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The uninsured rate in the United States saw a drop from 11.1% in 2019 to 10.5% in 2021, according to a new report from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

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Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer is expanding its not-for-profit products, widening its existing initiative with the aim of lowering health inequities.

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Welcome to Movers & Shakers, a roundup of the latest executive movements in healthcare, featuring leadership appointments from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Mass Eye and Ear.

 

Several healthcare jobs are rated among the top 100 best jobs, as ranked by U.S. News & World Report.

The FDA tracks mammography systems and the number of exams performed in the U.S. through its Mammography Quality Standards Act (MQSA) program. This is an example of the GE Senobright HD imaging system.

Cancer mortality rates have plunged, dropping one-third, since the 1990s, according to a recent report from the American Cancer Society.

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Verily, the life sciences subsidiary of Google parent company Alphabet, is laying off 15% of its workforce just months after raising $1 billion in a funding round.

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The approval, made as part of a special FDA pilot program, took just 50 days.