Healthcare and senior living design firm Erdman (Madison, Wis.) has named Janet Lively McCauley as vice president, business development for healthcare. McCauley will lead the firm’s healthcare work across the country. She has more than 20 years of business development experience serving in various executive roles.
Dive Brief: Healthcare providers are not permitted to disclose patient health information unless faced with a court order, the HHS said Wednesday in an attempt to provide clarity following the overturning of Roe v. Wade. In the absence of a court order, federal privacy rules about sharing health information — like whether a person obtained an abortion — is not […]
Pfizer on Thursday announced it had submitted an application to receive full approval from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its COVID-19 antiviral Paxlovid for use in high-risk individuals. The FDA in December issued an emergency use authorization for Paxlovid to be used as treatment of mild-to-moderate COVID-19 in adults and children over the age of 12 who are […]
U.S. health officials said Wednesday they have agreed to purchase another 105 million doses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine in anticipation of a fall booster campaign. The $3.2 billion deal announced by the Biden administration comes as federal scientists consider how to update the vaccines to better protect Americans from the rapidly evolving virus. Federal officials said the purchase agreement includes […]
Emory Healthcare’s musculoskeletal service line has been expanding for decades, growing in services as well as footprint around the metro Atlanta area. It’s most recent addition—the new 180,000-square-foot outpatient Emory Musculoskeletal Institute in Atlanta, part of Emory University’s Emory Healthcare—embodies a lot of the lessons and ideas gathered along that journey. “The facility was an evolution of design, test, iterate […]
Dive Brief: The HHS is ramping up efforts to distribute vaccines that can protect against monkeypox as outbreaks in the U.S. continue. The department said this week it plans to send out 1.6 million doses by the end of the year. The distribution will take place on a four-tier basis with areas that have the highest case rates coming first. Within […]
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) offers subsidies to offset the cost of health insurance, capping how much people signing up on the ACA Marketplaces pay at a certain percent of their income. These subsidies work on a sliding scale, with people whose incomes are just above poverty receiving the most generous subsidies while those with incomes of three to four […]
President Biden on Thursday said the Senate should carve out an exception to the 60-vote filibuster to codify abortion rights after the Supreme Court overturned the precedent set by Roe v. Wade. “The most important thing to be clear about is I believe we have to codify Roe v. Wade in the law, and the way to do that is […]
The federal government has reached a deal to pay $3.2 billion to secure a new supply of the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine that includes shots specifically adapted to the omicron variant that is now dominant. The agreement announced late Wednesday covers the purchase of 105 million doses. The government also has the option to buy up to 300 million more […]
A recent webinar by Medable discussed steps it’s taking to improve clinical trial design through decentralized clinical trials (DCT). The Covid-19 public health crisis has accelerated the adoption of DCT. But life science companies are taking steps to do more to increase diversity in clinical trial recruitment. Part of that effort involves figuring out how to make people feel more […]