The Trump administration has moved to end funding for a broad swath of HIV vaccine research, saying current approaches are enough to counter the virus, several scientists and federal health officials say. This story originally ran on CBS News. It may not be republished. Notifications that the funding would not be extended were relayed May…
Despite years of patient complaints and quality-of-care concerns, Ballad Health — the nation’s largest state-sanctioned hospital monopoly — will now be held to a lower standard by the Tennessee government, and state data that holds the monopoly accountable will be kept from the public for two years. Ballad is the only option for hospital care…
WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. — Navajo Nation leaders took turns talking with the U.S. government’s top health official as they hiked along a sandstone ridge overlooking their rural, high-desert town before the morning sun grew too hot. Buu Nygren, president of the Navajo Nation, paused at the edge with Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F….
There’s a fight in the nation’s capital that could affect health care for millions of Americans. At stake is a $42 billion infrastructure program and whether it should continue as planned. The money is for states to build high-speed internet — particularly in rural areas where telehealth currently doesn’t always work. Chief rural health correspondent…
Owen Tripp is CEO of Included Health. It started way back in the 2010s as a second opinion service but now has added telehealth, continuous primary care, behavioral health and guidance for its populations. He’s taken to calling what they do in one personalized healthcare. Underlying all this is a data integration and analytics platform…
Bristol Myers Squibb’s partnership with BioNTech makes it the third big pharma company to strike a deal to gain access to a PD-L1/PD-1 and VEGF bispecific antibody with potential use in drug combinations to treat cancer. The deal calls for the two companies to share in the development of BioNTech’s drug and co-commercialize the asset…
Heranova Lifesciences recently launched a noninvasive blood test to diagnose endometriosis. The standard diagnostic method is laparoscopy, which requires anesthesia, followed by histological confirmation. With its blood test, Heranova seeks to replace the diagnostic function of laparoscopy, thus reserving surgical intervention only for therapeutic purposes. The post How One Startup Is Aiming to Replace Surgery…
Wisp is now offering at-home testing for Chlamydia, Gonorrhea, Trichomaniasis and Mycoplasma Genitalium. The post Wisp Unveils Diagnostics Arm appeared first on MedCity News.
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The House of Representatives recently passed a budget reconciliation bill that would appropriate funding for cost-sharing reductions that insurers are required to provide to low-income enrollees in the Affordable Care Act marketplace. This brief explains what these cost-sharing reductions are, how they relate to federal spending, and what effect appropriating funding might have on premiums…