Eli Lilly said its experimental oral GLP-1 drug orforglipron outperformed Novo Nordisk’s oral semaglutide in a head-to-head phase 3 trial. In a 52-week study involving 1,698 adults with Type 2 ...

Childhood vaccination rates in the U.S. have decreased to their lowest levels in years, coming amid turmoil at the CDC and shifting federal guidance on COVID-19 vaccines. Here are four things to know: ...

Much of the former CDC director Susan Monarez’s, PhD, hearing before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Sept. 17 centered on what HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy reportedly ...

Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic nurses and informatics teams have developed an in-house AI tool to help streamline clinical workflows. The tool, called the Nurse Virtual Assistant, integrates ...

Health systems across the country are exploring how AI can reduce documentation burdens, ease clinician burnout, and improve patient outcomes. During a recent webinar hosted by Becker’s Healthcare and ...

Hal Leftwich, CEO of Big South Fork Medical Center in Oneida, Tenn., died Sept. 16 at age 69. Mr. Leftwich had more than 40 years of healthcare leadership experience and led hospitals across the U.S.

St. Louis-based Ascension recorded an operating loss of $490.9 million (-1.6% operating margin) in fiscal 2025, an improvement from an operating loss of $1.8 billion (-6.3% margin) in 2024, according ...

Miami University’s Health Sciences and Wellness facility will now bear the Cleveland Clinic name, following a vote by the university’s board of trustees to approve a sponsorship and naming agreement.

Birmingham, Ala.-based Encompass Health has named Mathew “Mat” Gooch president of the system’s Northeast region. The Northeast region includes 26 post-acute, inpatient rehabilitation hospitals across ...

Vizient has awarded more than 120 health systems and hospitals for their clinical quality and sustainability practices. The awards are based on Vizient’s Quality and Accountability Study, which ...

Medscape released a list of 15 medical schools most respected by physicians, drawing on previous U.S. News & World Report rankings, research and primary care strength, curricula, admissions data, ...

Athens, Ga.-based St. Mary’s Health Care System has shared plans to end labor and delivery services at St. Mary’s Sacred Heart Hospital in Lavonia, Ga., and consolidate them with those at its St. Mary ...