Ahead of a planned booster vaccination campaign this fall, the U.S. government has locked up supply of Moderna Covid-19 vaccines designed to protect against both the original strain of the virus as well as the omicron subvariants that are now circulating widely. According to terms announced Friday, Moderna will supply the government with 66 million doses of its booster […]

The Biden administration said Friday it has reached an agreement with Moderna to buy 66 million doses of the company’s next generation of COVID-19 vaccine that targets the highly transmissible omicron variant, enough supply this winter for all who want the upgraded booster. The order of the bivalent shot follows the announcement last month that the federal government had secured […]

Ningún estudioso de la poliomielitis sabía más que Albert Sabin, el científico de la Universidad de Cincinnati polaco-estadounidense cuya vacuna contra la paralizante enfermedad se ha estado utilizando en todo el mundo desde 1959. La vacuna oral de Sabin proporciona inmunidad de por vida. Tiene un inconveniente, que Sabin, quien murió en 1993, se negó ferozmente a reconocer: en casos […]

The chairwoman of the House Oversight Committee on Friday called on the Biden administration to declare monkeypox a public health emergency. “As the monkeypox virus continues to spread across the United States, I urge you to immediately declare a public health emergency so that the federal government can use every resource and tool available in its response and rapidly increase […]

Last week, General Catalyst launched a $670 million healthcare investment fund. The fund, called Health Assurance Fund II, seeks to carry on the mission of the venture capital firm’s first healthcare-focused fund, but with a new focus on health system partnerships. In April of last year, General Catalyst rolled out its $600 million Health Assurance Fund. The company launched the […]

Many hospitals objected, James’ office said, because they were already had a third-party administrator. Other hospitals, upon contracting with CVS, had to use Wellpartner exclusively because they couldn’t afford to pay two third-party administrators. The hospitals that chose not to use Wellpartner were not eligible to collect 340B payments from patients using CVS pharmacies, losing money that could’ve been reinvested […]

As we move through the third year of the pandemic, the specter of long COVID or post-COVID conditions has emerged as a matter of great concern, especially since so much is still unknown. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that the disease—characterized by an array of symptoms involving multiple organ systems and persisting at least one month post-infection—is […]

The Minnesota Department of Veterans Affairs (St. Paul, Minn.) and Minnesota State Veterans Home (Minneapolis) are planning to replace the State Veterans Home-Hastings, a state-funded veterans’ facility  in Hastings, Minn. The new central campus will offer domiciliary care, rehabilitation, and supportive care services such as nursing, dietary, recreation, and social work. Amenities will include a central dining area, fitness center, […]

Over the past two years, shortages and logistical issues have plagued the healthcare supply chain. With critical equipment and medical devices in short supply, providers and governments have revamped their procurement processes. Some have succeeded, as Cleveland Clinic did, by tracking items using radio-frequency identification technology. Wherever loss prevention is paramount, such strategies have prevented orders from slipping through the […]