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West Virginia cancer center joins Vandalia Health

Beckley, W.Va.-based Carl Larson Cancer Center has officially joined Vandalia Health to provide more procedure capacity and expand available services to the community, according to a Charleston (W.Va.) Area Medical Center release shared with Becker’s.&…

$123M nitrile glove plant in stasis after temporary shortage

The federal government paid $123 million to build the nation’s first plant to reproduce synthetic rubber into nitrile gloves, but after medical supply shortages ebbed, the Virginia facility sits unused, The Washington Post reported Dec. 28. 

Tower Health rejects 4th purchase offer; 'I'm not sure what they're thinking,' StoneBridge CEO says

West Reading, Pa.-based Tower Health has turned down a $706 million offer from StoneBridge Healthcare, a hospital turnaround firm, making this the fourth purchase offer rejected by the system since 2021. 

New York governor to curb hospitals suing patients

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has vowed to protect New Yorkers from medical debt, limit hospitals’ ability to sue patients and expand financial assistance programs as part of her 2024 State of the State.

Harvard president resigns; physician takes helm

Claudine Gay, PhD, has resigned as president of Harvard University amid allegations of antisemitism at the institution and plagiarism in her scholarly work. 

Providence hospital exec takes on dual role

Brian Helleland has been selected as chief executive of Providence St. Joseph Hospital Orange (Calif.) and chief executive for the Orange County/High Desert service area, part of Renton, Wash.-based Providence’s recently reorganized California South di…

Michigan system taps chief physician executive

Kalamazoo, Mich.-based Bronson Healthcare has appointed Martinson Arnan, MD, senior vice president and chief physician executive for the health system.

NYC Health + Hospitals to create supplier diversity council

NYC Health + Hospitals’ Danielle DiBari, PharmD, and the system’s supply team are working to establish a Diverse Supplier Council to cement equity throughout the hospital supply chain. 

FDA places clinical hold on lung cancer trial after patient death

The death of a study participant has prompted the FDA to place a clinical hold on an Iovance Biotherapeutics trial, the company said Dec. 22.

AI to predict the severity of COVID variants

Artificial intelligence may be able to detect and predict severity of new COVID-19 variants, according to a study published Jan. 2 in PNAS Nexus.