38 h. ago Interior Health Authority CEO Susan Brown announces retirement in 2025

After 14 years with the organization, including seven at the helm, Brown’s departure marks the beginning of a critical transition for health care in the region.

Science

38 h. ago LHSC seized the weapons after a detector was installed April 15 at the University Hospital emergency department, and a second metal detector will soon be installed at the Victoria Hospital site.

In just one week a London hospital seized 23 knives at one of its emergency departments, weapons detected by just-installed metal detectors. London Health Sciences Centre reported.

Society

4 d. ago Opinion: Politics at play in chief medical officer's departure?

Last week’s departure of Alberta’s chief medical officer of health is sad and alarming. Dr. Mark Joffe held the top public health position in Alberta since late 2022. He resigned April 15. His resignation could have been expected as we’d heard little from him publicly in recent months, raising questions about why he was silent […]

Politics

4 d. ago Invivoscribe’s LabPMM Gains New York State Approval for the FLT3 ITD MRD Assay

SAN DIEGO — Invivoscribe is proud to announce that its wholly owned subsidiary, the Laboratory for Personalized Molecular Medicine® (LabPMM), LLC has received approval from the New York State Department of Health to offer the FLT3 ITD MRD Assay to assess measurable residual disease (MRD). LabPMM’s ultra-sensitive next generation sequencing FLT3 ITD MRD Assay provides […]

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3 w. ago Layoffs begin at U.S. health agencies charged with tracking disease, researching and regulating food

Employees across the massive U.S. Health and Human Services Department began receiving notices of dismissal on Tuesday in an overhaul ultimately expected to lay off up to 10,000 people. The notices come just days after President Donald Trump moved to strip workers of their collective bargaining rights at HHS and other agencies throughout the government. […]

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last month U.S. health department to slash 10K jobs under Kennedy’s overhaul plan

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services will cut about 10,000 full-time jobs and close half of its regional offices, it said on Thursday.

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