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This policy watch post examines the United States’ measles elimination status, including what it means to eliminate measles, whether the current measles outbreak could threaten the country’s measles elimination status, and what losing that status might mean for measles control.
Nura Bio aims to treat neurodegeneration with a small molecule designed to block SARM1, a novel target involved in axon degeneration. Following positive Phase 1 results in healthy volunteers, the startup is now preparing for mid-stage clinical testing. The post Neuro Startup Nura Bio Adds $68M to Spare Axons With Its Brain-Penetrating Drug appeared first…
[Sponsored] Nicole Bulochnik, Abarca Senior Vice President of Drug Value Strategy, explained how AI, analytics, and cross-sector collaboration can transform specialty drug costs. The post How AI, Analytics, and Collaboration Can Solve Specialty Drug Spending Challenges appeared first on MedCity News.
At Medicarians 2025, MedCity News Editor-in-Chief Arundhati Parmar explored the state of AgeTech venture capital with three investors. The panelists agreed that despite growing clear opportunities, the AgeTech market currently lacks the dedicated funding, proven business models and major success stories needed for it to take off. The post Where Does AgeTech Investment Stand?: VCs…
This brief offers a close examination of women’s experiences with contraception, insurance coverage, contraceptive preferences, and interactions with the health care system. We also explore the influence and reach of contraceptive information on social media.
Sibel Health raised $30 million to accelerate the commercial deployment of its remote patient monitoring platform. The company also announced its seventh FDA clearance, which enables clinicians to use alarms and alerts along with the Sibel’s central platform. The post Sibel Health Rakes In $30M for Its Wearable-Based RPM Platform appeared first on MedCity News.
Alpine Physician Partners — which operates primary care organizations in several states — is implementing Ambience Healthcare’s documentation and coding tool after a successful pilot. Before adopting Ambience’s tool, Alpine clinicians spent 4.7 hours on charting per day, but now that time has dropped down to 1.2 hours per day. The post How A Physician…
Annals of Internal Medicine study of Medicare beneficiaries with modest incomes found that up to half of them may not have sufficient funds to cover out-of-pocket costs associated with a single hospital stay
Tim Sheehy “would let politicians like him ban abortion, with no exceptions for rape or to save a woman’s life, and criminalize women.” A Facebook ad from the campaign of Sen. Jon Tester (D-Mont.), launched on Sept. 6, 2024 In a race that could decide control of the U.S. Senate, Sen. Jon Tester (D-Mont.) is…