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The Niagara (Wis.) Health Center recently celebrated two decades in service along with Spine Pain Diagnostics Associates in Mequon, Wis., according to UpMatters.com.

American Medical Association CEO James Madara, MD, sent a letter to Homeland Security Secretary John F. Kelly to voice its concerns over President Donald Trump's executive order, "Protecting the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry into the United States."

Susan DeVore published an article in Health Affairs examining expectations for the healthcare industry under the new president and Republican Congress, which has 18 months to pass healthcare legislation before the next midterm election.

Here are seven updates from the past month to note.

Senate Finance Committee Republicans responded to Democrats' refusal to vote on two of President Donald Trump's cabinet nominees by "suspending" committee rules, according to a CNN Politics report.

In its annual report, the Healthcare Supply Chain Association found group purchasing organizations are benefiting the healthcare industry.

Stamford, Conn.-based Fujifilm Medical Systems USA received FDA premarket approval for its Digital Breast Tomosynthesis software.

In a slew of recent orders, President Donald Trump nominated Judge Neil Gorsuch, a federal appeals court judge in Colorado, to fill the Supreme Court position vacated by Justice Antonin Scalia last year.

Protenus and Databreaches.net published the 2016 healthcare data breach report in January, showing there were more than 27 million healthcare records stolen last year, according to HIPAA Journal.

Smoking comprises nearly 6 percent of the world's healthcare spending, according to a new study from the World Health Organization.