Paid sick leave has expanded across the U.S. as more states pass laws related to the issue.

Cleveland-based MetroHealth has named Christopher Briddell senior vice president and chief ethics, risk and compliance officer.

Sacramento, Calif.-based Sutter Health has partnered with San Francisco State University to expand clinical placement opportunities for nursing students.

Emplify Health, a $2.6 billion health system based in Wisconsin, got its new name after searching the most popular words from staff and community member suggestions, executives told Becker's.

Salt Lake City-based Intermountain Health has re-upped its deal with a professional rugby team whose jerseys feature the health system's name.

Columbus, Ohio-based Mount Carmel Health System, part of Livonia, Mich.-based Trinity Health, named Tauana McDonald president and CEO, effective July 1. Ms. McDonald will succeed Lorraine Lutton who shared plans to retire last December. 

The majority of adults 20 and older meet criteria for cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic syndrome, putting them at risk of developing full-blown heart disease, according to new research. 

Some Dallas-based Steward Health Care employees did not receive their May 9 paychecks on time due to a "processing error" with Bank of America after the health system filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy May 6.

Sun City Center, Fla.-based HCA Florida South Shore Hospital, part of Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare, named David Link its new vice president of operations April 21.

In the week ended May 4, the Labor Department reported weekly unemployment claims hit 231,000, an increase of 22,000 from the previous week and the highest number of jobless claims since August at 234,000.

New research, which has not been peer-reviewed yet, found colorectal cancer rates have risen between 45% and 500% for people too young for routine screenings, though the overall cancer incidences are still low, NBC News reported May 9.

University of Chicago Medicine is partnering with Abridge to use the latter's Epic-integrated generative artificial intelligence platform to aid with clinical documentation. 

Surgeons' co-pilots are in shortage. 

Hospitals and health systems are making changes in their C-suite and leadership ranks based on organizational needs in today's healthcare environment. Some of the changes have involved  adding inaugural roles to their C-suites. 

In January, Neuralink implanted its brain-computer device into a human for the first time. In the weeks following the surgery, a number of threads on the implant retracted from the patient's brain, the company said May 8. 

A little-known parasitic infection in the brain has come into the spotlight following presidential candidate Robert Kennedy Jr.'s admission that he once suffered from it, NBC News reported May 8.

New York City-based NYC Health + Hospitals has been expediting its switch from Change Healthcare because of the cyberattack on the claims processing vendor.

Almost 1 in 10 Mass General Brigham attending physicians are experimenting with generative AI that listens to patient visits and uploads notes to EHRs, The Wall Street Journal reported May 8.

A U.S. House committee approved a bill May 8 that would extend health systems' ability to provide telehealth and hospital-at-home care.

The FDA is instructing healthcare facilities to avoid using two heart devices from Getinge amid concerns that the company has not adequately resolved issues that spurred a string of recalls over the last year.