Join us Thursday, October 24, at 1pm ET for a webinar sponsored by Personify Health on how employers navigate the intricate challenges posed by rising healthcare costs while prioritizing employee health and well-being. The post How Do Employers Address Rising Healthcare Costs? appeared first on MedCity News.
This KFF tracker provides up to date information on U.S. pledges thus far to four multilateral health replenishments (the Pandemic Fund, WHO, Gavi, and the Global Fund) and U.S. government support to date.
Breakthroughs in synthetic biology could help accelerate advances in applications from novel infectious disease vaccines, precision immunotherapy for cancer and antibody therapeutics to creation of engineered meat substitutes and sustainable cellular agricultural products. The post Driving Synthetic Biology Forward Through Adoption of Technology Enabling Rapid DNA and mRNA Synthesis appeared first on MedCity News.
Maryland is the first state to tap into an old fund connected to the Affordable Care Act to help solve a new problem: helping pay the expenses of patients who travel to Maryland for an abortion. With abortion now restricted or illegal in 22 states, jurisdictions like Maryland have become a destination for patients from…
PORT HURON, Mich. — State health officials urged parents in several counties to vaccinate babies against measles ahead of schedule this spring as cases multiplied in Michigan. The outbreaks of the highly contagious virus — which can lead to brain swelling, deafness, and death — came as parents are opting school-age kids out of vaccinations…
LOS ÁNGELES, CA. — Kris Edwards esperaba en casa con unos amigos a que su esposa, Erika “Tilly” Edwards, regresara para salir a cenar; pero ella nunca volvió a la casa que habían comprado apenas cuatro días antes. Alrededor de las 9 p.m. del 29 de junio, un conductor que se dio a la fuga…
A common mechanism for reversing metabolic disease in some patients seems to be the sustained flattening of the hills and valleys of glucose and insulin. The post Why Metabolic Health Is a Common Thread Across Diabetes, Heart Disease, and Some Cancer appeared first on MedCity News.
One in every 31 children is diagnosed with some form of autism today, up from previous years — and regardless of why we have more cases, the more pressing question is how we should address the dramatic increase in support needs. The post Parents Can and Should Be Active Participants in Autism Therapy appeared first…
The share of people who are Hispanic or Latino has grown to a little more than a quarter of the population in Elko, Nevada, a small city in the remote northeastern corner of the state. That growth in diversity has also led to an increasing number of people who speak a language other than English…
Generative AI-powered voice platform Parakeet Health announced its launch and $3 million in seed funding. The startup seeks to automate many of the interactions that patients have with their doctor’s staff, such as scheduling appointments and answering billing questions. The post Parakeet Health Flies Onto The Scene to Automate Healthcare Call Centers appeared first on…