Three weeks after Pfizer and Moderna’s updated boosters were authorized, about 4.4 million people have been jabbed with the omicron-targeted vaccines, according to CDC data updated Sept. 22.
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Spectrum Health, Memorial Hermann invest in cost-cycle company SpendMend
Spectrum Health Ventures, part of Grand Rapids, Mich.-based Spectrum Health, and Houston-based Memorial Hermann Health System have invested in tech-based cost-cycle company SpendMend, the firm said Sept. 22.
‘Twindemic’ risk greater this year, experts worry
The U.S. avoided a long-feared “twindemic” of flu and COVID-19 for the past two years, largely because of widespread masking and other behaviors that kept flu seasons mild. But the risk that both illnesses will increase this winter appears greater.
The National Institutes of Health awards $100M in autism research grants
The National Institutes of Health awarded $100 million to support nine Autism Centers of Excellence, according to a Sept. 6 news release.
Outpatient nurse sentenced to 2 years in prison for tampering with fentanyl vials
Bryan Wilson, 40, a nurse who was formerly employed by Middletown, Conn.-based The Vascular Experts, on Sept. 22 was sentenced to two years in prison for tampering with fentanyl vials and ordered to pay a $5,000 fine.
Strike set at 6 KPC Health hospitals
Members of Service Employees International Union-United Healthcare Workers West are set to begin a five-day strike Sept. 26 at six KPC Health hospitals, according to a union news release shared with Becker’s.
We wear ‘black robes, not white coats’: Court overturns ruling compelling UPMC to give ivermectin
A Pennsylvania appeals court on Sept. 22 overturned an injunction that required a Pittsburgh-based UPMC hospital to administer ivermectin to a COVID-19 patient, court documents show.
9 women on the move in healthcare
The following executive moves made by women have been reported by or shared with Becker’s since Sept. 16:
17 recent hospital, health system executive resignations
Dozens of hospital and health systems executives have stepped down from their positions in 2022.
New Jersey hospital faces closure after 150 years
St. Francis Medical Center, a teaching hospital in Trenton, N.J., has been struggling financially for years, and it will close if a purchase agreement for the facility receives regulatory approval, according to NJ Advance Media.
