Friday, April 15, 2022: Providers

Kaiser Permanente announced plans to double the size of its efforts to address housing instability with another $200 million. Since the Thriving Communities Fund’s inception in 2018, the initiative has preserved or produced more than 7,000 affordable housing...

Friday, April 15, 2022: M&A

During a public listening session yesterday, health care workers and researchers stated that health care mergers and acquisitions have increased prices, stifled wages, and reduced care quality. A senior advisor for the Hospital Equity and Accountability Project noted...

Friday, April 15, 2022: Life Sciences

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued an emergency use authorization for the first COVID-19 breath test. The device, called InspectIR COVID-19 Breathalyzer, works by separating and identifying chemical mixtures to detect five compounds associated with the...