Retail giant Walmart is now offering over-the-counter hearing aids for the first time ever to U.S. customers 18 and older.

Instead of concluding Dec. 31, 2023, the Bundled Payments for Care Improvement Advanced (BPCI Advanced) Model is scheduled to end Dec. 31, 2025.

“We are unfortunately seeing indicators rising again in Europe, suggesting that another wave of infections has begun," according to a new warning from the World Health Organization and European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control. The United States is typically a few weeks behind Europe when it comes to COVID-19 trends.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has launched a new pilot program that aims to streamline medical device development, increase predictability and reduce the time from concept to commercialization.

Burnout is contributing to a potential mass loss of workforce for the healthcare industry, with 25% of clinicians considering switching careers.

Walgreens will acquire the remaining 45% stake in CareCentrix for $392 million, after already acquiring a 55% stake for $330 million.

COVID-19 vaccines were very effective at preventing serious illness and excess deaths in 2021, according to new data from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The vaccines were also linked to considerable cost savings. 

Retail giant Walmart has launched the Healthcare Research Institute as an effort to increase access to clinical research.