AnswersNow’s Series B round was led by HealthQuest Capital, with participation from Left Lane Capital and Owl Ventures. The post AnswersNow Raises $40M to Expand Access to Autism Therapy appeared first on MedCity News.
I lived for nine years with ALS while navigating a healthcare system that routinely obscured my own medical reality. But I know that pain is only amplified for individuals without medical expertise like mine. The post We Have a Problem: Even Doctors Struggle to Navigate our Healthcare System appeared first on MedCity News.
When MRD testing evolves from a numerical readout into a definition of clonal behavior, it becomes what clinicians have needed all along: a tool that informs action, not just detection. The post Same Mutation, Different Fate appeared first on MedCity News.
The US’s withdrawal from the WHO marks a significant shift in global health diplomacy
Céline Gounder, KFF Health News’ editor-at-large for public health, discussed a year of changes at the Department of Health and Human Services and its Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on NPR’s 1A on Jan. 22. On CBS News 24/7’s The Daily Report on Jan. 16 and CBS Saturday Morning’s HealthWatch on Jan. 17, Gounder…
About 31,000 Kaiser Permanente healthcare workers plan to launch an open-ended strike over staffing shortages, wages and care access issues — potentially affecting dozens of hospitals and hundreds of clinics in California and Hawaii. While Kaiser blames unions for stalled negotiations, workers say the conflict reflects deeper concerns about patient safety, burnout and health systems’…
EHR vendor exec discusses national survey of practices in which 62% of clinicians and practice managers reported using four or more AI-enabled tools
Alkermes is chasing Takeda Pharmaceutical, whose orexin receptor-targeting pill is on track to become first in a new class of narcolepsy medicines. Blair Jackson, chief operating officer of the neuroscience biotech, says Alkermes’s drug offers advantages and also paves the way to bring orexin agonism to other indications. The post Neuroscience Biotech Alkermes Sees Narcolepsy…
Zarminali’s Series A round was led by Healthier Capital and included participation from General Catalyst and K2 HealthVentures. The post Zarminali Pediatrics Lands $110M to Reshape Pediatric Care appeared first on MedCity News.
Luego de un año de brotes continuos de sarampión que han enfermado a más de 2.400 personas, Estados Unidos está a punto de perder su estatus como país libre de sarampión. Sin embargo, el recién nombrado subdirector principal de los Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades (CDC, por sus siglas en inglés),…