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Notable healthcare headlines for the week: Novo Nordisk, Hims & Hers and UnitedHealth in focus (XLV:NYSEARCA)  Seeking Alpha Stock futures are little changed after Dow, S&P 500 hit fresh records: Live updates  CNBC Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq close at record highs for second day as tech, trade headlines lift markets  Yahoo Finance Markets hit record highs as ‘Fomo’ infects investors  Financial Times Three major …

Five new advisers will join the vaccines committee for the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) later this week, the agency and the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced on Monday, in a move that underscores the increasingly anti-vaccine stance of the committee. Some of the new members have little to no documented experience with …

Today, Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew N. Ferguson sent letters to several large healthcare employers and staffing firms urging them to conduct a comprehensive review of their employment agreements—including any noncompetes or other restrictive agreements—to ensure they are appropriately tailored and comply with the law. Many healthcare employers and staffing companies may include unreasonable noncompete agreements in employment contracts for vital …

DHL Adds to Healthcare Logistics Services With Acquisition  The Wall Street Journal DHL Supply Chain Agrees to Acquire SDS Rx Expanding Its Life Sciences and Healthcare Capabilities  DHL DHL Supply Chain to acquire SDS Rx  DC Velocity DHL Supply Chain says it has agreed to acquire SDS Rx, expand healthcare reach  logisticsmgmt.com Source link

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 …