Mount Sinai Center to Combine AI, Data Science, Genomics
Facility will initially house approximately 40 principal investigators, alongside 250 graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, computer scientists, and support staff
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KFF Health News’ ‘What the Health?’: Public Health and the Dairy Cow in the Room
The Host Julie Rovner KFF Health News @jrovner Read Julie’s stories. Julie Rovner is chief Washington correspondent and host of KFF Health News’ weekly health policy news podcast, “What the Health?” A noted expert on health policy issues, Julie is the author of the critically praised reference book “Health Care Politics and Policy A to…
Roche Expands Its Scope in Allogeneic Cell Therapy With $1B Poseida Therapeutics Acquisition
Roche is acquiring Poseida Therapeutics, a biotech developing allogeneic cell therapies for cancers and immunological indications. The two companies have been partners in hematological malignancies since 2022. The post Roche Expands Its Scope in Allogeneic Cell Therapy With $1B Poseida Therapeutics Acquisition appeared first on MedCity News.
What to Know Ahead of the Supreme Court Case on Youth Access to Gender Affirming Care
This brief provides background on gender affirming care and state bans, explains the legal challenge to the Tennessee law, and explores the potential Supreme Court ruling and impact on access across the country.
The Promise and Challenge of GLP-1 Medications: Ensuring ROI in Obesity Care
Pricy GLP-1 medications are here to stay — let’s focus on turning their potential into lasting, meaningful impact. The post The Promise and Challenge of GLP-1 Medications: Ensuring ROI in Obesity Care appeared first on MedCity News.
Efforts To Curb ACA Enrollment Fraud Face Real-World Test
The current Affordable Care Act open enrollment season is the first big test of new federal guardrails against fraud. The rules aim to head off unauthorized ACA plan enrollments or switches by rogue agents and entities looking to make money via enrollment commissions. Such sign-ups triggered more than 274,000 consumer complaints through August this year….
AI-Powered Insights for Personalized Customer Experiences: The Art of Data-Driven Engagement
While advanced analytics and AI can unlock unprecedented insights, it’s the thoughtful application of these insights that transforms routine interactions between pharmaceutical representatives and healthcare providers into lasting relationships. The post AI-Powered Insights for Personalized Customer Experiences: The Art of Data-Driven Engagement appeared first on MedCity News.
Concerns Over Fluoride in Water and Free Speech Violations – KFF Health Misinformation Monitor
This volume of the Monitor explores the growing opposition to water fluoridation, how misinformation about COVID-19 vaccines is influencing public health policies and trust in health authorities, and the balance between free speech and mitigating health misinformation.
Make America Healthy Again: An Unconventional Movement That May Have Found Its Moment
Within days of Donald Trump’s election victory, health care entrepreneur Calley Means turned to social media to crowdsource advice. “First 100 days,” said Means, a former consultant to Big Pharma who uses the social platform X to focus attention on chronic disease. “What should be done to reform the FDA?” The question was more than…
Florida’s Deloitte-Run Computer System Cut Off New Moms Entitled to Medicaid
In mid-May, Mandi Rokx had a 3-month-old baby and a letter from a Florida agency warning that they both would be cut from Medicaid, the health insurance program for people with low incomes or disabilities. Under a Florida law passed in 2021, Rokx was supposed to receive 12 months of continuous coverage after giving birth….