Julie Rovner, Kaiser Health News “In no way, shape, or form is access to contraception limited or at risk of being limited.” Rep. Kat Cammack (R-Fla.), co-chair, Congressional Pro-Life Caucus on the floor of the U.S. House, July 21, 2022 Republicans who oppose abortion have new talking points — birth control will remain easily available in the wake of the […]
Amgen is shelling out nearly $4 billion to acquire ChemoCentryx, the latest in a string of M&A moves for the pharmaceutical giant and one that helps the company expand its approach to treating autoimmune diseases, and potentially also cancer. ChemoCentryx’s main asset is Tavneos, a treatment for ANCA-associated vasculitis, an autoimmune disease that damages organs, particularly the kidneys. FDA […]
BY MIKE MAGEE The New York Times recently shinned a light on the FDA’s top science regulator of the tobacco industry, Matt Holman, who announced his retirement after 20 years to join Phillip Morris. As they noted, “To critics, Dr. Holman’s move is a particularly concerning example of the ‘revolving door’ between federal officials and the industries they regulate…” As […]
Ever wondered which Hogwarts house your state would be sorted into? Well good news, someone made a map answering that exact question, and a lot of the U.S. is Slytherin. Today in health care, monkeypox was declared a public health emergency in the U.S., while the Senate prepares to move forward on its sweeping health and climate package this weekend Welcome to […]
Seventy-eight days and more than 7,000 documented cases into the United States’s 2022 outbreak of monkeypox, federal officials have declared the disease a nationwide public-health emergency. With COVID-19 (you know, the other ongoing viral public-health emergency) still very much raging, the U.S. is officially in the midst of two infectious-disease crises, and must now, with limited funds, wrangle both at […]
NYC Health + Hospitals recently received a $3.9 million grant from Helmsley Charitable Trust to incorporate mental health services into ExpressCare, the health system’s virtual urgent care platform. The health system launched ExpressCare in the fall of 2020, when the need to reduce in-person visits was dire. Erfan Karim, the executive director of ExpressCare, said in an interview that the […]
Allscripts Healthcare Solutions on Thursday posted a nearly 7% rise in year-over-year second-quarter revenue as it continues to refocus its business on its payer and life sciences division, Veradigm. Chicago-based Allscripts sold its hospital and large physician practices segment, which included various electronic health record and revenue-cycle management products, to Canadian software company Constellation Software in May. The division accounted […]
Democratic lawmakers introduced legislation on Thursday to assist Americans with disabilities seeking reproductive health services, hoping to reduce the barriers they may face after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe V. Wade and the constitutional right to abortion. U.S. Sens. Patty Murray (D-Wash.) and Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) announced the Reproductive Health Care Accessibility Act in a press release, explaining the bill […]
CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield announced a collaboration this week with Headway, a tech company that aims to simplify the process for accessing mental health care. Through the partnership, New York City-based Headway is providing its software platform to mental health providers on CareFirst’s network, which services people in Maryland, Washington D.C. and Northern Virginia, said Brian Wheeler, CareFirst vice president of […]
Healthcare Design is excited to share that four teams were selected to advance to the final round of its 2022 Breaking Through conceptual design competition. This is the third installment of Breaking Through, a program that encourages healthcare design innovation by asking participants to present concepts that solve challenges anticipated in the future delivery of care. The 2022 program is […]