The FDA has granted emergency use approval to three diagnostic tests that can simultaneously test patients for COVID-19 and the flu. 

North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset, N.Y., named Irene Macyk, PhD, RN, chief 
nursing officer.

Lack of internet access affects healthcare in more ways than just telehealth; it limits a person's ability to connect with physicians, research health conditions and find medical resources.

The number of physicians from Muslim-majority countries applying to work in the U.S. dropped between 2015 and 2018, which could cause gaps in the U.S. physician workforce to widen, a new study shows.

Some nurses who volunteered to treat COVID-19 patients in New York City are returning to friends and family in the South and West who doubt the virus is real or underestimate the pandemic's severity, reports The New York Times.

There were seven states that had the best overall average hospital rankings, according to a new analysis by the Lown Institute and Washington Monthly.

The Trump administration has submitted a notice to withdraw from the World Health Organization by July 6, 2021, a senior administration official told CNBC.

Quest Diagnostics said July 6 that increased demand for COVID-19 diagnostic testing in the South, Southwest and West has exceeded its capacity and, as a result, has increased its labs' average turnaround time to deliver test results to patients. 

A federal appeals court upheld two patents protecting Amgen's blockbuster drug, Enbrel, against biosimilar competition, Biopharma Dive reported.  

Facing pressure from public health officials to issue a face mask mandate, Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp launched a marketing campaign July 6 for local businesses to adopt to show they are following safety precautions during the pandemic.

Nurses at Blake Medical Center in Bradenton, Fla., protested July 3, saying working conditions are unsafe as COVID-19 cases spike in the state, according to MedPage Today.

After Medicaid was expanded in Ohio, the chances of being diagnosed with advanced cancer fell among low-income residents, indicating that the expansion resulted in earlier cancer detection among this population, according to a new study.

Walmart is launching an insurance agency to sell Medicare products, according to job postings on Walmart's Careers website. 

UPMC Enterprises, the investment arm of UPMC, invests in translational science companies and digital solutions that can improve the quality of care while lowering costs.

CU Healthcare Innovation Fund secured $50 million in committed capital to invest in early stage healthcare companies.

Here are 14 acquisitions, partnerships, affiliations and mergers involving health plans this year, beginning with the most recent:

Officials with the World Health Organization have acknowledged "emerging evidence" about the airborne spread of COVID-19 during a July 7 media briefing.

Six-hospital Memorial Healthcare System is suspending all elective, non-urgent and non-emergency procedures, effective July 8. 

The Georgia Department of Community Health has rejected Floyd Medical Center's second appeal of a decision by the department that prevents it from providing open heart surgery, the Rome News-Tribune reports.

Dignity Health is suspending elective surgeries at its Mercy hospitals in Bakersfield, Calif., to allocate resources to increased COVID-19 cases, according to KGET.