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The Trump administration has appointed two new pandemic response officials as the country faces multiple infectious disease threats, Bloomberg reported July 1.  The change comes amid the growing Ebola outbreak, a New World screwworm outbreak threatening U.S. cattle and the…

The CDC is monitoring a cyclosporiasis outbreak across 17 states that has sickened more than 200 people. Cyclosporiasis is a parasite linked to contaminated food or water and causes symptoms including watery diarrhea, loss of appetite, bloating and cramping. In…

The second half of 2026 opens with health system leaders facing a split mandate. Policy-driven financial headwinds like Medicaid cuts, Medicare Advantage payment disputes and federal research funding uncertainty are arriving at the same moment many organizations have committed to…

CMS plans to cut what Medicare pays hospitals for drugs bought through the 340B program and push site-neutral payment into a new category of outpatient services, two proposals that together would pull billions of dollars out of hospital outpatient revenue…

Citing declining federal reimbursements and the rising cost of delivering care, Fayetteville, N.C.-based Cape Fear Valley Health is eliminating about 200 positions, including 138 of which are currently filled.  The workforce reductions come after extensive efforts to implement other cost-saving…

It is difficult to sum up, or even rank, 2 1/2 centuries’ worth of medical accomplishments in the U.S. While some might think of cutting-edge, snazzy technological achievements, James Gutierrez, MD, starts somewhere far less glamorous: clean water, working sewers…

Mechanicsburg, Pa.-based Select Medical has been acquired for $3.9 billion by a consortium led by its co-founder and executive chairman Robert Ortenzio.  With the close of the acquisition, Select Medical has become a privately held company, according to a June…