Culina Health Seeks to Expand Virtual Platform Offering Clinical Nutrition
Startup recently received $7.9 million in funding round led by Healthworx, the investment arm of insurer CareFirst
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Recapping the RFK Jr. Hearings: A Live Discussion With KFF Health News Journalists
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s confirmation hearings for secretary of Health and Human Services are happening Jan. 29 and Jan. 30, and KFF Health News reporters will be watching as the Senate Committee on Finance and the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions ask Kennedy about everything from vaccines to abortion to Medicaid. What…
Skepticism About Vaccines and Response to Bird Flu — The Monitor
This volume shares findings from the latest KFF Tracking Poll on Health Information and Trust, along with updates from Robert Kennedy Jr’s senate hearings. It also examines distrust in public health messaging about bird flu, motivations for sharing information online, and how fraudulent research can sometimes inform AI chatbot models.
Why Blood is Best: Transforming the Diagnostic Journey for Alzheimer’s Disease
As the pool of approved therapies continues to (hopefully) expand, the clinical and diagnostic testing communities need to do a better job at ensuring the right patients move through this journey more quickly – and accurately – to improve their health and prognosis. The post Why Blood is Best: Transforming the Diagnostic Journey for Alzheimer’s…
The Most Overlooked Feature with AI Scribes: Coding Awareness
By insisting on coding-aware AI solutions, health systems can ensure that these technologies fulfill their transformative promise, reducing clinician burnout and administrative burden, improving patient care and communication, and accurately capturing what occurred during an encounter. The post The Most Overlooked Feature with AI Scribes: Coding Awareness appeared first on MedCity News.
A Snapshot of Five Contenders to Combat Infectious Diseases in the Post-Pandemic Landscape
Infectious disease is the focus of the biopharma track at INVEST Pitch Perfect May 20-21 in Chicago. Register today! The post A Snapshot of Five Contenders to Combat Infectious Diseases in the Post-Pandemic Landscape appeared first on MedCity News.
Trump Administration’s Halt of CDC’s Weekly Scientific Report Stalls Bird Flu Studies
The Trump administration has intervened in the release of important studies on the bird flu, as an outbreak escalates across the United States. One of the studies would reveal whether veterinarians who treat cattle have been unknowingly infected by the bird flu virus. Another report documents cases in which people carrying the virus might have…
How to increase patient engagement
Patient engagement still has a long way to go, and hinges on patient access. According to the 2024 Experian State of Patient Access survey, just 28% of patients feel access has improved since the previous years. However, more than half (51%) feel it has remained static. Today’s patients are tech-savvy and have access to more…
Telehealth Companies Boost Ad Spending While Taking on More Complex Medicine
Shannon Sharpe was having one of those 15-minutes-of-internet-infamy moments. Social media blew up in September after the retired Denver Broncos tight end — accidentally, he later said — broadcast some of his intimate activities online. One of his sponsors took advantage of the moment: the telehealth company Ro, which sells a variety of prescription medicines…
Readers Offer Their Takes on the Opioid Crisis, Family Doctor Shortage, and Vaccine Policies
Letters to the Editor is a periodic feature. We welcome all comments and will publish a selection. We edit for length and clarity and require full names. A chronic-pain patient advocate, who has been featured previously in KFF Health News coverage, spoke out on the social platform X about our “Payback: Tracking the Opioid Settlement Cash” project: Oh,…