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A time of recovery and rebuilding: Kootenai Health faces financial challenge head on
COEUR d’ALENE — Kootenai Health is not for sale, nor is it on the brink of financial collapse. The hospital and health care system is, however, facing a significant financial challenge, one driven by a national health care staffing crisis that Kootenai Health CEO Jon Ness has been alerting the community to for months. At …
Embattled OHSU faces possible strike of 7,400 health and support workers
Already deep into what its top executive calls “crisis mode” over financial losses, Oregon Health & Science University now has another problem: About 7,400 respiratory therapists, pharmacists, and other employees on Friday voted overwhelmingly to authorize their bargaining teams to call a strike. About 94% of workers represented by AFSCME Local 328 voted to authorize …
Another Enjoy Technology CFO out as it faces cash crisis
Listen to the article 3 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: Enjoy Technology’s interim chief financial officer, Cal Hoagland, resigned from the company effective June 1, according to a securities filing. The departure follows that of previous CFO Fareed Khan, who left in April. The company did …
The 3 Faces of Barbados, Part 2 – The Laid Back South Coast
The three faces of Barbados, the beautiful eastern-most island in the Caribbean, offer more diversity than holiday locations far larger than the country’s 14 by 21 miles. “Laid-back” and “great value” characterize the island’s second face: Barbados’ South Coast, where sugar-white beaches are plentiful, night life active, and holiday rentals reasonable in price. Part 2 …
Macron faces a tough fight as France votes on Sunday
Macron leads in opinion polls but Le Pen closes in Voting starts at 0600 GMT, exit polls due at 1800 GMT PARIS, April 10 (Reuters) – France votes on Sunday in the first round of a presidential election, with far-right candidate Marine Le Pen posing an unexpected threat to President Emmanuel Macron’s re-election hopes. Until …
Oregon Faces Public Health Nurse Shortage
Over the past two years, the COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the role public health officials play in Oregon. But a new report released this week says the state’s 32 county-based health agencies are facing a staffing crisis. The study found Oregon’s licensing system makes it difficult for nurses from other states to come here to …
NASA’s big rocket faces its last test before launching
Enlarge / NASA’s large rocket will undergo a dress rehearsal this weekend. NASA After two weeks of preparatory work on the launch pad at Kennedy Space Center, NASA is ready to put its large new rocket and its complex plumbing system to the test. This will be the final major rehearsal before the space agency …
Doctors fighting racial health disparities faces threats, harassment
Dr. Aletha Maybank joined the American Medical Association as its first chief health equity officer in 2019, determined to fight racial disparities in medicine. That work grew more urgent in 2020 as the Covid-19 pandemic exposed deadly inequities in health care, and as George Floyd’s murder turned the country’s attention to the pervasiveness of systemic …
Tencent Faces Possible Record Fine for Anti-Money-Laundering Violations
HONG KONG—Chinese technology giant Tencent Holdings Ltd. TCEHY -5.19% is facing a potential record fine for violations of some central bank regulations by its WeChat Pay mobile network, as Beijing toughens its regulations for fintech platforms, according to people familiar with the matter. Financial regulators recently discovered that WeChat Pay had flouted China’s anti-money-laundering rules …
Biogen faces tough questions on $56K-a-year price of new Alzheimer’s drug
A person skateboards past Biogen Inc. headquarters in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on Monday, June 7, 2021. Adam Glanzman | Bloomberg | Getty Images Biogen on Tuesday faced tough questions from Wall Street analysts over the $56,000 annual cost of its newly approved Alzheimer’s drug, Aduhelm – a price tag executives are calling “fair” and “responsible.” Shares …
