From a jury awarding $261 million to a family that sued a Johns Hopkins hospital in a case made famous by a Netflix documentary, to Rady Children's facing a lawsuit alleging it secretly recorded a patient and her family, here are six hospital lawsuits, settlements and legal developments Becker's has reported since Nov. 7:

Novo Nordisk will invest more than $6 billion to expand manufacturing facilities in Denmark, the company said Nov. 10. The facility will support increased production capacity for its GLP-1 drugs Ozempic and Wegovy, and other chronic disease treatments. 

Aaron Lewis on Nov. 9 was named the next CFO of Brentwood, Tenn.-based Lifepoint Health, succeeding Michael Coggin, who is retiring in March.

Idaho has the fewest cardiologists per capita, with 57 practicing cardiologists in the state.

Wyoming has the fewest active oncologists per capita, with eight oncologists in the state.

Former Meta COO Sheryl Sandberg was among the investors that helped launch Cercle, a healthcare artificial intelligence startup focusing on women's fertility health, CNBC reported Nov. 8.

Median hospital and health system operating margins plunged by more than $190 million for the first six months of 2023, with average losses almost doubling from 2022, according to Nov. 13 report from the Minnesota Hospital Association. 

Flu activity is beginning to rise across several regions of the U.S. including the South Central, Southeast and West Coast regions, according to the latest CDC data.

Sayre, Pa.-based Guthrie Clinic was named College of Healthcare Information Management Executives Innovator of the Year for its installation of Artisight's artificial intelligence-powered remote nursing platform.

West Reading, Pa.-based Tower Health purchased Pottstown (Pa.) Hospital in 2017 from Franklin, Tenn.-based Community Health Systems but remains in dispute with the original owner over the alleged condition of the facility at the time of the sale, according to a CHS filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

The home-based care M&A sector experienced a sluggish third quarter in 2023, marked by just 18 reported deals, according to a Nov. 7 report from investment bank Mertz Taggart. 

The sensitive data of 845,000 Sacramento, Calif.-based Sutter Health patients was compromised in a ransomware attack on its online contact-management vendor Welltok, a Virgin Pulse company.  

A recent study found that CT scans are linked to an increased risk of blood cancer in young people.

Women and biological females are nine times more likely to be diagnosed with the autoimmune disease Lupus than males, and now researchers at Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins have found why. 

Lake Charles (La.) Memorial Health's chief medical officer, Manley Jordan, MD, is set to retire, according to a Nov. 13 filing.

Comanche County Memorial Hospital in Lawton, Okla., is one of the latest hospitals in the nation to adopt TeamBirth — a care model that 94% of clinicians say improves patient outcomes.

CEO Stephen Gray started his new position at cash-strapped Watsonville (Calif.) Hospital on Nov. 1 and is already locked in negotiations with nursing staff, according to a Nov. 13 Lookout Santa Cruz.

Long-awaited findings from an international study of more than 17,000 patients showed the weight loss drug Wegovy reduced the risk of having a heart attack or stroke, and the risk of dying from a heart attack.

Cities in California dominate the bottom of a list of warm weather cities considered the best for "snowbirds" and "zoombirds," according to one new analysis.

In the latter part of 2021, the financial challenges at VCU Health System were pronounced, causing the organization to eliminate unnecessary costs in order to reverse its financial situation, Richmond Times-Dispatch reported Nov. 13.