As health and human services secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. wields one of the louder megaphones the federal government has. Yet he insists he doesn’t want to impose his opinions on Americans. “I don’t think people should be taking medical advice from me,” Kennedy told a Democratic congressman in May. Kennedy once expressed different views…
If the amount they pay in premiums doubled, about one in three enrollees in Affordable Care Act Marketplace health plans say they would be “very likely” to look for a lower-premium Marketplace plan (with higher deductibles and co-pays) and one in four would “very likely” go without insurance next year, finds a new survey of…
This survey explores how ACA Marketplace enrollees expect to respond if their premium payments doubled as expected in 2026 when enhanced premium tax credits are set to expire. About a third would very likely look for a lower-cost plan, even if it had higher deductibles, and about a quarter would very likely end up uninsured….
Philips showcased two major imaging innovations at RSNA 2025 — one a CT system that integrates AI into its hardware, and the other a new helium-free MRI model that embeds AI directly into signal acquisition. Both aim to improve image quality, efficiency and ease of integration — but commercial availability and real-world adoption are still…
Pharvaris’s deucrictibant met the main and secondary goals of its Phase 3 test as an on-demand treatment for swelling attacks caused by the rare disease hereditary angioedema. Pharvaris’s capsule could compete against Kalvista Pharmaceuticals’ Ekterly, an HAE pill approved by the FDA over the summer. The post Pharvaris Drug for Rare Swelling Disease Meets Phase…
Health tech companies made several major funding announcements in November. Here is a list of some of the biggest funding rounds. The post 4 Notable Health Tech Funding Announcements in November appeared first on MedCity News.
The growing use of advanced analytics and artificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping this landscape by enabling data-driven process control, predictive manufacturing, and greater transparency across the development lifecycle. The post Data at Work: How Advanced Analytics Are Transforming Cell and Gene Therapy Manufacturing appeared first on MedCity News.
This brief includes data on pregnancy and birth outcomes by race and ethnicity, describes the underlying factors driving disparities, and discusses current policies affecting maternal and infant health disparities.
Data show that children’s vaccination rates, including MMR and seasonal flu vaccines, have declined in recent years largely due to decreases in vaccinations among White and Asian children. At the same time, and despite the declines among White and Asian children, Black and AIAN children remain least likely to have received recommended childhood vaccinations and…
Alejandro Santillan-Garcia teme perder la ayuda que le permite comprar comida. El residente de Austin, de 20 años, calificó el año pasado para recibir beneficios federales de alimentos porque salió del sistema de cuidado temporal (foster care, en inglés) de Texas, al que ingresó cuando era bebé. El Programa de Asistencia Nutricional Suplementaria —conocido como…