Hospitals in the Columbus, Ohio, area were notified of a “mass casualty incident” Nov. 14 after a bus accident left three dead and at least 18 injured, according to The Columbus Dispatch.
Sixty percent of children diagnosed with the flu aren’t receiving antiviral medications, according to a study led by Vanderbilt University Medical Center researchers.
Dee and Jimmy Haslam, owners of the National Football League’s Cleveland Browns, have provided a $20 million gift to establish the University Hospitals Haslam Sports Innovation Center.
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.
Laryngoscopes have been stolen from two medical supply companies, Medtronic and Covidien, spurring a recall of more than 5,000 illegally sold, defective devices.
Denmark-based Novo Nordisk is limiting its supply of insulin products, according to the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists’ drug shortage database.
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.
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.