The FDA has informed Eli Lilly that it plans to convene a panel of independent experts to learn more about the safety and efficacy of donanemab, the company’s proposed Alzheimer’s drug. The move delays an FDA decision on the drug until at least later t…
Chippewa Falls, Wis.-based Marshfield Clinic Lake Hallie Center, part of Marshfield (Wis.) Clinic Health System, is opening urgent care services in the coming months to help with the anticipated increase of patients needing emergency and urgent service…
New York City Councilwoman Julie Menin introduced a bill March 7 that would require the city’s Commissioner of Health and Mental Hygiene to create and distribute materials about the possible negative health effects from prescribing and using presc…
The largest health system in Maryland is constructing a logistics operations center to centralize its medical supply storage, The Baltimore Banner reported March 8.
Walmart Health has named Ken Silverstein, MD, as vice president of clinical operations.
Measles activity continues to rise in the U.S., with Illinois becoming the latest state to confirm infections this year, CDC data shows.
The Colorado Legislature’s Joint Budget Committee gave initial approval to give Denver Health a $5 million infusion for the second time in just over a year, but acknowledged the funds are not enough to solve the safety-net hospital’s long term challeng…
Yale Cancer Center in New Haven, Conn., has appointed Amer Zeidan, MD, as its inaugural chief of the division of hematologic malignancies.
New Bedford, Mass.-based Southcoast Health has expressed interest in buying Fall River, Mass.-based Saint Anne’s Hospital, part of Dallas-based Steward Health Care.
Susan Sedory, CEO of The American College of Emergency Physicians, will step down in June 2025, the organization announced March 8. She has held the position since 2020.
