This report, Donor Government Funding for HIV in Low- and Middle-Income Countries in 2021, tracks funding levels of the donor governments that collectively provide the bulk of international assistance for AIDS through bilateral programs and contributions to multilateral organizations. The new report, produced as a partnership between KFF and UNAIDS, provides the latest data available on donor funding disbursements based […]

Federal regulators Wednesday said they have approved the use of additional monkeypox vaccines manufactured in Denmark, clearing the way for nearly 800,000 doses to be shipped to states.  The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said it finished its inspection of Bavarian Nordic’s “fill and finish” plant in Denmark, a facility where the vaccine is formulated and filled into vials. The company […]

In a MedCity Influencer article published in early April, Dr. Michael Lalor presented a strong case for continuing to move appropriate patient care cases from hospital in-patient to the home. That objective is sound; however, it leaves another opportunity area unexplored for improving care with more controlled cost – moving appropriate patient care cases from residential post-acute care settings to […]

BY MIKE MAGEE July 25, 1972 was fifty years ago this week and it is a day that all AP Science journalists know by heart. As Monday’s AP banner headline read: “On July 25, 1972, Jean Heller, a reporter on The Associated Press investigative team, then called the Special Assignment Team, broke news that rocked the nation. Based on documents leaked […]

Humana will restructure its operations next year to drive enrollment and expand the services it sells to other payers, executives said Wednesday. The company will divide the organization into two units: health insurance services and CenterWell, the company’s care delivery and healthcare services arm, CEO Bruce Broussard said during a second-quarter earnings call. The decision to reorganize is part of […]

Penn Highlands Healthcare is preparing to open the Stern Center for Behavioral Health in DuBois, Pa., according to the website thecourierexpress.com The $22 million project at the Penn Highlands DuBois East campus is scheduled to open in late September and will house inpatient and outpatient behavioral health services for children, adolescents, and adults. The facility includes: 44 child and adolescent […]

In April, CISA advised organizations to continue identifying and remediating vulnerable Log4j instances within their environments and plan for long-term vulnerability management. In June, CISA released a joint advisory to warn network defenders that threat actors have continued to exploit Log4Shell in VMware Horizon and Unified Access Gateway servers to obtain initial access to organizations that did not apply available […]

Dive Brief: About 500 nurses at the Mayo Clinic’s hospital in Mankato, Minnesota, will no longer be represented by the Minnesota Nurses Association after voting 213-181 to decertify their labor union, according to a release. A registered nurse at the hospital filed the petition to decertify the union with legal representation from the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation, […]

This slideshow explains the prescription drug provisions proposed in the Senate Reconciliation Proposal.

The head of the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene called on the World Health Organization (WHO) to rename monkeypox to prevent the “potentially devastating and stigmatizing effects” that the virus’s name could bring about. Commissioner Ashwin Vasan wrote to WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus in a letter on Tuesday expressing his concerns over how his city […]