LANSING, Mich. — Christina Starks-Clay doesn’t know how “Medicare for All” would work exactly, but she’s willing to bet it’d be better than what she has now. Standing in line for U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed’s town hall in the state’s capital in September, she whipped out her phone to pull up a screenshot. It…
A data safety monitoring board recommended pausing the Phase 2b test of Pliant’s bexotegrast, an experimental treatment for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. The move follows a prespecified data review, the company said. The post Pliant Therapeutics Presses Pause on Clinical Trial for Lung Disorder Drug appeared first on MedCity News.
Durante la práctica de porristas en abril, Karter, la hija de Jana Duey que cursa el sexto grado, sufrió una conmoción cerebral cuando cayó de cabeza desde varios pies de altura sobre una colchoneta en el gimnasio. Días después, la joven aún tenía dolor de cabeza, mareos y sensibilidad a la luz y al ruido….
This brief provides an overview of health coverage of noncitizen children to provide greater insight into the potential role of Immigrant Children’s Health Improvement Act (ICHIA) coverage in limiting the 2025 reconciliation law’s impact on coverage for lawfully present immigrant children.
More than a million times a year, a U.S. surgeon slices open a knee, strips out worn cartilage, caps the leg bones with metal, and drops in a plastic spacer to allow the new joint to glide. While knee replacement procedures have become standard, however, the prices charged have not. At Catawba Valley Medical Center…
[Sponsored] By reducing administrative burden and redesigning workflows around human needs, it creates space for what matters most: connection between clinicians and patients. The post Inside an Automated Healthcare Practice: Redesigning Care Around People, Not Paperwork appeared first on MedCity News.
Many experts – be they venture capitalists or private equity investprs – shared their advice to biotech entrepreneurs navigating a tough funding envornment. The post How Can Startups Navigate the Difficult Funding Environment appeared first on MedCity News.
Telephone interpreting mentioned as especially challenging in complex medical situations, researchers say
New report notes that today’s physician leaders are expected to help set enterprise strategy, share accountability for financial outcomes, lead technology transformations, and reshape how care is delivered
As the federal government reworks rules for a $42 billion broadband expansion program, millions of Americans live in places where there aren’t enough health care providers and internet speeds aren’t good enough for telehealth. A KFF Health News analysis found people in these “dead zones” live sicker and die younger on average than their peers…