas, TX) announced that Audrey Andrews, executive vice president and general counsel, will retire from the company at…
J&J vaccine pause driven by risk of mistreating blood clots
April 20, 2021 – U.S. health officials decided to recommend pausing the use of the Johnson & Johnson (J&J) vaccine out of concerns doctors would…
Cedars-Sinai hospital uses facial recognition for individuals known for violence, drug fraud
April 20, 2021 – Cedars-Sinai main hospital (Los Angeles, CA) has adopted AnyVision (Holon, Israel) facial recognition to give staff a heads up about individuals…
BD commits $1M to fight maternal, neonatal tetanus
April 20, 2021 – BD (Franklin Lakes, NJ) announced a $1 million commitment over five years to UNICEF USA. The cash donation will be used…
COVID Report: Navigating Back to Normal – Vaccines Are Our GPS
April 19, 2021 – The path to normalcy came into focus this week. Will we have the resolve and the leadership to navigate this path?…
FDA removes eight software functions from medical “device” classification
April 19, 2021 – The FDA is excluding eight software functions that were previously classified as medical device status under the 21st Century Cures Act….
Pfizer, BioNTech to supply EU with 100 million additional doses of COVID vaccine
April 19, 2021 – Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech SE announced they will supply an additional 100 million doses of COMIRNATY, the companies’ COVID-19 vaccine, to…
Abbott begins shipping BinaxNOW COVID-19 Ag Self Test to retailers
April 19, 2021 – Abbott (Abbott Park, IL) announced it began shipping its BinaxNOW COVID-19 Ag Self Test to retailers across the U.S. Consumers can…