by Jordana Choucair | Sep 9, 2021 | M&A
NorthShore University HealthSystem and Edward-Elmhurst Health announced plans to merge under a new nine-hospital parent entity. Should the deal go through, the resulting system would serve a region of more than 4.2 million Illinois residents and employ roughly 25,000...
by Jordana Choucair | Sep 9, 2021 | Public Health/Prevention
AmeriCorps unveiled a partnership with the CDC to launch a program designed to recruit and train public health leaders as the pandemic rages on. The Public Health AmeriCorps program was funded by $400 million in the American Rescue Plan and is expected to support up...
by Jordana Choucair | Sep 9, 2021 | Providers
Sanford Health announced a $350 million donation to launch a new virtual care center that aims to support rural health care in the Midwest. The virtual care center will serve patients in Sanford Health’s network, and will also be the home base of several innovation,...
by Jordana Choucair | Sep 9, 2021 | Life Sciences
Covax, the global vaccine-sharing program backed by the World Health Organization, cut its COVID-19 vaccination forecast by about 25 percent for 2021 and will deliver a total of 1.4 billion doses this year, short of its target of 2 billion shots. The slashed...
by Jordana Choucair | Sep 9, 2021 | Inequities and SDOH
A new report from the USDA shows that the rate of food insecurity among U.S. households held steady at 10.5 percent in 2020, despite the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. The percentage of households that reported very low food security — meaning they worry food will...
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