Tag Archives: U.S.

VACUUMSCHMELZE (VAC) and General Motors (GM) Announce Plans to Build a New Magnet Factory in the U.S. to Support EV Growth

Hanau – VAC and GM announced plans for VAC to build a plant in the U.S. that will manufacture permanent magnets for the electric motors used in GM’s electric vehicles using Ultium-Platform. The new plant would plan to use locally sourced raw materials. “We are building a resilient and sustainable EV manufacturing value chain in… Read More »

U.S. News hospital rankings to include new categories, examine equity

Dive Brief: U.S. News & World Report’s annual best hospitals rankings will include a number of new categories and other tweaks when the 2021-2022 list comes out July 27, according to a statement released Wednesday. The publication is ranking hospitals on seven new procedures and conditions, including heart attack, stroke, pneumonia, diabetes, kidney failure, hip… Read More »

The Healthiest Communities in the U.S. After the Pandemic – U.S. News & Aetna Foundation’s Post-COVID Lists

Some of America’s least-healthy communities are also those that index greater for vaccine hesitancy and other risks for well-being, found in U.S. News & World Report’s 2021 Healthiest Communities Rankings. U.S. News collaborated with the Aetna Foundation, CVS Health’s philanthropic arm, in this fourth annual list of the top geographies for well-being in the U.S.… Read More »

U.S. to Spend $3.2 Billion to Help Develop Antiviral Pills for COVID

By Ernie Mundell and Robin Foster HealthDay Reporters FRIDAY, June 18, 2021 — After spending billions to speed the creation of COVID-19 vaccines, the United States said Thursday that it will now devote $ 3.2 billion to the development of antiviral pills that could stop the new coronavirus before it does its worst damage. Along… Read More »