HHS offers $50M to help providers patch ransomware vulnerabilities

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on Monday announced a new funding commitment designed to improve hospital cyber resiliency.

The new National Institutes of Health initiative, Universal PatchinG and Remediation for Autonomous DEfense, or UPGRADE, will invest more than $50 million for the development of tools that protect hospital operations, keep medical devices secure and help ensure the continuity of patient care, according…