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The University of California San Diego has received a $3.25 million donation from philanthropists Steven Strauss and Lise Wilson to establish the city's first cardiomyopathy center. 

These five oncologists joined new practices or received new appointments over the last month. 

MercyOne Oakland (Neb.) Medical Center is abruptly closing, largely because of low inpatient and emergency department volumes.

Since April, the CDC has been following reports of people experiencing heart inflammation after receiving Pfizer or Moderna's mRNA vaccines, occurring mostly among adolescent and young adult vaccine recipients. 

To achieve department growth, there first must be a high performing team, says Travis Christman, MSN, clinical director of HSHS Sacred Heart Hospital and St. Joseph's Hospitals in Eau Claire, Wis. 

Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Hospital in Murfreesboro, Tenn., has earned approval to perform open heart surgeries, the Daily News Journal reports. 

The Sarah Cannon Cancer Institute at HCA Houston Healthcare has selected Navneet Majhail, MD, to serve as deputy physician-in-chief of blood cancers, the organization said June 22.

There's a "likely association" between rare heart inflammation and Pfizer and Moderna's mRNA COVID-19 vaccines among adolescent and young adult recipients, the CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices said during a June 23 meeting.

Bethesda Heart, part of Bethesda Heart Hospital East in Boynton Beach, Fla., has performed its 100th transcatheter aortic valve replacement in under two years since launching the TAVR program in March 2020. 

Humana will no longer deny coverage of PET/CT imaging procedures for cardiac and some neurological conditions, according to a June 21 news release from the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging.