State health officials in Missouri and Indiana reported their first probable cases of monkeypox on Saturday. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) had reported monkeypox cases in 20 other states and Washington, D.C., as of Friday, although health officials continue to stress that the risk to the public remains low. Both states sent samples to the CDC for […]

The U.S. on Saturday opened COVID-19 vaccines to infants, toddlers and preschoolers. The shots will become available this week, expanding the nation’s vaccination campaign to children as young as 6 months. Advisers to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended the vaccines for the littlest children, and the final signoff came hours later from Dr. Rochelle Walensky, the agency’s […]

White House COVID-⁠19 response coordinator Ashish Jha on Monday heralded the recent authorization of COVID-19 vaccines for kids under the age of 5, saying it gives parents “two good choices.” Last week, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authorized Moderna’s and Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccines for children under age 5, the last group of people in the U.S. to be permitted […]

The health insurance industry has historically struggled with low rates of customer satisfaction and loyalty. A new report suggests health plans are doing little to improve their standing with consumers, and this is based on insurance executives’ own admissions of their failure.  The report, released Wednesday by customer engagement firm Smart Communications, surveyed 119 health insurance executives during February and March. […]

In 2019, M Health Fairview Southdale Hospital in Edina, Minn., began planning an expansion of its Edina healthcare campus. The project would add 52 private patient rooms. In its design for the addition, Perkins&Will (Minneapolis) bridged the design language of two earlier buildings on campus. Those are an eight-story bed tower built in 1964 and a two-story emergency department (ED) […]