Architecture firm Kahler Slater (Milwaukee) has added Cam Twohey as associate principal and senior project architect in the firm’s healthcare market practice at its Chicago office. She has more than 25 years of design experience and has led a variety of projects including hospitals, ambulatory care centers, and medical office buildings. Prior to joining Kahler Slater, Twohey held roles at […]
Historically, the focus of infertility care and fertility discussions has been solely on the female, but over the last 10 years, we’ve seen more and more attention being paid to the male partner. And with good reason—the male contribution to a successful pregnancy is immense. Think about it. Half the baby’s DNA, which many consider the blueprint of life, comes […]
The health-care industry is facing a huge transformation thanks to the gradual adoption of digital services. While healthcare is still notoriously behind other industries when it comes to utilizing digital systems, the Covid pandemic propelled the importance of technology in the healthcare sector to the forefront. Embracing the digital revolution in healthcare is fast becoming a necessity. Patients are unlikely […]
Aneri Pattani If you or someone you know is thinking of suicide, help is available. Various resources are listed at the bottom of this article. When the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline launched last month, many mental health providers, researchers, and advocates celebrated. Although a national suicide hotline had existed for years, finally there was an easy-to-remember three-digit number for […]
A new virus has infected dozens of people in China, with researchers suggesting shrews might be a “natural reservoir” for the virus. Research published in The New England Journal of Medicine last week said that the Langya henipavirus was found in 35 people in the Chinese provinces of Henan and Shandong. Scientists said that 26 of those people had no […]
The World Health Organization (WHO) is renaming monkeypox amid concerns that the name may be considered racist and might not accurately describe the origin of the virus. WHO director general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said in mid-June that the organization would be renaming monkeypox. “WHO is also working with partners and experts from around the world on changing the name of […]
Bristol Myers Squibb drug Abecma was the first FDA-approved CAR T-cell therapy for multiple myeloma, but like other drugs in its class, the treatment’s serious side effect risks limit its use to the most advanced cases. The pharmaceutical giant now has data from a pivotal study showing that Abecma beat the standard of care, preliminary results that could support moving […]
Walgreens helped fuel the opioid epidemic in San Francisco by dispensing hundreds of thousands of prescriptions without performing adequate due diligence, a federal judge ruled Wednesday. U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer found that over the course of a 15-year period, Walgreens pharmacists did not stop or flag suspicious orders, including tens of thousands from doctors with suspect prescribing patterns. “It […]
If the 12 states that have not expanded Medicaid eligibility under the Affordable Care Act did so, 3.7 million people would become insured in 2023. This would reduce the uninsured rate by 29.1%, an August report by the Urban Institute found. It comes after the Department of Health and Human Services’ announced last week that the national uninsured rate reached a […]
Health insurance brokerage GoHealth has laid off 20% of its workforce, the company notified employees in a public letter Tuesday. Approximately 800 agents and support workers lost their jobs, the company said. GoHealth employed roughly 4,000 people as of June 6, according to a news release. The layoffs come as digital health funding shrinks from the highs of 2021, leading to job […]