The U.S. Government and the World Health Organization
This fact sheet shares information about the World Health Organization (WHO) and U.S. government funding and engagement with WHO.
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Mayo Clinic Platform Program to Help Clinical Digital Health Startups Succeed
[Sponsored] Mayo Clinic has developed a new tool that could speed up the time it takes for digital health companies to validate their tech to hospitals. The post Mayo Clinic Platform Program to Help Clinical Digital Health Startups Succeed appeared first on MedCity News.
Changing the Prostate Cancer Screening Landscape
Large numbers of men could have missed a prostate cancer diagnosis due to Covid-19. Combine that with a rise in prostate cancer and the future looks grim. Ultimately, something in the prostate cancer diagnostic landscape needs to change: but what? The post Changing the Prostate Cancer Screening Landscape appeared first on MedCity News.
Market Acceptance: Key Challenges for Health Tech
In this second of a two-part article, we’ll cover common obstacles and offer insights on how to overcome these barriers to achieve success in the healthcare market. The post Market Acceptance: Key Challenges for Health Tech appeared first on MedCity News.
How Does the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Impact Health and Health Care?
This policy watch provides a short overview of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), describing its history, budget, organizational structure and its major programs and responsibilities.
Dogs Paired With Providers at Hospitals Help Ease Staff and Patient Stress
DENVER — Outside HCA HealthONE Rose medical center, the snow is flying. Inside, on the third floor, there’s a flurry of activity within the labor and delivery unit. “There’s a lot of action up here. It can be very stressful at times,” said Kristina Fraser, an OB-GYN in blue scrubs. Nurses wheel a very pregnant…
Amid Wildfire Trauma, L.A. County Dispatches Mental Health Workers to Evacuees
PASADENA, Calif. — As Fernando Ramirez drove to work the day after the Eaton Fire erupted, smoke darkened the sky, ash and embers rained onto his windshield, and the air smelled of melting rubber and plastic. He pulled to the side of the road and cried at the sight of residents trying to save their…
Maybe AI Doesn’t Read Blueprints
By KIM BELLARD Gosh, who knew that Jan 13 would be an AI day, with at least three major announcements about “blueprints” for its development going forward? Of course, these days every day is an AI day; trying to take in all AI-related news can be overwhelming. But before some other AI news drowns them…
57 new drugs were approved in 2024
That is according to the FDA. Nature Reviews Drug Discovery summarizes the progress to date as follows. The FDA’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER) and Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER) approved 57 new therapeutic drugs (NTD) in 2024. This is slightly above the average of 53 NTDs per year for 2014–2024,…
AstraZeneca, Daiichi Sankyo ADC Lands FDA Approval in Advanced Breast Cancer
AstraZeneca’s Datroway, an antibody drug conjugate (ADC), is now FDA approved for advanced cases of breast cancer that is HR positive and HER2 negative. Datroway targets TROP2, the same cancer protein addressed by Trodelvy, a Gilead Sciences ADC also approved for breast cancer. The post AstraZeneca, Daiichi Sankyo ADC Lands FDA Approval in Advanced Breast…