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KALAMAZOO, Mich. — Bronson Healthcare is re-naming its walk-in care locations throughout Southwest Michigan. In a release Tuesday, health officials announced Bronson FastCare is now Bronson QuickCare, and Bronson Urgent Care is now Bronson QuickCare Plus. According to officials, the goal of the new names is to give patients a better understanding of where to go to receive specific care. …

[NB: check the byline, thanks. /~Rayne] I’ve been sick with COVID this past week, missing the first classes of the fall semester. I was exposed by a cancer patient who finished a second round of chemotherapy earlier this month. They weren’t vaccinated within the last year because they were undergoing chemo. They were exposed after Saturday evening mass at their …

The measles outbreak in Texas has officially ended, but as cases continue to be detected in other parts of the US state health experts are warning of the need to prepare for outbreaks in undervaccinated communities, especially as anti-vaccine beliefs are becoming more prominent during the Trump administration. So far this year, 1,356 confirmed measles cases, largely from 32 outbreaks, …

Ozempic, a drug used for diabetes and weight loss, is facing one of the largest pharmaceutical legal battles in recent years, with over 1,800 lawsuits already filed in US courts and more growing rapidly. Analysts estimate that the total liability for manufacturer Novo Nordisk could cross 2 billion dollars, making it one of the costliest drug safety disputes in history. …

Oracle Health debuts AI-powered EHR designed as a ‘voice-first’ solution embedded with agentic AI  Fierce Healthcare Oracle Ushers in New Era of AI-Driven Electronic Health Records  Oracle Oracle rolls out AI-enabled EHR ahead of Epic user event  Modern Healthcare Oracle Brings AI Intelligence To Electronic Health Records  Yahoo Finance Cambridge Memorial Hospital Selects Oracle Health EHR to Advance Patient-Centered Care  Morningstar Source link

Several types of soap distributed throughout the U.S. and Puerto Rico have been recalled over microbial contamination identified as Burkholderia cepacia. According to the Food and Drug Administration, multiple lots of four different types of soap are part of the recall. The entire list, including product descriptions, lot codes, expiration dates and reorder numbers can be found here. The FDA …

Notable healthcare headlines: Trump’s ultimatum to big pharma, Novo Nordisk in focus  Seeking Alpha Pfizer CEO attending $25 million fundraiser at Trump’s golf club after president demands drug price cuts, sources say  CBS News European drugmakers fall after Trump raises stakes over US drug price cuts  Reuters Trump calls for price cuts on prescription drugs within 60 days in letters to Eli Lilly, …

Doctors at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have identified a surprising new cause of skin cancer, a strain of the human papillomavirus (HPV) commonly found on the skin. The findings, published Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine, could reshape how scientists understand certain skin cancers, especially in people with weakened immune systems. A case that changed the …

Exclusive | KKR Pushes Further Into Healthcare With Deal for Pharma Royalty Business  The Wall Street Journal KKR Pushes Further Into Healthcare With Deal for Pharma Royalty Business  Yahoo Finance KKR & Co. Acquires Majority Ownership Stake In HCRx  Nasdaq KKR buys HealthCare Royalty Partners as firm deepens bet on life sciences  Endpoints News KKR Announces Strategic Acquisition of HealthCare Royalty Partners, Expanding the …

GE HealthCare Stock Falls Despite Earnings Beat. Tariffs Are Creating Confusion.  Barron’s GE HealthCare Tops Estimates, Lifts Profit Outlook on Smaller Tariff Impact  Yahoo Finance GE HealthCare: Q2 Earnings Snapshot  San Francisco Chronicle Assessing the Impact of AI Innovation and Tariff Mitigation on GE HealthCare’s Long-Term Value Creation and Buy Potential  AInvest GE HealthCare Raises 2025 Outlook After Earlier Reduction  The Wall Street Journal Source …