Researchers racing to develop bird flu vaccines for humans have turned to a cutting-edge technology that enabled the rapid development of lifesaving covid shots. There’s a catch: The mRNA technology faces growing doubts among Republicans, including people around President Donald Trump. Legislation aimed to ban or limit mRNA vaccines was introduced this year by GOP…
Neurotech Pharmaceuticals’ surgically implanted cell and gene therapy, Encelto, is now FDA approved to treat macular telangectasia type 2 (MacTel). It’s the first therapy for this rare retinal degeneration disorder. The post Gene Therapy in an Implant: Neurotech Lands First FDA Approval in Rare Vision Disorder appeared first on MedCity News.
Healthcare organizations are starting to implement AI agents — autonomous, task-specific systems designed to perform functions with little or no human intervention. While initial adoption is focused mainly on non-clinical areas like scheduling and prior authorizations, experts predict that AI agents could eventually play a role in clinical decision-making, provided they meet rigorous safety and…
With Sunrise’s women’s health program, the company can support women battling sleep issues due to conditions like pregnancy, polycystic ovary syndrome, perimenopause, menopause and premenstrual syndrome. The post Sunrise Introduces Sleep Offering Tailored to Women appeared first on MedCity News.
Providing affordable point-of-care diagnostic tools can be instrumental in quickly and efficiently assessing the well-being of all people, especially pregnant mothers. This can empower healthcare providers to be better diagnosticians and improve overall patient care, particularly for those at risk. The post Navigating Diagnostic Deserts: How Portable Ultrasound is Improving Maternal Healthcare in Africa appeared…
While the drop in drug overdose deaths is promising, and could potentially be partially attributed to the efforts of the federal government, we must remain cognizant about the sheer number of lives we continue to lose every year to overdose. The post Buprenorphine Access Still Lags, Even After Major Federal Policy Changes appeared first on…
Lavonia Thomas, nursing informatics officer at MD Anderson Cancer Center, hopes that nurses will gain more access to ambient listening tools that listen in on patient conversations and then generate summaries for documentation purposes. These AI tools have become popular among physicians in the past couple years. The post This Hospital Exec Wants Nurses Should…
Shareholders could also get another $2.7 billion from future sale(s) of VillageMD assets.
The U.S. public health system has long been under strain, stymied by declines in funding as well as employees. And so state and local public health departments around the nation — tasked with monitoring and responding to disease outbreaks that threaten to sicken the masses — have relied on workers from the Centers for Disease…
J&J said aticaprant showed insufficient efficacy in a Phase 3 test in major depressive disorder. The disappointing result follows the Phase 3 failure of a Neumora Therapeutics drug that addresses the same central nervous system target. The post Johnson & Johnson Discontinues Pivotal Depression Drug Trial Due to Lack of Efficacy appeared first on MedCity…