Healthcare Industry News

The Board of Trustees at Sparks Regional Medical Center in Fort Smith have signed a definitive agreement to sell the hospital to a Florida company.

A new mother of twins from Springfield Township died Thursday from possible complications of H1N1, the Toledo-Lucas County Health Department said on Friday.Health department spokesman Larry Vasko told FOX Toledo News that 24-year-old Mandy Kimbler died Thursday at Toledo Hospital.

Drug and medical device maker Covidien PLC said Friday it completed its $210 million purchase of Aspect Medical Systems, a company that makes brain monitoring technology.

A Waukesha Sheriff's Deputy shot an inmate at Waukesha Memorial Hospital after the inmate began a scuffle.

Only about a third of adults who have tried to get a swine flu vaccine have been able to get it, according to a new national poll released Friday.

Medical device maker Boston Scientific Corp. said Friday it will pay $296 million to settle a Department of Justice investigation into the company's Guidant unit.

Oil prices climbed toward $80 a barrel Friday, catching up with a surge in global stock markets and assisted by a slightly weaker dollar which made crude more attractive to international investors.

The Federal Trade Commission is investigating some of CVS Caremark Corp.'s business practices, the company said yesterday.

Heart device maker Thoratec Corp. said Wednesday that its third-quarter profit almost doubled on strong growth in its cardiovascular division.

Biotech drug developer Alkermes Inc. said relocation charges and stock-based compensation costs pushed it to a loss in the fiscal second quarter.

The Technical Symposium on Corrosive Imported Drywall will take place Thursday and Friday in Tampa.

A 52-year-old La Crosse man died Monday after being electrocuted at an oilfield site in southern Ellis County.

The United States has 31.8 million H1N1 flu vaccine doses available and is on track to have another 10 million ready by week's end, a federal health official said Tuesday.

GenVec, Inc. announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted orphan drug designation to TNFerade for the treatment of pancreatic cancer.

GAITHERSBURG, Md. - Federal health advisers on Wednesday rejected an implant from Zimmer Holdings saying it's unclear how effective or safe the device would be for treating a painful spinal condition.

A 13-year-old Iowa cat has been infected with swine flu, veterinary and federal officials said Wednesday, and it is believed to be the first case of the H1N1 virus in a feline.

BioCryst Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today announced that its partner, Shionogi & Co., Ltd.

Positron emission tomography imaging of non-small cell lung cancer prior to receiving radiation therapy should not be the basis for determining areas that may benefit from higher doses of radiation, according to research presented by investigators at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital at the 51st ASTRO Annual Meeting .

Nov 4 - Shanghai residents excited about the prospect of Disneyland in their city.

Award-winning court and crime reporter Laurel J. Sweet has been featured in the ABC miniseries "Boston 24/7" and the 9-11 documentary motion picture "Looking For My Brother." T he "grateful" husband of a Massachusetts General Hospital doctor nearly stabbed to death last week on the job reports she "continues to improve every day." Though still ...