Under emergency use authorization, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has expanded eligibility for the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 booster vaccine to children 5 to 11 years old. People in that age group are now cleared for a single booster dose of the …
Employers and health insurers paid hospitals about 224% above what Medicare would have paid in 2020, according to a new RAND report comparing private insurer payments to Medicare rates.
The Department of Health and Human Services will extend the public health emergency beyond the current end date of July 15, Bloomberg has reported.
In a partnership with Solera Health, BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina is expanding its personalized health and wellness program to include mental and musculoskeletal health offerings.
Solera Health is an independent company that built a customiz…
Dartmouth Health and GraniteOne Health, both based in New Hampshire, are ditching their plans to merge into a single entity after objections from the state’s attorney general, who said the consolidation would result in higher healthcare prices.
The American Hospital Association and the American Nurses Association said they are grateful for the court’s leniency in sentencing former nurse RaDonda Vaught to three-years probation instead of prison time for giving the wrong drug to a 75-year old p…
After an extensive national search, Intermountain Healthcare has selected Tiffany Capeles, a nationally recognized diversity leader, as the health system’s first chief equity officer, the system has announced.
The National Institutes of Health has announced an agreement with the World Health Organization and the Medicines Patent Pool to make COVID-19 health technologies available worldwide.
Advocate Aurora Health and Atrium Health are merging and plan to transition to the new brand, Advocate Health, the organizations have announced.
The new organization will have a combined footprint across Illinois, Wisconsin, North Carolina, South Carol…
There’s been a nursing shortage in the U.S. for years, but the COVID-19 pandemic has made the situation even more dire. Nurses are retiring, leaving for new roles or abandoning the profession altogether, and there aren’t enough trainees in the academic…
