President Donald Trump signed an executive order modifying the scope of tariffs for certain imports, including pharmaceuticals, yet some of the proposed changes are dependent on the U.S. reaching broader trade agreements, according to the White House. Here are five…
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Franciscan Health Indianapolis has temporarily paused some elective surgeries due to a technology issue that disrupted the hospital’s supply of surgical equipment. The hospital — which claims to be the “only full-service heart and vascular care program on the south…
Researchers have developed a transcranial ultrasound stimulation system that can noninvasively target deep brain structures with precision. Published in Nature Communications, part of Nature magazine, the report said that the system uses a helmet-shaped array of 256 ultrasound transducers to…
Cleveland-based University Hospitals has become the first health system in the U.S. to install Siemens Healthineers’ Naeotom Alpha.Pro scanner. The Naeotom Alpha.Pro is a dual-source scanner with photon-counting computed tomography technology, according to a Sept. 4 news release from Siemens…
Here are five of the latest recalls and corrections reported to the FDA: Ambu is recalling specific lots of its SPUR II manual resuscitators because a blocked manometer port renders the manometer nonfunctional. The defect can prevent clinicians from monitoring…
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The FDA has issued a warning letter to Amneal Pharmaceuticals, citing “significant violations” of manufacturing standards after finding the drugmaker used contaminated IV bags in the manufacture of injectable products. The violations, discovered during a March inspection of the company’s…
Thermo Fisher Scientific acquired Solventum’s purification and filtration business for $4 billion. The new filtration unit will operate within Thermo Fisher’s Life Sciences Solutions segment. The deal includes Solventum’s bioprocessing filtration, healthcare and industrial filtration, and membrane technologies, according to…
Radnor, Pa.-based Main Line Health’s COO has earned a patent for her invention designed to prevent hospital falls, ABC 6 reported Sept. 2. Barbara Wadsworth, DNP, RN, has been a nurse for nearly 40 years and wanted to help patients…
President Donald Trump’s imposed tariffs on foreign nations have been ruled unlawful by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. The court ruled he went too far by declaring national emergencies to justify the duties, CBS News reported…
In the face of ongoing supply disruptions and increasing pressures, Sutter Health has turned to a NASA-inspired approach called Tiger Teams. Tiger Teams were first implemented by the California-based health system in 2020 during the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic;…