The FDA has granted marketing authorization to Visby Medical for the first at-home diagnostic test for chlamydia, gonorrhea and trichomoniasis that does not require a prescription. The test includes a ...

Federal agencies, including HHS, are conducting a “comprehensive review” of nearly $9 billion in federal grants and contracts awarded to Cambridge, Mass.-based Harvard University.  Through the federal ...

The Justice Department has launched an anticompetitive regulations task force, aimed at identifying and eliminating federal and state regulations that hinder market competition — including in ...

Kristi Baker has been appointed senior executive for AdventHealth for Children in Orlando, Fla., effective April 7. In her new role, Ms. Baker will oversee daily operations at AdventHealth for ...

WVU Medicine President and CEO Albert Wright Jr., PharmD, told Becker’s he wanted to start an associate nursing degree program. A month later, Melanie Heuston, DNP, RN, joined as the system’s chief ...

Columbia, Mo.-based MU Health Care will be out-of-network with Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield, effective April 1. The split affects Anthem Medicare Advantage, commercial and ACA plan members, according ...

Renuka Gupta, MD, never expected to leave New York City after moving to the U.S. from India in 2002. However, since joining Mary Washington Healthcare in Fredericksburg, Va., in 2023 as vice president ...

Nashville, Tenn.-based Ardent Health has named Dave Caspers as its new COO. Mr. Caspers will oversee operations across the organization’s 30 hospitals and 280 care sites in six states. In his role, he ...

New York City based NYU Langone Health has selected Alec Kimmelman, MD, PhD, as the next CEO and dean of NYU Grossman School of Medicine, effective Sept. 1. Dr. Kimmelman, a researcher and radiation ...

Amidst inflation, rising costs of providing care, and staffing shortages, the role of Physician Advisors (PAs) is poised to become increasingly critical. That’s because Physician Advisors play a vital ...

Cigna’s Express Scripts has emerged as the largest pharmacy benefit manager in the U.S. by market share, overtaking long-time ...

San Francisco is the healthiest city in the U.S. while Brownsville, Texas, is the unhealthiest city, WalletHub found.