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Hearing assistance dogs are changing lives

Tall or short, active or subdued, scruffy or carefully coiffed, dogs most definitely make good companions. But for some, our furry, four-legged friends are much more than house pets, they are actual lifesavers, providing service for individuals with a wide range of disabilities including those who are deaf or hard of hearing. Hearing dogs help… Read More »

Dignity, CHI delay merger 1 month

Brief Published Dec. 24, 2018 Dive Brief: San Francisco-based Dignity Health and Englewood, Colorado-based Catholic Health Initiatives said they will delay the closing of their merger by a month to give them time to finalize combining operations, gain certifications and tend to other administrative matters. The union will create a Catholic powerhouse health system, the… Read More »

Pfizer, Merck KGaA's Bavencio takes a hit with second ovarian cancer failure

Back in November, Pfizer and Merck KGaA reported that immuno-oncology drug Bavencio had failed a late-stage ovarian cancer trial. And now the companies can make it two. Friday, the partners said they’d scrapped a phase 3 study examining Bavencio in combination with and/or after chemo in previously untreated patients after the drug showed it couldn’t… Read More »