Fort Worth, Texas-based Cook Children’s Health Care System has shared plans to enhance its Cook Children’s Medical Center, also in Fort Worth, with a 10-year expansion project.
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago has named Juan Caicedo, MD, division head of transplant and advanced hepatobiliary surgery, and surgical director for the Siragusa Transplantation Center.
In 2024, Boston-based Tufts Medical Center performed 70 adult heart transplants, breaking its 2023 record by nine and setting the New England region record for the second year in a row.
The skyrocketing demand for GLP-1 drugs, initially developed for diabetes but now widely used for weight loss, is putting increasing financial strain on health plans and providers.
A new strain of bird flu, D1.1, has spread from dairy cows to a human in Nevada, marking a significant development in the ongoing outbreak, according to the CDC.
Mohamad Bydon, MD, has been named inaugural chair of the department of neurological surgery and system leader for neurological surgery at UChicago Medicine.