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Lebanon, N.H.-based Dartmouth Cancer Center’s annual Prouty fundraiser raised a record $12,010,204 for cancer research and patient support programs. More than 4,700 participants, volunteers, donors and supporters took part, marking the highest fundraising total in the event’s 45-year history, according…
Baton Rouge, La.-based Louisiana State University and FMOL Health — Our Lady of the Lake have awarded more than $1.6 million in competitive research grants to seven teams through a collaborative program that targets health challenges in Louisiana such as…
UPMC Enterprises has invested in a series A funding round for RAAPID, an AI startup focused on risk adjustment and medical coding that is also backed by Microsoft venture fund M12. RAAPID’s AI platform links diagnoses to clinical evidence from…
Northwestern Medicine and Techstars have selected five startups for the 2026 class of their healthcare accelerator program. The early-stage companies will participate in a 13-week, mentorship-driven program hosted at Northwestern Medicine’s Mansueto Innovation Institute in Chicago, according to a March…
The National Institutes of Health awarded $19.297 billion to 145 medical schools in fiscal 2025, according to data published by the Blue Ridge Institute for Medical Research. The fiscal 2025 funding was only slightly higher than fiscal 2024, which saw…
Researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai are raising concerns about the safety of ChatGPT Health, a consumer AI tool designed to provide medical guidance, including advice on when to seek emergency care. In a study published…
Jay Bhattacharya, MD, director of the National Institutes of Health, has been appointed acting director of the CDC, effective Feb. 18, an administration official confirmed to Becker’s. He will lead the CDC while continuing to serve as NIH director until…
In December 2022, Atrium Health and Advocate Aurora Health combined to form Advocate Health, now the third-largest nonprofit health system in the U.S. But for CEO Gene Woods, the merger was about more than expansion. From the outset, the organization…
As academic medical centers look to shield research from financial headwinds, many are pursuing grants from sources beyond the National Institutes of Health. The NIH said in February it plans to cap indirect cost funding at 15%, down from average…
Sustaining world-class research amid margin pressures requires sharper focus and strategic recruitment, academic health system leaders told Becker’s. To balance the financial demands of maintaining research excellence with the immediate needs of community hospitals and patients, leaders said they are…
