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Windber medical center names new CMO
WINDBER, Pa. – A new chief medical officer will be taking over at Chan Soon-Shiong Medical Center at Windber, the hospital announced Monday. Dr. Elliot L. Smith will step into that leadership role and provide strategic clinical guidance to the...

K-Pop concert cut short as extreme heat sends fans to the hospital: 'We just started seeing people slowly start to go down'
Concertgoers endured hours of high temperatures with limited shade and unclear guidelines on water access. by Geri MilevaJuly 7, 2025 Extreme heat forced a Stray Kids concert at Nationals Park in Washington, D.C., to end early on June 23. WJLA...

‘Beautiful’ bill will batter OBH, officials warn: Hospital fears significant revenue loss
Published 3:57 pm Monday, July 7, 2025 By BRANDON CLINE — Chinook Observer CUTLINE: Steep cuts in Medicaid — a main source of revenue for Ocean Beach Health and other rural hospitals — are timed to take effect after the next congressional...

Wet AMD Pipeline Appears Robust With 60+ Key Pharma Companies Actively Working In The Therapeutics Segment Delveinsight
(MENAFN- GetNews) DelveInsight's, “Wet AMD Pipeline Insight, 2025” report provides comprehensive insights about 60+ companies and 70+ pipeline drugs in the Wet-AMD pipeline landscape. It covers the Wet AMD pipeline drug profiles, including...

Local Student Honored by National Congress of Future Medical Leaders
Yasash Palem, an 11th grader at nearby Ponderosa High School, was recently selected to serve as a Delegate to the Congress of Future Medical Leaders held at University of Massachusetts Lowell campus. The Congress is an honors-only academic program...

Linked health risks
Tarang Parekh, assistant professor of epidemiology Significant variation in state-level programs also complicates the matter. “Some programs only tackle diabetes self-management. We must expand those programs to include other risk factors for CVD...

DEADLINE THIS WEEK: Berger Montague Advises Elevance Health (NYSE: ELV) Investors to Contact the Firm Before July 11, 2025
PHILADELPHIA, July 7, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Berger Montague PC advises investors that a securities class action lawsuit has been filed against Elevance Health, Inc. ("Elevance" or the "Company") (NYSE: ELV) on behalf of purchasers of Elevance...

CLASS ACTION NOTICE: Berger Montague Advises Hims & Hers Health Inc. (NYSE: HIMS) Investors to Inquire About a Securities Fraud Class Action
PHILADELPHIA, July 7, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Berger Montague, a national securities litigation law firm, is investigating potential securities fraud claims against Hims & Hers Health Inc. ("Hims & Hers" or the "Company") (NYSE: HIMS). Investor...

Advancing Pericarditis Care: The Evolving Role of IL-1 Inhibition and Pharmacist-Cardiologist Collaboration
In an interview with Pharmacy Times®, Allan L. Klein, MD, FRCP (C), FACC, FAHA, FASE, FESC, director at the Pericardial Disease Center and professor of medicine, and Sean Krohn, PharmD, CSP, MSCS, lead clinical pharmacist, specialty pharmacy,...

Laura Hays, Ph.D., APRN, to be Inducted as Fellow in the American Academy of Nursing
View Larger Image Laura Hays, associate professor in the UAMS College of Nursing, will be inducted as a Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing during an Oct. 18 ceremony at the academy’s annual Health Policy Conference in Washington, D.C. July...

Reaction to the future of health care in the Ozarks with passage of the Big, Beautiful Bill
AROUND THE OZARKS (KY3) - Now that President Donald Trump has signed the federal budget reconciliation bill, the future of Medicaid, SNAP benefits, and rural hospitals is a key point of concern for some. According to the KFF (Kaiser Family...

Thru Care offers drive-through medicine in Mercer
MERCER – A medical center combining urgent care treatment, and telemedicine with drive-through convenience opened in Mercer on Monday. “This is kind of a hybrid,’’ Dr. Brian Wolfson, CEO of Thru Care, said. × Javascript is required for you to be...

Valley hospitals care for the caregivers
Imagine crash victims being treated in the emergency department then sent on for surgery or further care. In their wake they leave a trail of health, providers who have invested knowledge and emotion in their care. At one time, these providers...

Health Coverage Is Not the Only Measure of Success – Commentary
In evaluating the success of Obamacare in general and Medicaid expansion in particular, reporters and commentators have tended to focus on a single measure: health coverage, the increase in the number of people with health insurance. At the same...

PAHO launches new interactive dashboard to monitor respiratory viruses in the Americas
Washington, D.C., July 8, 2025 (PAHO)—The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has launched a new interactive dashboard to enhance monitoring and analysis of respiratory virus circulation trends across the Americas, with the goal of...

Senator Patty Murray calls for bill that forces ICE agents to stop hiding their identities
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Washington Senator Patty Murray (D) joined fellow Democrats Alex Padilla of California, and Cory Booker of New Jersey to introduce a bill that would require U.S. Immigration and Customs (ICE) agents to display their identities...

Rep. Mark Pocan announces summer office hours
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Representative Mark Pocan (WI-02) on Monday announced that Congressional staff from his office will be hosting office hours throughout July. Outreach staff from Pocan’s district office will be available to constituents...

Violence against healthcare workers on the rise, Maryland nurse fighting for protections
WASHINGTON (7News) — We count on them during our worst moments, but many of us don’t realize the constant threat faced by healthcare workers: savage attacks from the very people they’re trying to help. They are five times more likely to be injured...

State leaders: CT's most vulnerable set to lose health care, food assistance under Trump cuts
State officials and health care leaders in Connecticut are awaiting federal guidance as they work to understand the new work requirements for public benefits included in President Donald Trump’s sweeping tax cuts and spending package. Trump’s...

Buffalo Bills rookie C Jacob Bayer must prove versatile to stick with team in 2025
The Buffalo Bills tend to stockpile their offensive line with athletic prospects, not necessarily players who played at prestigious NCAA powerhouse programs. For general manager Brandon Beane, the traits take precedence over the pedigree, as he...