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Georgia’s Wellstar Health System confirmed it is laying off 761 corporate, shared services, and administrative employees – representing about 2% of its 35,000-person workforce – while explicitly sparing all frontline doctors, nurses, and clinical care teams, according to multiple media reports.

Heather Dedic Funk, beloved sister, mother, wife, friend, and colleague passed away peacefully on May 18, 2026, after a courageous 3-year battle with colon cancer. “Heather faced every challenge with grace and determination. Through chemo, surgeries, and several clinical trials, she never gave up. Her strength carried her family through the hardest days,” Pat Fitzgerald wrote on a GoFundMe page he set up for her family.

Hyperfine Inc. has announced the formation of a neurosurgery advisory council, a multidisciplinary group of leading neurosurgeons who will provide expertise to help inform the potential role of portable ultra-low-field MRI in neurosurgical applications and shape the future of imaging in neurosurgical care.