Novo Nordisk’s GLP-1 drug Wegovy expanded its label to include the metabolic disorder known as MASH. Analysts say there’s room for many MASH drugs with the treatment landscape expected to shape up to include combinations of therapies bringing different approaches to this fatty liver disease. The post FDA Approval Expands Novo Nordisk’s Wegovy to the…
As climate change-related disasters worsen, the federal government’s shrinking of emergency and disaster preparedness support to state and local governments may leave millions of people vulnerable and unable to recover from natural disasters.
Rising health care costs and the impending expiration of expanded Obamacare subsidies fueled the record-setting government shutdown that ended this week. But there’s another driver of escalating costs and prices playing out in a far broader, more impactful way: the rapid consolidation of insurers, hospital systems, doctors’ groups, and pharmacies into behemoths, effectively giving them…
Endoscopy, the standard for detecting esophageal precancer, is quite an invasive procedure — so a lot of people who should be screened end up never being tested. Lucid Diagnostics is trying to solve this problem by selling a quick, office-based diagnostic. The post This Pill-Size Diagnostic Seeks to Prevent Thousands of Esophageal Cancer Deaths appeared…
Pete Hudson is one of the OGs of digital health. As an emergency room doc he was fed up with his friends bothering him with their medical problems and he created a tool called iTriage, which helped patients figure out what condition they had, and where to go to deal with it. This was fifteen…
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s confirmation hearings for secretary of Health and Human Services are happening Jan. 29 and Jan. 30, and KFF Health News reporters will be watching as the Senate Committee on Finance and the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions ask Kennedy about everything from vaccines to abortion to Medicaid. What…
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. testified before the House Committee on Appropriations and the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee on Wednesday. He faced questions on vaccines, HHS cuts and other issues. The post Congress Scrutinizes RFK Jr. on Budget Cuts, Vaccines and More appeared first on MedCity News.
President Donald Trump has nominated Robert F. Kennedy Jr., an environmental lawyer with no formal medical or public health expertise, as secretary of Health and Human Sciences. Two Senate committees will question Kennedy this week on how his disproven views of science and medicine qualify him to run the $1.7 trillion, 80,000-employee federal health system….
For health systems that are already struggling with capacity and access issues, now is the time to consider specific actions to prepare for this season’s coming surge. The post How Health Systems Can Prepare for the Winter Surge with Virtual Care appeared first on MedCity News.
Here are three key trends that pharma leaders and clinical operations teams should monitor this year, along with a checklist of strategic priorities to stay ahead. The post Navigating 2025: Three Key Trends Shaping the Future of Pharma appeared first on MedCity News.