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58 HEALTHCARE NEWS 11 greatest healthcare leaders in 2021, per Fortune By Hannah Mitchell A mid the COVID-19 pandemic, some healthcare leaders have risen to the top as the greatest in the world, ac- cording to a May 13 report in Fortune. mRNA-vaccine pioneers: BioNTech's co- founders Ugur Sahin, MD, PhD, and Ozlem Tureci, MD; Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla, PhD; and Moderna CEO Stephane Bancel all con- tributed to the technology behind Pfizer's and Moderna's COVID-19 shots becoming widely available to the public. Seth Berkley, MD. CEO of Gavi, the Vac- cine Alliance: Gavi is a collaborative effort of healthcare organizations that has saved millions of children from dying of prevent- able diseases. Aparna Hegde, MD. Founder and Chair of Armman: Dr. Hegde witnessed many horrors delivering babies at a government hospital in Mumbai, India. at's what led her in 2008 to found Armman, an organiza- tion focused on bettering outcomes through the use of low-cost technology. Kate Bingham. Head of the U.K.'s Vaccine Taskforce: Ms. Bingham, a venture capitalist focused on biotech and healthcare start- ups, headed the U.K.'s Vaccine Taskforce, the group charged with ensuring Britain obtained enough COVID-19 vaccines. Ala Stanford, MD. Founder of Black Doc- tors COVID-19 Consortium: Dr. Stanford is a pediatric surgeon in the Philadelphia suburbs who spent the early days of the pan- demic trying to provide COVID-19 tests to the area's communities of color. She founded a nonprofit to treat the city's most vulnerable and underserved populationsand to improve vaccine equity that has eluded the U.S. Diana Berrent. Founder of Survivor Corps: Survivor Corps began with the goal of mobilizing plasma donations. It now has partners across the healthcare industry and is involved in helping patients access antibody treatments, supporting clinical studies and developing diagnostic standards for "long" COVID-19. Ching-Hon Pui, MD. Chair of Oncology at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital (Memphis, Tenn.): Dr. Pui has spent his entire career at St. Jude, perfecting the treat- ment that now cures more than 90 percent of children diagnosed with acute lympho- blastic leukemia. Just as importantly, he has shared that life-saving knowledge, publish- ing nine books and more than 1,000 medical papers, book chapters and monographs. Epidemiologists of Social Media: Jes- sica Malaty Rivera, an infectious disease epidemiologist and the science communica- tion lead for e Atlantic's COVID Tracking Project, regularly conducts Q&As via Insta- gram. Ellie Murray, is known for animating illustrations in her educational videos. n Mayo Clinic Health System to close 6 clinics By Molly Gamble M ayo Clinic Health System is closing six clinics in Iowa, Minnesota and Wisconsin because of low patient volumes. The one clinic in Iowa and four in Minnesota will close immediately, while the Wisconsin clinic will close Jan. 1, 2022. The clinics are in Armstrong, Iowa; Lake Crystal, Sherburn, Trimont, Truman, Minn.; and Elmwood, Wis. The facilities have remained closed or only partially opened since March 2020, when the pandemic forced them to temporarily suspend operations. The Wisconsin clinic resumed operations one day per week; the rest of the locations never reopened. Mayo Clinic Health System said the clinics experienced low patient volume for an extended period of time before the pandemic, with most of the facilities open for limited services one to two days a week. The health system said the transition will be seamless for patients and staff, who will see providers and deliver care at Mayo Clinic Health System clinics in nearby com- munities. n Amazon may expand into diagnostics By Alia Paavola Amazon is planning to launch a business that will offer at-home medical tests, Insider reported May 17. The new brand, Diagnostics, would first offer testing kits for COVID-19. Eventually, Amazon plans to expand the business to offer testing kits for other diseases, such as sexually transmitted infections. People familiar with the new brand said Amazon's long- term goal is to offer clinical genomics and launch a third- party marketplace that sells medical tests from other companies. The plans are still in an early phase, and the launch could get delayed or canceled entirely, Insider reported. The new business builds on Amazon's foray into health- care. The e-commerce giant recently launched Amazon Care, a telehealth service for employees and clients, developed a health wearable called Halo and launched an employee wellness program called WorkingWell. The company also runs a pharmacy business, Amazon Pharmacy. n