Novartis’s Fabhalta is the first FDA-approved therapy for C3 glomerulopathy. But Apellis Pharmaceuticals’ Empaveli has superior clinical data, and that drug has been submitted for FDA review in the same rare kidney disease as well as another one that does not yet have an approved therapy. The post Novartis Nabs First FDA Nod in Rare…
That is according to a paper by Wolff et al. (2025). They use 2011-2022 data from the National Health and Aging Trends Study (NHATS) linked to data from the National Study of Caregiving (NSOC). Using these data, they find. …the numbers of family caregivers providing help to older adults increased by nearly six million between…
ZEM Life is developing a smartwatch that can deliver Narcan to combat a fentanyl overdose. The post How One Company Aims to Save Lives with Its Smartwatch appeared first on MedCity News.
A growing number of states have made it easier for doctors who trained in other countries to get medical licenses, a shift supporters say could ease physician shortages in rural areas. The changes involve residency programs — the supervised, hands-on training experience that doctors must complete after graduating medical school. Until recently, every state required…
Providence spun off its venture capital arm and renamed it Allumia Ventures. The newly independent venture capital firm also recently closed its third fund, in which Providence invested $150 million. Allumia is looking to grow the fund by inviting 3-5 other health systems to be limited partner investors. The post Providence Spun Out Its VC…
On a Sunday morning in late July, Crothall housekeeper Amari Alston couldn’t open the door to a patient’s room at Novant Health Presbyterian Medical Center in Charlotte, N.C. She has visited the patient the previous day and made it a point to make an early visit to this patient. But when the door handle wouldn’t…
Federal law requires that all nonprofit hospitals have financial assistance policies — also known as “charity care” — to reduce or expunge people’s medical bills. New research from Dollar For, an organization dedicated to helping people get access to charity care, suggests that fewer than one-third of people who qualify for charity care actually receive…
If you get sick in America, there’s a good chance you’ll end up in debt. Four in 10 U.S. adults have some form of health-care debt, KFF has found. One surprising risk: living in a community where hospitals have consolidated — an increasingly common development as health systems merge or large systems gobble up smaller hospitals. That’s…
Today’s patients want and deserve a more efficient and high-tech experience and the next generation of providers are no different. These upgrades can improve our productivity and enhance the quality of our patients’ lives. The post Disrupting Legacy Systems: Preparing for the Next Generation of Health Tech appeared first on MedCity News.
This brief provides an overview of DACA and who DACA recipients are and provides estimates of health coverage, work status, and income among individuals who meet eligibility criteria for DACA.