GoodRx has named 20 medications and vaccines as the most influential FDA approvals of 2025, spotlighting first-in-class drugs, new indications, and therapies with the potential to significantly affect public health. 1. Nereus (tradipitant) for motion sickness: Approved Dec. 30, Nereus is the first new prescription drug in decades for motion sickness. The oral capsule works […]
Continue ReadingAs the U.S. confronts one of its most severe flu seasons, Tamiflu, a common antiviral medication to treat influenza, is in shortage in pockets across the country, Bloomberg reported Jan. 7. In Utah, where flu activity is high, pharmacists are not yet reporting supply issues. But in Georgia, where flu activity is very high, drugstores […]
Continue ReadingMedicare enacted 10 negotiated drug prices for some of the nation’s costliest prescription medications Jan. 1. However, years before the new prices launched, pharmaceutical companies widely altered their pricing strategies, according to a Dec. 18 Vizient report. The Inflation Reduction Act, which President Joe Biden signed into law in August 2022, heralded significant changes to […]
Continue ReadingAllison Schuler, MSN, has been appointed CEO and chief nursing officer of Baptist Memorial Hospital-Attala in Kosciusko, Miss. She brings more than 25 years of healthcare experience to the role, according to a Jan. 7 LinkedIn post from Memphis, Tenn.-based Baptist Memorial Health Care. Ms. Shuler joined the hospital — then known as Montfort Jones […]
Continue ReadingUK St. Claire in Morehead, Ky., has undergone significant medical services expansion and workforce development since it joined Lexington-based UK HealthCare in July 2024. At the time of integration, St. Claire HealthCare featured its 139-bed hospital, seven primary care locations, a multispecialty medical pavilion, a pediatrics clinic, two urgent care centers, an outpatient center, a […]
Continue ReadingYou’re ready to leave the hospital, but you don’t feel able to care for yourself at home yet. Or, you’ve completed a couple of weeks in rehab. Can you handle your complicated medication regimen, along with shopping and cooking? Perhaps you fell in the shower, and now your family wants you to arrange help with […]
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LODGE GRASS, Mont. — Brothers Lonny and Teyon Fritzler walked amid the tall grass and cottonwood trees surrounding their boarded-up childhood home near the Little Bighorn River and daydreamed about ways to rebuild. The rolling prairie outside the single-story clapboard home is where Lonny learned from their grandfather how to break horses. It’s where Teyon […]
Continue ReadingClearwater, Fla.-based BayCare Health System has shared plans to open the Pagidipati Children’s Hospital at St. Joseph’s in 2030, according to a Jan. 6 news release. The $650 million freestanding facility will succeed the system’s existing St. Joseph’s Children’s Hospital in Tampa, which offers more than 170 pediatric physician specialists across 25 medical and surgical […]
Continue ReadingFormer American Medical Association President Jesse Ehrenfeld, MD, has been named chief medical officer of Aidoc, a company that develops AI-based systems to analyze medical images and identify acute abnormalities. In this role, Dr. Ehrenfeld will support health systems as they transition from adopting individual point solutions to a comprehensive clinical AI strategy, according to […]
Continue ReadingTampa (Fla.) General Hospital has partnered with Lakeland (Fla.) Regional Health to bring the Lakeland region greater access to specialized cancer care and clinical trials. Under the collaborative agreement, TGH oncologists will provide subspecialized cancer care to patients at Lakeland Regional Health’s Hollis Cancer Center, according to a Jan. 7 news release from the health […]
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