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Penn Medicine's Abramson Cancer Center and the Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy have renewed their partnership to advance cancer immunotherapy research. The renewal follows the Parker Institute announcing a $125 million investment across its network to expand research efforts, according to an Aug. 21 system news release. Penn has been part of the network since its launch in 2016. The collaboration supports laboratory studies, clinical trials that study cancer immunology and training for early-career scientists.

Penn Med's cancer center partners on immunology research

Salt Lake City, UT

Salt Lake City-based Intermountain Health is expanding its partnership with digital health company Story Health to enhance patient access to its cardiology services. This expansion, according to an Aug. 21 news release Intermountain shared with Becker's, follows the success of a pilot program launched in January 2023, which targeted patients with newly diagnosed heart failure.

Intermountain expands digital health partnership

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This year’s area of low oxygen in the Gulf of Mexico is larger than average, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced on Thursday. The “dead zone” is approximately 6,705 square miles , as measured last week. Within NOAA’s 38 years of measuring the dead zone, this year’s assessment marks the 12th-largest area of low to no oxygen, which can kill fish and marine life.

Gulf ‘dead zone’ larger than average, larger than expected for 2024, scientists announce

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Quest Diagnostics said Wednesday it has agreed to buy University Hospitals’ outreach laboratory services business. University Hospitals is a nonprofit health system with more than 20 hospitals, 50 health centers and 200 physician offices in northern Ohio. The nonprofit has 50 lab service locations in Ohio. News of the...

Quest inks deal for University Hospitals’ outreach lab services

Physicians are divided over two prostate cancer treatment protocols: the watch-and-wait approach and surgery. The two strategies were discussed in an Aug. 20 Medscape article. A portion of patients who have a complete clinical response after treatment are able to avoid total mesorectal excision surgery and the need for an ostomy bag.

Physicians disagree on watch-and-wait vs. surgery for rectal cancer

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On Tuesday, licensed Ohio dispensaries began legally selling non-medical marijuana to consumers; however, the drug’s possession, growth and/or usage are still prohibited on Ohio State’s campus. Credit: Jefferee Woo/Tampa Bay Times/TNS [Original caption: Four citizen-led petitions with proposals to update Dallas’ charter hit the 20,000 valid signature threshold to make it on the Nov. 5 election ballot, including one that would ban police officers from arresting or citing people carrying less than four ounces of marijuana.] As of Tuesday, students 21 and older can now legally purchase marijuana in Ohio.

Dispensary sales of recreational marijuana began Tuesday; possession and usage still prohibited on Ohio State’s campus

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A bill quietly introduced this spring in the Colorado legislature to decriminalize the possession of drug paraphernalia obtained by harm reductionists has become law. As low-key as the legislation was introduced, the bill was signed into law without fanfare June 6. It garnered little to no media attention.

Colorado legalizes needles, pipes for meth and crack if obtained by harm reduction group

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Hawaii has the highest life expectancy for men and women, the CDC found. The CDC released its "National Vital Statistics Report" Aug. 21, which tabulated the life expectancy and deaths in 2021 by state and gender. The CDC gathered information from the Blended Base which consists of 2020 postcensal population estimates, based on the April 2010 census, the 2020 demographic analysis estimates, 2020 census, and state-specific death and population counts for Medicare beneficiaries ages 66-99 for 2021 from CMS. These databases were used to estimate the 2021 complete life tables for the 50 states and the District of Columbia.

States with the highest, lowest life expectancy, per the CDC

When in June 2024 FORVIS, a top U.S. accounting and advisory firm, combined with Mazars, an international professional services firm, the firms created a unique global network and marked one of the many innovative structural changes accounting firms are implementing to evolve with a changing market. Scott Linch, partner with Forvis Mazars, and Bob Dunn, managing director of GF Data, an ACG company, join the podcast to talk about this deal, the unique moment that makes a global network so attractive, trends in the professional services sector and more.

