When the Trump administration cut more than $11 billion in covid-era funds to states in late March, addiction recovery programs suffered swift losses. An Indiana organization that employs people in recovery to help peers with substance use disorders and mental illness was forced to lay off three workers. A Texas digital support service for people…
By MIKE MAGEE The Pope’s passing interrupted an epic battle between Trump and the rest of the civilized world over whether America remains a society “under the law.” Critical to the rule of law is the principle of “Due Process,” as described in not one, but two Amendments to our Constitution. The Fifth Amendment states…
Perhaps this is what President Trump is exploring. Reuters reports: Drugmakers have been warned that the Trump Administration is considering linking U.S. medicine prices to lower amounts paid by other developed countries, according to two company sources who called the option the pharmaceutical industry’s top concern.Both sources, who were not authorized to speak publicly, said…
Nourish’s Series B round was led by J.P. Morgan Private Capital’s Growth Equity Partners. In total, the company has raised $115 million. The post Nourish Lands $70M to Fight Chronic Disease with Nutrition Care appeared first on MedCity News.
Contraline released promising new trial data showing that its male contraceptive gel has demonstrated safety and efficacy in the first two trial participants to reach the two-year mark. The company is aiming to earn the product’s FDA approval by the end of 2028, according to CEO Kevin Eisenfrats. The post Trial Data Shows ‘IUD for…
This factsheet discusses breast cancer screening and prevention services, and reviews the scope of private and public insurance coverage, as well as access to those services for women in the US.
At Spring NAACOS meeting, Ascension’s Pranali Trivedi spoke about how their electronic clinical quality measure strategy goes beyond the MSSP
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Etiome’s precision medicine approach introduces a temporal component to treating disease — drugs developed specifically to treat disease at particular points in time even before symptoms show. The Flagship Pioneering startup’s approach offers the potential to prevent disease; in cases where disease is already present, Etiome aims to halt or even reverse it. The post…
Ben Zeskind, co-founder, president and CEO of Immuneering, is attempting a new approach to treat certain types of cancers. If it works, there will be a vast improvement in the quality of life of cancer patients. The post MedCity Pivot: What if Pancreatic Cancer Became a Chronic Disease? appeared first on MedCity News.
