HHS Expands Newborn Screening to Include Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy and Metachromatic Leukodystrophy
The additions would help earlier diagnosis and treatment for affected children
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What the Health? From KFF Health News: New Year, Same Health Fight
The Host Julie Rovner KFF Health News @jrovner @julierovner.bsky.social Read Julie’s stories. Julie Rovner is chief Washington correspondent and host of KFF Health News’ weekly health policy news podcast, “What the Health?” A noted expert on health policy issues, Julie is the author of the critically praised reference book “Health Care Politics and Policy A…
The Long Road to Adoption: What Founders Need to Know Before Breaking into Health Tech
Many great ideas fail because of a fundamental misunderstanding or underestimation of the unique barriers entrenched within healthcare. Here are some key considerations that innovators from non-healthcare backgrounds need to be prepared for. The post The Long Road to Adoption: What Founders Need to Know Before Breaking into Health Tech appeared first on MedCity News.
The Status of President Trump’s Pause of Foreign Aid and Implications for PEPFAR and other Global Health Programs
This policy watch provides an overview of the Trump administration’s executive order to pause all foreign aid programs, including for global health, and related actions to date.
COO of Mayo Clinic Platform Believes De-identified Data Leads to Loss of Utility for Pharma, Other Third Parties
Mayo Clinic has about 100 petabytes of structured and unstructured EHR data, and about 28 petabytes have been de-identified, but in the Mayo Clinic way. Now that data capability is being combined with institutional expertise to provide a compelling case for pharma companies looking to leverage data, AI and provider expertise in drug development The…
Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson and James Robinson win 2024 Nobel Prize in Economics
The Nobel Prize committee summarizes their contributions as follows: Some countries become trapped in a situation with extractive institutions and low economic growth. The introduction of inclusive institutions would create long-term benefits for everyone, but extractive institutions provide short-term gains for the people in power. As long as the political system guarantees they will remain…
What to Know About the Older Americans Act and the Services it Provides to Older Adults
The Trump administration is proposing a reorganization and staffing cuts at HHS that create uncertainty about the potential effects on older adults, who receive services authorized under the Older Americans Act. This brief provides an overview of programs and services provided under the Older Americans Act, the role played by the Administration for Community Living…
KFF Health News’ ‘What the Health?’: Next on Kennedy’s List? Preventive Care and Vaccine Harm
The Host Julie Rovner KFF Health News @jrovner @julierovner.bsky.social Read Julie’s stories. Julie Rovner is chief Washington correspondent and host of KFF Health News’ weekly health policy news podcast, “What the Health?” A noted expert on health policy issues, Julie is the author of the critically praised reference book “Health Care Politics and Policy A…
A New Future for DNA
By KIM BELLARD As a DNA-based creature myself, I’m always fascinated by DNA’s remarkable capabilities. Not just all the ways that life has found to use it, but our ability to find new ways to take advantage of them. I’ve written about DNA as a storage medium, as a neural network, as a computer, in…
Nearly 7,000 US Healthcare Devices & Records Are Exposed to the Public Internet, Research Shows
New research shows that there are more than 14,000 unique IP addresses across the globe exposing patients’ potentially sensitive medical information on the public internet. Nearly half of these exposures are in the U.S. The post Nearly 7,000 US Healthcare Devices & Records Are Exposed to the Public Internet, Research Shows appeared first on MedCity…