Category: Press Release

The typical working family in the U.S. spent $3,960 on healthcare-related costs in 2024, including premiums and out-of-pocket expenses, according to a Jan. 13 report from the Center for Economic and Policy Research. The report analyzed 2024 data from the Census Bureau’s Current Population Survey and found a high cost burden among working families, defined […]

The American Hospital Association is supporting a bill designed to increase the healthcare cybersecurity workforce in rural America. The Rural Hospital Cybersecurity Enhancement Act, led by U.S. Sens. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., Maggie Hassan, D-N.H., and Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., would direct HHS to create a strategy to train more professionals and enact partnerships to boost rural […]

Optum Ventures is among the investors in a $11.1 million series A investment for Risa Labs, which is developing an AI operating system for oncology. The venture capital arm of the UnitedHealth Group subsidiary co-led the funding round with Cencora Ventures, part of pharma company Cencora. Risa Labs said the funding will accelerate the deployment […]

The strike involving nearly 15,000 nurses at hospitals in New York City reached its third day Jan. 14. Five things to know: 1. Members of the New York State Nurses Association went on strike Jan. 12 at several hospitals within Montefiore Health System, Mount Sinai Health System and NewYork-Presbyterian. The union has been in negotiations […]

NYC Health + Hospitals has introduced shared medical visits for mothers and their newborns at its Jacobi and North Central Bronx hospitals, aiming to reduce barriers to postpartum care. The shared visits allow mothers and their babies to receive postpartum and pediatric care in a single visit. The effort is designed to address common barriers […]

To remain competitive in 2026 and beyond, healthcare leaders must improve performance, embrace technology and rethink traditional care models, according to a Jan. 12 report from McKinsey. Here are five key takeaways for hospital leaders: 1. Healthcare EBITDA as a percentage of national health expenditures fell from 11.2% in 2019 to 8.9% in 2024 and […]

Georgetown, S.C.-based Tidelands Health is taking a homegrown approach to building its workforce pipeline. The health system partnered with Georgetown County School District and Horry-Georgetown Technical College in Conway, S.C., in March 2025 to launch the Tidelands Health Scholars program, aimed at giving local high school students a jumpstart on a healthcare career. Through the […]

Let’s be clear: The primary reason to be vaccinated against shingles is that two shots provide at least 90% protection against a painful, blistering disease that a third of Americans will suffer in their lifetimes, one that can cause lingering nerve pain and other nasty long-term consequences. The most important reason for older adults to […]

Imagine starting the new year with the promise of at least a $147 million payout from the federal government. But there are strings attached. In late December, President Donald Trump’s administration announced how much all 50 states would get under its new Rural Health Transformation Program, assigning them to use the money to fix systemic […]

Seamos claros. La razón principal para vacunarse contra la culebrilla (shingles, la infección que genera el virus herpes zóster) es que dos dosis brindan una protección del  90% contra una enfermedad dolorosa, que produce ampollas y puede causar dolor nervioso persistente y otras complicaciones graves a largo plazo. Y que afectará a un tercio de […]