When the FDA advised vaccine-makers in late June to engineer their boosters to target subvariants BA.4 and BA.5, at the time the “sister variants” accounted for a slight majority of infections. Four months later, new mutations, including BQ.1 and BQ.1….
Kelsey-Sebold has broken ground on a 135,000-square-foot expansion of their Fort Bend Medical and Diagnostic Center in Sugar Land, Texas, which will add an ASC and a cancer center to the practice, according to an Oct. 20 report from Community Impact.
The CDC’s new plan to accelerate its response to health threats and simplify public messaging is already facing roadblocks, Politico reported Oct. 21
Seven recent chief medical and nursing officer moves Becker’s has covered since Oct. 14:
With federal COVID-19 funds dwindling, Pfizer’s vaccine may cost between $110 and $130 per dose once it is sold commercially, a company spokesperson told The Wall Street Journal in an Oct. 20 report.
Nurses working in hospitals owned and operated by Worcester, Mass.-based UMass Memorial Health have approved new contracts that include significant wage increases, according to hospital and union statements shared with Becker’s.
UVA Cancer Center researchers found a five- to 11-day difference in wait time for lung cancer treatment between white patients and minority patients.
Health experts are carefully watching COVID-19 trends in New York amid signs the nation will face a winter surge. The state has seen an increase in hospitalizations over the last month.
Fergus Falls, Minn.-based Lake Region Healthcare is spending $25 million to unify its three EHR systems with Epic.
CMS will pay 340B hospitals at average sales price plus 6 percent — rather than average sales price minus 22.5 percent — for all calendar year 2022 drug claims with modifier “JG,” the American Hospital Association said Oct. 20.
