The Consumer Price Index, a measure of the price of goods and services, remained unchanged in October, as consumer prices rose 3.2% overall from last year, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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2nd medical device company warns about stolen laryngoscopes
Laryngoscopes have been stolen from two medical supply companies, Medtronic and Covidien, spurring a recall of more than 5,000 illegally sold, defective devices.
Novo Nordisk shrinks insulin output
Denmark-based Novo Nordisk is limiting its supply of insulin products, according to the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists’ drug shortage database.
State officials to investigate failed VCU project
VCU Health’s abandoned downtown Richmond, Va., development project, which has left the health system on the hook for approximately $80 million, will be investigated by state officials, according to a Nov. 14 Richmond BizSense report.
Board member donates $5M to Tampa General
Tampa (Fla.) General Hospital received a $5 million donation from TGH board member Blake Casper.
The well-being initiatives workers want most
When it comes to their well-being, workers report that several initiatives would have the greatest impact, according to new survey data.
1 in 5 patients get 'rebound COVID' after taking Paxlovid: Study
More than 20% of patients who take Paxlovid experience a virologic rebound of COVID-19 after stopping treatment, according to research published Nov. 13 in the Annals of Internal Medicine.
John Muir Health integrates generative AI within Epic EHR
Walnut Creek, Calif.-based John Muir Health is partnering with Ambience Healthcare, a healthcare artificial intelligence company, to integrate its generative AI scribe within its Epic EHR.
Chicago clinic workers begin strike
Members of the Illinois Nurses Association began a two-day strike Nov. 14 at Howard Brown Health and Brown Elephant locations around the Chicago area.
Accord resumes making cancer drug cisplatin
A year after the FDA found shredded quality documents at an Intas Pharmaceuticals drug manufacturing facility in India, Intas’ parent company Accord Healthcare resumed making cisplatin, which has been in dire shortage for months.
