On the heels of a scuttled hospital merger between rivals in Terre Haute, Indiana, a state senator introduced a bill that would forbid similar mergers in the future. Last year, nonprofit Union Health tried to acquire the only other acute care hospital in Vigo County by leveraging a state law it helped create that allows…
Phase 2 data for Cargo Therapeutics’ CD22-targeting cell therapy show low durability and cases of a severe immune response, some that were classified as grade 4 or 5 serious adverse events. Cargo is discontinuing the study and shifting focus to a different cell therapy on track to begin Phase 1 testing in mid-2025. The post…
Controversial figure Robert F. Kennedy has been announced as Trump’s HHS Secretary nominee
Company lands $3 million in seed funding led by Canvas Ventures with participation from CoFound Partners, StoryHouse Ventures and several individual investors
Doctor’s offices are the front door of the American healthcare system. We owe it to them to support H.R. 2474 and put an end to annual Congressional stop-gap spending bills. The post Medicare Reimbursement for Doctors is in Critical Condition appeared first on MedCity News.
By MIKE MAGEE “The recently announced limitation from the NIH on grants is an example that will significantly reduce essential funding for research at Emory.” Gregory L. Fenes, President, Emory University In 1900, the U.S. life expectancy was 47 years. Between maternal deaths in child birth and infectious disease, it is no wonder that…
During a panel discussion at the MedCity News INVEST Digital Health Conference, executives shared the top challenges they’re facing in the consumer diagnostic testing space. These challenges include funding and encouraging behavior change. The post What Are the Challenges in Building a Consumer-Focused Diagnostic Testing Startup? appeared first on MedCity News.
La disponibilidad de vacunas seguras y eficaces contra covid a menos de un año del inicio de la pandemia marcó un hito en los tres siglos de historia de la vacunación: comenzaba, aparentemente, una era de protección contra las enfermedades infecciosas. Sin embargo, una reacción generalizada contra las intervenciones del estado en la salud pública…
Un brote de sarampión está diseminándose en un condado de Texas que tiene tasas de vacunación peligrosamente bajas. A fines de enero, dos niños escolares del condado de Gaines fueron internados con sarampión. Ya que se estima que 1 de cada 5 personas con la enfermedad termina en el hospital, los dos casos sugirieron un…
On the eastern plains of Colorado, in a county of less than 6,000 people, Lincoln Health runs the only hospital within a 75-minute drive. The facility struggles financially, given its small size and the area’s tiny population. But for over a decade, the Hugo, Colorado-based health system has remained afloat partially thanks to a surprising…