May 29, 2025- UPMC Children’s in Harrisburg has expanded its critical care transport services to include pediatric ground and air capabilities, building on decades of neonatal transport that began in 1979. The hospital now offers full-service transport for both ground and air, focusing solely on neonatal and pediatric patients.  This latest expansion of the UPMC NICU … [Read more...]

May 29, 2025- Newsweek magazine released the America's Best Children's Hospitals list, the third annual ranking recognizing the leading children’s hospitals in the U.S. across eight pediatric fields, featuring the top 50 hospitals for cardiology & cardiac surgery, endocrinology, gastroenterology & gastrointestinal surgery, neonatology, neurology & neurosurgery, … [Read more...]

May 29, 2025- Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. launched the spectral-enabled Invitrogen™ Attune™ Xenith™ Flow Cytometer, allowing immunology and immuno-oncology researchers to automate and streamline workflows to obtain more detailed and accurate insights from critical cellular samples. By leveraging Thermo Fisher’s legacy core acoustic focusing technology, this new solution … [Read more...]

May 28, 2025- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday said it plans to require new clinical trials for approval of annual COVID-19 boosters for healthy Americans under age 65, limiting them to older adults and those at risk of developing severe illness, according to Reuters. Vaccine manufacturers will need to conduct randomized controlled trials before the FDA will … [Read more...]

May 28, 2025- Older adults often prefer receiving care in familiar surroundings, which enhances their comfort and quality of life. Home health services enable patients to age in place, reducing the need for institutional care, such as nursing homes. Home health care is also often more affordable than hospital or long-term care facility stays. Providing care at home can … [Read more...]

May 28, 2025- BD announced plans to initiate a patient data registry for the Rotarex™ Atherectomy System to measure real-world outcomes for patients with peripheral artery disease (PAD). Known as "XTRACT," this prospective, multi-center, single-arm, post-market registry study will assess the clinical performance of the Rotarex™ Atherectomy System in the treatment of U.S. … [Read more...]

May 28, 2025- President Donald Trump said on Sunday, May 25, that the U.S. will delay implementation of a 50% tariff on goods from the European Union from June 1 until July 9 to buy time for negotiations, according to AP News. President Trump originally planned to implement the new duties starting June 1. However, the president said he would delay implementation to July 9, … [Read more...]

May 28, 2025- Ascension is on track to reduce avoidable emergency department visits by 5% across the health system's care footprint. With insights from more than four million social determinants of health screenings, Ascension is working to identify factors that prevent patients from seeking timely care in appropriate settings. By leveraging strategic community partnerships, we … [Read more...]

May 27, 2025- The uncertainty of tariffs could lead to challenging situations in America's health care landscape, according to the American Hospital Association (AHA). In this recent AHA podcast, Tina Freese Decker, president and CEO of Corewell Health and 2025 AHA board chair, talks with Brian Pomper, J.D., partner at Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, and Akin Demehin, vice … [Read more...]

May 27, 2025- Cleveland Clinic has been awarded a $5 million grant from the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation to continue its role as the Biorepository Coordinating Center for the Cystic Fibrosis Lung Transplant Consortium until 2030. The coordinating center provides the infrastructure to support research to improve understanding of the factors that affect lung transplant … [Read more...]