Organizers of a conference that brings Defense Department and Department of Veterans Affairs health leadership and military medical professionals together to share ideas excluded "independent media" this year, despite having allowed -- and welcomed -- press coverage for more than a decade. Reporters who tried to sign up to attend the annual meeting of the AMSUS Society of Federal Health Professionals were told that the media was being excluded this year. Those who managed to sign up received emails that their registrations had been canceled.
HHS told employees on Monday they could apply for early retirement over the next 10 days and should respond to a request for information on their accomplishments of the past week, according to emails seen by Reuters. The HHS told employees in an email that it received authorization on Monday from the U.S. Office of Personnel Management to offer early retirement under the Voluntary Early Retirement Authority, which impacts agencies "that are undergoing substantial restructuring, reshaping, downsizing, transfer of function or reorganization."
Long Island Community Hospital in Patchogue is now NYU Langone Hospital—Suffolk. After an affiliation that began in March of 2022, the merger is now completed. The 306-bed hospital has added a number of services since the affiliation. They include robotic surgery and gynecologic oncology and enhanced vascular, surgical, gastroenterological and orthopedic services. The hospital also improved key outcomes such as length of stay and infection rates, officials said.
The FDA's abrupt decision on Wednesday to cancel next month's vaccine advisory committee meeting — where experts recommend the strains for next season’s flu shot — is raising concerns about whether the U.S. will have enough of the vaccine for the next flu season. Drugmakers already face a tight deadline each year to produce enough doses for distribution in the fall.
The health centers serve roughly a third of the state’s population, including many of its most vulnerable residents. They are tallying annual operating losses in the millions of dollars.