The NIH Workforce Is Its Smallest in Decades. Here’s the Work Left Behind.
The National Institutes of Health has lost thousands of workers since President Donald Trump began…
The NIH Workforce Is Its Smallest in Decades. Here’s the Work Left Behind.
The National Institutes of Health has lost thousands of workers since President Donald Trump began his second term. Among them: scientists who pioneered cancer treatments, researched tick-borne diseases, or worked to prevent tobacco use. We spoke to a half dozen scientists who said they left the agency because of the tumult of 2025 and talked…
Racial Disparities in Life Expectancy
There was an increase in life expectancy between 2021 and 2023 across all racial and ethnic groups. American Indian and Alaska Native (AIAN) people experienced the largest increase in life expectancy of 4.5 years during this time, followed by Hispanic (3.5 years) and Black people (2.8 years).
Lauren Ranalli, Town Square Health
Lauren Ranalli is the VP of Patient & Community Engagement at Town Square Health, a brand new medical group setting itself up for the senior population. There have of course been a lot of attempts to create new primary care medical groups. Town Square has its roots in Oak Street but is adding immediate visits…
Privacy Expectations in Consumer AI Tools: How Patient Use of ChatGPT Health and Claude Differs From HIPAA-Regulated Care
If leading hospitals are using these AI tools, and the companies mention HIPAA compliance on their websites, are the consumer AI health tools also regulated by HIPAA? Do consumers share a similar relationship with these companies as healthcare organizations do? The post Privacy Expectations in Consumer AI Tools: How Patient Use of ChatGPT Health and…
The Healthcare Industry Requires a New Kind of Leader
Today’s challenges — such as rapid technological innovations, shifting patient demographics, and mounting financial pressures — call not for just any leader but for a particular type of leader. They must be able to assess like clinicians and lead like CEOs. The post The Healthcare Industry Requires a New Kind of Leader appeared first on…
Future of Health Tech: From Structured Data to Scalable AI [Video]
[Sponsored] Executives from Sellers Dorsey and eFax®by Consensus join MedCity News and share their insights impacting the healthcare industry. The post Future of Health Tech: From Structured Data to Scalable AI [Video] appeared first on MedCity News.
The People — And Research — Lost in the NIH Exodus
‘No Longer Based on Facts or Truth’ Sylvia Chou, 51, Maryland Program director, National Cancer Institute Sylvia Chou specializes in communication between patients and their health care providers, and social media’s role in public health. She joined the federal government in 2007 as a fellow and became a civil servant in 2010. She left her…
Six Federal Scientists Run Out by Trump Talk About the Work Left Undone
Marc Ernstoff, a physician who has pioneered immunotherapy research and treatments for cancer patients, said his work as a federal scientist proved untenable under the Trump administration. Philip Stewart, a Rocky Mountain Laboratories researcher focused on tick-borne diseases, said he retired two years earlier than planned because of hurdles that made it too challenging to…
This Doctor-Senator Who Backed RFK Jr. Now Faces a Fight for His Job — And His Legacy
BATON ROUGE, La. — The ambitious liver doctor would go just about anywhere in his home state to give people the hepatitis B vaccine. Bill Cassidy offered jabs to thousands of inmates at Louisiana’s maximum-security prison in the early 2000s. A decade before that, he set up vaccine clinics in middle schools, a model hailed…
Lilly Employer Connect Adds Flexibility for Employers But Isn’t Revolutionary, Expert Says
Eli Lilly’s new Lilly Employer Connect platform offers employers more flexible access to obesity drugs like Zepbound, but experts say it represents only incremental progress. The post Lilly Employer Connect Adds Flexibility for Employers But Isn’t Revolutionary, Expert Says appeared first on MedCity News.
