Erica Schwartz, President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, expressed support for vaccines — including mRNA-based covid shots — in a Senate hearing on Wednesday, though she didn’t dispel concerns the agency has lost any independence from the White House. “I have been vaccinating people throughout my entire career…
Medicare margins are expected to stay above 3 percent in 2026
In this JAMA Health Forum post, KFF’s Larry Levitt outlines four reasons why high drug prices are in the spotlight more than hospital prices, even though hospitals accounted for 40% of the growth in national health spending from 2022 to 2024, and explores the potential for policy action to restrain them.
Eli Lilly’s AtaiBeckley acquisition marks a dozen M&A deals for the pharma company so far this year. AtaiBeckley’s lead program is an intranasally administered psychedelic drug in pivotal testing for treatment-resistant depression. The post Lilly Expands Its Mind to Psychedelics With $2.8B AtaiBeckley Acquisition appeared first on MedCity News.
This month, the World Health Organization (WHO) released its annual report on cancer titled Global status report on cancer 2026: the future we choose together. I provide a high level Q&A summary of see key statistics. How many cancer cases were there in 2024? “In 2024, there were 20.6 million new cancer cases worldwide5 (19.5…
Through collaboration, Alliance members identify and validate commercialization opportunities to address issues shared across the network
This is not an argument against capital in independent medicine. Practices need infrastructure, and physicians have legitimate reasons to seek liquidity. It is an argument that the exit stage carries a risk this market has not yet priced. The post What Happens to Independent Medicine When Private Equity Shows Up With a Checkbook appeared first…
Amid changes to federal oversight of nursing homes during the Trump administration — including rescinding the nursing home staffing rule issued by the Biden administration, prioritizing inspections that are triggered by complaints over routine inspections, and suspending the deadline to report detailed ownership information — this issue brief provides an overview of the nursing home…
If we do not get this right, we may inadvertently cause a new sarcopenia epidemic while congratulating ourselves on solving obesity. The post GLP-1s Are Working — Now Medicine Needs to Measure What Matters appeared first on MedCity News.
For years, the healthcare industry treated data collection as the main challenge. The next phase is about interpretation, coordination, and operational usability. The post Building AI-Ready Public Health Data Systems for Faster, Safer Decisions appeared first on MedCity News.