Architecture firm E4H Environments for Health Architecture (Boston) has hired Richard Carroll as senior associate in the firm’s Philadelphia office. Carroll has more than 30 years of experience as an architect and planner. The post E4H Environments for Health Architecture Adds New Talent first appeared on HCD Magazine.
U.S. District Judge Robert Hinkle on Wednesday upheld Florida’s rule preventing Medicaid coverage of gender-affirming care for patients of all ages, denying the preliminary injunction sought by the transgender people affected by the policy. The state’s ban on Medicaid coverage disproportionately affects low-income trans people and went into effect on August 21. The judge’s denial means that relief will not […]
On one level, the world’s response to the coronavirus pandemic over the past two and half years was a major triumph for modern medicine. We developed COVID vaccines faster than we’d developed any vaccine in history, and began administering them just a year after the virus first infected humans. The vaccines turned out to work better than top public-health officials […]
When Elizabeth went for her annual mammogram in January 2022, she expected the same “no suspicious results” she’d always received. After all, she was an active, healthy retiree who didn’t have any family history of breast cancer. Elizabeth and her partner, Dean, sold their DFW-area home in 2020 to spend their days traveling, hiking, bicycling, camping and enjoying the outdoors. […]
While much of the world was quarantining and working from home during the Covid-19 pandemic, healthcare workers were on the front-line treating patients, working to combat this public health crisis. To recognize this sacrifice, New York State announced on August 3, 2022 that $1.3 billion dollars will be allotted to fund the introduction of a Healthcare Worker Bonus Program. The […]
The Covid-19 pandemic has had a transformative effect on every aspect of the healthcare landscape, perhaps nowhere more so than in drug development as pharma companies have raced to find a cure. Gilead Sciences is one of these companies. With a 30-year history as a leader in virology spanning HIV and hepatitis drug development, a treatment for Covid-19 has been […]
Excitement is building about a new generation of drugs that tout the ability to help adults with excess weight shed more pounds than older drugs on the market. Some patients, obesity medicine specialists say, are experiencing decreases in blood pressure, better-managed diabetes, less joint pain, and better sleep from these newfound treatments. The newer drugs, which are repurposed diabetes drugs, […]
In another example of how we’re living in the future: NASA’s mission to deflect an asteroid — where it smashed a probe into a space rock on purpose — has been declared a success. Today in health, the bivalent omicron-specific COVID-19 boosters have been authorized for use in children as young as 5, expanding the fall and winter vaccine campaign. […]
Despite the fact that one in four Americans receive healthcare through Medicaid, research shows only 35% of psychiatrists actually accept it. Virtual mental health provider Brave Health is working to change that by primarily working with Medicaid plans. The company announced Tuesday it secured $40 million in Series C funding, which it will partially use to expand to more states, […]