AZ cancer drug shows promise in prolonging lives for those with a type of...
A Phase III trial showed that AstraZeneca’s cancer drug Imfinzi, in combination with TACE and bevacizumab, improved survival rates in patients with...
State jobless rate stays at 4.2%
Delaware’s jobless rate in December remained stuck at 4.2%, unchanged from November 2023.
The number of unemployed Delawareans was 21,700 compared to 23,000...
Longwood awards $1 million grant for Wilmington University Brandywine campus buildings
Wilmington University was awarded a $1 million grant by the Longwood Foundation to support the expansion of its Brandywine location, including a law school...
State monitoring measles exposure at Nemours Children’s Hospital
The Delaware Division of Public Health reported a potential measles exposure at Nemours Children’s Hospital near Wilmington on Dec. 29.
A contact tracing investigation...
Beebe Healthcare mandates masks at all locations
Beebe Healthcare, Lewes, will require patients, visitors, and team members to wear surgical masks at all locations in Sussex County starting on Friday...
Enovis completes purchase of Italian orthopedic company
Enovis Corp. completed the acquisition of LimaCorporate S.p.A. a privately held global orthopedic company focused on restoring motion through implants.
Lima strengthens Enovis’ position in the global orthopedic...
Bayhealth now requires masks at hospitals, healthcare practices
Bayhealth has mandated masks for patients and visitors at hospitals, outpatient sites, and medical group practices.
Like many health systems across the region, Bayhealth...
TidalHealth requiring masks for visitors to patient rooms
TidalHealth hospitals are requiring visitors to patient rooms to wear masks during cold and flu season.
In addition, those accompanying patients to outpatient TidalHealth centers...
Lung Association: High levels of radon found in about 15% of state’s homes
Samples show high levels of radon in a sizable number of Delaware homes.
Radon is a radioactive gas emitted from rocks and...
ChristianaCare to pay $47.1 million to settle federal ‘kickback’ case
Christiana Care Health Services will pay $47.1 million to settle a long-running " whistleblower" case over alleged kickbacks to phyiscian practices.
It is believed...
Covid-19 hospitalizations on the rise
The latest Covid-19 figures from the Delaware Division of Public Health's My Healthy Community site show a gradual rise in hospitalizations late in...
Prelude Theraputics announces $25 million private placement
Prelude Therapeutics Incorporated announced a private placement that the Company estimates will result in gross proceeds of approximately $25 million before deducting estimated...
Guest view: Delaware Journal of Public Health showcases biotech innovation and impact
By Michael Fleming
Earlier this fall, two area researchers were awarded the Nobel Prize for their pioneering discoveries in mRNA. The “groundbreaking findings” of these...
ChristianaCare invests $1 million in nonprofits working to improve health
Photo of Brad Dunn of Good Neighbors Home Repair.
ChristianaCare is investing $1 million in local nonprofit organizations to improve health for communities in Delaware,...
Newark-based QPS sells contract research business based in Austria
Newark-based QPS Holdings, LLC (QPS) a drug development Contract Research Organization last month announced an agreement to sell its Neuropharmacology business unit...
Diagnostic imaging service to pilot mammography service based at Milford Walmart
RadNet, Inc., a national outpatient diagnostic imaging service, announced it will pilot MammogramNow, a screening mammography service that is ...
AstraZeneca cancels trials for drug that lowers potassium levels
AstraZeneca has decided to discontinue the two late-stage trials for a drug designed to lower potassium levels for those suffering from a chronic disease...
Addiction treatment resource center opens in Glasgow
In partnership with Impact Life, another behavioral health nonprofit organization, atTAcK addiction opened its first storefront resource center at Peoples Plaza in Glasgow.
The...
Personnel file: Nov. 27, 2023
Smith named LYCRA CEO
The LYCRA Company announced that Gary Smith was appointed chief executive officer, effective November 27. LYCRA is a maker of...
AstraZeneca launches digital products, services business
AstraZeneca launched Evinova. Evinova is offering globally-scaled digital products and services to the life sciences and healthcare as artificial intelligence (AI) moves...
