A surgical team at NYU Langone Health in New York City completed the world's first whole eye and partial face transplant.

Monica Bertagnolli, MD, has begun her tenure as 17th director of the National Institutes of Health.

From prescription drone delivery to primary care memberships, here are five Amazon moves that physicians should know and Becker's has covered since Oct. 18:

Tanya Phares, DO, has been appointed health officer of Sonoma County, Calif., which encompasses more than 30 cities.

Here are five private equity transactions to know that Becker's has reported on since Oct. 11:

California is the state with the most practicing emergency medicine physicians, according to recent data from KFF:

Amazon is now offering Prime members a discounted membership to One Medical, Amazon's membership-based primary care provider.

One-quarter of medical students in the U.S. are considering quitting their studies, a figure that compares to 12% worldwide, according to a report by Elsevier Health.

Here are the most common specialties by state and in the District and Columbia, according to recent data from KFF:

The average cost of employing a provider full time in the third quarter of this year was $611,194, representing a rising cost of labor, according to data from Kaufman Hall.

Henri Ford, MD, dean and chief academic officer of the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine and an internationally recognized pediatric surgeon, was recently named the 104th president of the American College of Surgeons.

House Republicans wrote a letter to the FDA seeking an explanation for ongoing supply chain issues and drug shortages, The Hill reported Nov. 3. 

Recent changes in reporting of medical debt has eliminated medical debt in collections from approximately 15 million Americans in the last year, according to data from Urban Institute, a nonprofit research organization.

The physician shortage is limiting access to care for millions of Americans and requires swift action before the shortage grows even more, the American Medical Association reported Nov. 6.

Medical Specialists of the Palm Beaches has acquired Boca Raton, Fla.-based concierge medicine practice Colton and Kaminetsky.

Marlton, N.J.-based Consensus Health has added five physician practices to its medical group.

Family physicians who have adopted value-based payment models reported less burnout, according to a recent study from the American Academy of Family Physicians.

The median compensation earned by physicians in the third quarter was $358,753, up $7,253 compared to the same period last year, according to data from Kaufman Hall.

Chris Spoja, DO, has been named chief medical officer of Bozeman (Mont.) Health, the Bozeman Daily Chronicle reported Nov. 2.

The average revenue earned by physicians and advanced practice providers via treating patients is on the rise, according to data from Kaufman Hall.