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Anthony S. Fauci, MD, head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, and Tom Frieden, MD, CDC director, called on Congress for immediate funding to fight the Zika epidemic, according to NBC.

The healthcare industry is booming, adding almost a half million new employees last year. Fortune compiled a Best Companies to Work For list.

Many physicians don't think the current fee-for-service model is aligned with providing high-quality healthcare and are cautiously optimistic about new payment models, according to a survey by Fidelity Investments and the National Business Group on Health.

Cleveland Clinic surgeons removed the nation's first transplanted uterus from a 26-year-old woman, declaring it a failure, according to abc6 WATE.

Physicians topped Glassdoor's 2015 list for highest paying jobs, according to The Chicago Tribune.

With healthcare trending toward value-based care, more patients are seeking care at urgent care centers as well as retail clinic.

On March 8, federal officials reported prescription drug spending is exceeding overall national healthcare spending, according to The Hill.

The National Quality Forum wrote recommendations for organizations to establish better health IT guidelines, according to Health IT Analytics.

Three Swedish Medical Center former surgery patients are suing the Denver-based hospital after a former surgical tech exposed the patients and nearly 3,000 others to HIV and hepatitis B, C, according to Fox News.

The majority of providers are not ready for the transition to value-based care, as found in a recent HIMSS survey, according to Health Data Management.