How Forvis Mazars Built a Global Network

Cedar Park, TX

Below are six hospitals that recently posted job listings seeking COOs. Note: This is not an exhaustive list. Job listings were compiled from job-seeker websites. 2. MountainView Regional Medical Center (Las Cruces, N.M.) 3. Northwest Medical Center Sahuarita (Ariz.) 4. ShorePoint Health Port Charlotte (Fla.) 5. South Baldwin Regional Medical...

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Johnson & Johnson plans to scoop V-Wave, a heart failure devicemaker, for up to $1.7 billion by the end of 2024. The acquisition will have a $600 million upfront payment and up to another $1.1 billion pending regulatory and commercial milestones, according to an Aug. 20 J&J news release. V-Wave...

J&J to buy heart failure devicemaker

Xenia, OH

Two weeks after Kettering Health shared plans to replace Greene Memorial Hospital in Xenia, Ohio, with a $44 million medical facility, city officials have implemented a 60-day moratorium on standalone emergency room facilities. According to notes from an Aug. 22 city council meeting, the city needs time to update its...

As Kettering plans to replace hospital, city enacts moratorium on freestanding EDs

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Jacksonville, FL

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Jacksonville Sheriff T.K. Waters said he will consider more DUI patrols if voters legalize recreational marijuana use in Florida. Voters will consider Amendment 3 in November. It would allow adults 21 or older to possess, purchase or use marijuana products and marijuana accessories for non-medical purposes.

More DUI patrols possible if marijuana issue passes

The FDA is building a postmarket surveillance program for medical devices. The agency will look for medical device-related safety issues reported in EHRs, billing claims and pharmacy data, according to a U.S. Government Accountability Office report released Aug. 15. The program will begin surveillance of two medical devices by December,...

FDA to create medical device surveillance program

The unveiling of the microbial fermentation manufacturing plant is headlined by a $131 million financial commitment. Fujifilm Diosynth Biotechnologies, a contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) for biologics, viral vaccines, and viral vectors, has officially welcomed its microbial fermentation manufacturing facility in Billingham, UK.1 Powered by a $131 million investment, the new plant triples its current microbial production efforts, due to its new production line. Specifically, the facility features 2 X 4000 L fermenters, a modular purification suite, and a primary separations suite.

Fujifilm Opens Billingham Production Facility

The National Security Agency has released a cybersecurity information sheet outlining the best practices for event logging and threat detection in cloud services, enterprise networks, mobile devices and operational technology networks. The CSI was published in collaboration with other federal agencies, such as the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, and...

NSA & Partners Issue Cyber Information Sheet on Threat Detection

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Most business leaders plan to use AI agents to automate tasks within the next few years.

'Human-Capable' AI Agents Will Change the Workforce Within 3 Years, According to a CEO Currently Creating the 'Perfect' AI Employee

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According to officials with the Southern District of Georgia, two recently unsealed federal indictments have charged 23 defendants in a series of broad conspiracies involving the use of drones to smuggle methamphetamine, marijuana, and cell phones into state prisons in Georgia.

23 Defendants Charged in Federal Indictments for Drone-Smuggling Drug Operation in Georgia

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force's lung cancer screening criteria may exclude people who could benefit from the screening, according to a study published Aug. 20 in Annals of Internal Medicine. Researchers from Boston University, along with other U.S. institutions, collected data from the 1997-2014 National Health Interview Survey and...

US lung cancer screening criteria excludes potential patients: Study

Atlanta, GA

A 40-year-old man has been sentenced to over 28 years in prison for distributing significant amounts of fentanyl and other controlled substances to dealers in the Middle Georgia region. Authorities revealed that investigators uncovered evidence linking the drugs provided by the defendant, 40-year-old Lagary Williams, also known as "Frog," from Atlanta, to a fatal overdose.

Atlanta Man Sentenced to 28 Years for Supplying Deadly Fentanyl Linked to Fatal Overdose

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10 recent oncology partnerships

From landmark research investments to precision oncology networks, here are 10 recent oncology partnerships to know:. Sacramento, Calif.-based UC Davis Health expanded its same-day, in-home urgent...

10 recent oncology partnerships

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