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Vaccine supply should remain a high priority and this may be a good time to negotiate with foreign manufacturers when there is no urgency.

Digital health tool operator Doximity has filed additional documents for its initial public offering.

“We haven’t seen anything like this in about 30 or 40 years at least,” said Dr. Vishesh Chhibber, director of transfusion medicine at UMass Memorial Health.

Chile’s soccer federation on Sunday said that its soccer players violated the COVID-19 protocol at the Copa America tournament, multiple news outlets reported. The Football Federation of Chile issued a statement on Sunday…

21/06/2021 Reducing accidents in the woodworking sector with OiRA tools © EU-OSHA Did you know that woodworking and related activities have some of the highest accident rates in the manufacturing industry? Six Online interactive Risk Assessment (OiRA) tools tailored to this sector highlight the risks… Read More »Reducing accidents in the woodworking sector with OiRA tools

The nation of Qatar is requiring future attendees of the upcoming 2022 FIFA World Cup to be vaccinated, the Associated Press reported on Sunday. Qatar Prime Minister Sheikh Khalid bin Khalifa bin Abdulaziz Al Thani told a newspaper that the…

Venue medical operators are calling for spectators to banned from the upcoming Tokyo Olympics, citing COVID-19 health issues, Reuters reported on Sunday.  The medical officer for the weightlifting venue, Shoji Yokobori, said that…

Leaders in one major state say the ruling frees them up to pursue providing coverage to those who are still uninsured.

“As physicians, we’ve been taught to think about race but in ways that are not productive,” said Dr. Nichola Davis, vice president and chief population health officer at NYC Health + Hospitals.

The U.S. does not have formal diplomatic ties with Taiwan under what is known as the one-China policy, but is legally bound by its own laws to ensure that Taiwan can defend itself.

The pilot gives researchers a fuller picture of what happens when a range of people are sent payments that guarantee a basic living.

Congressional Democrats are pushing legislation that would expand Medicaid in states that have so far refused to do so, seeking to fill one of the major remaining holes in the Affordable Care Act.There are currently 12 states where Republicans have…

Researchers have optimized a new technique that will allow scientists to evaluate how potential inhibitors work on antibiotic-resistant bacteria. This technique, called native state mass spectrometry, provides a quick way for scientists to identify the best candidates for effective clinical drugs, particularly in cases where… Read More »New technique allows for identification of potential drugs to fight resistant bacteria

Researchers have discovered that the use of a common antibiotic, doxycycline, in combination with TB drug treatment, reduces the size of lung cavities and accelerates markers of lung recovery. This was done in a trial with 30 pulmonary tuberculosis patients.

The Department of Veterans Affairs is moving to make gender-affirming surgeries covered by the department’s healthcare, Secretary Denis McDonough announced Saturday. While speaking at a Pride Month event at the Orlando Vet Center in Florida,…

Oxygen is in short supply in Afghanistan as the country is battling a third wave of COVID-19 cases and its hospitals are being overrun.Health ministry spokesman Ghulam Dastigir Nazari told The Associated Press that the government is…

President Joe Biden took a cautious victory lap Friday in his quest to bring the COVID-19 pandemic under control, announcing that 300 million vaccine shots have been administered in the 150 days since he took office.

Pandemic restrictions are falling away almost everywhere — except inside many of America’s nursing homes. Rules designed to protect the nation’s most vulnerable from COVID-19 are still being enforced even though 75% of nursing home residents are now vaccinated and infections and deaths have plummeted.

The Ebola outbreak in Guinea that has lasted four months has been declared over by the World Health Organization.The outbreak consisted of 16 confirmed cases and seven probable cases in the country. There were a total of 12 deaths from the outbreak…

The company shall submit to USFDA within the stipulated timeline, a detailed response to close out all the observations associated with this inspection, the drug firm said.

“We have a huge number of countries that have had to suspend rollout of their second doses of vaccines,” Bruce Aylward, Senior Advisor to World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said on Friday at a press briefing.

Moving beyond a wide portfolio of Covid drugs and diagnostic kits, the Mumbai-based company — with revenues of nearly Rs 20,000 crore — now plans to partner foreign companies for large-scale fill-and-finish services for coronavirus vaccines.

Over the years, studies have shown that poor communication and coordination between physicians and nurses—both at the leadership level and on the front lines—can have a harmful impact on everything from patient care to employee satisfaction and retention.

Welcome to Friday’s Overnight Health Care. A journalist who placed last in his fantasy football league had to spend 24 hours in a Waffle House as punishment. Every waffle he ate cut an hour from the time, and 15 hours and nine waffles later, he…

Increasing financial pressures from the pandemic and constant concern over Congressional funding delays are prompting more community health centers to seek funding alternatives.

Beaumont turned to Spectrum Health after deals with Summa Health and Advocate Aurora Health fell through.

Congressional Democrats have big plans to extend health coverage to more Americans by closing the Medicaid coverage gap and potentially adding dental, hearing and vision benefits to Medicare.

President Biden on Friday pleaded with Americans who have not yet gotten vaccinated against COVID-19 to do so as soon as possible, citing the danger posed by the new delta variant.“Even while we’re making incredible progress, it remains a serious…

California health officials on Friday unveiled a system for residents to obtain a digital copy of their COVID-19 vaccine record, allowing individuals to prove they are fully vaccinated if needed.The state’s website instructs individuals to…

A bill sponsored by Rep. Katie Porter (D-Calif.) would ban clauses in health insurance contracts that prevent patients from suing over denied claims.

President Biden nominated Health and Human Services (HHS) official Christi Grimm on Friday to become the department’s permanent inspector general.Grimm, who has been serving as acting HHS inspector general since early 2020, was tapped to…

The company is expected to present phase III data for ZyCoV-D–a plasmid DNA vaccine—to the country’s drug regulatory authority by next week, the people cited earlier said.

Novartis touts latest Zolgensma data as SMA competition against Biogen, Roche heats up esagonowsky Fri, 06/18/2021 – 14:33

Two recent studies add new evidence to the impact of how drug price increases affect US patients and the overall cost of health care.

In a new study, researchers determined that the common blood pressure medication, losartan, is not effective in reducing hospitalization for mildly-ill COVID-19 outpatients.

President Biden on Friday will mark a new milestone in the fight against the coronavirus — 300 million coronavirus vaccine doses administered during his first 150 days in office.“Thanks to the President’s whole-of-government vaccination effort, the…

Key senator calls for Woodcock’s removal as FDA fallout from Biogen Alzheimer’s approval heats up nhigginsdunn Fri, 06/18/2021 – 11:14

Key senator calls for Woodcock’s removal as FDA fallout from Biogen Alzheimer’s approval heats up nhigginsdunn Fri, 06/18/2021 – 11:14

The agreement marks Illinois’ largest independent physicians group’s first out-of-state expansion since launching in 1999.

Moderna plots 155 new hires in 2021 amid major mRNA vaccine manufacturing expansion aliu Fri, 06/18/2021 – 11:03

In an interview with The Wire, Professor Andrew Pollard said the immunization policy in Britain and India should not be compared because of the different circumstances in the two countries.

In an interview with The Wire, Professor Andrew Pollard said the immunization policy in Britain and India should not be compared because of the different circumstances in the two countries.

What’s the best way to secure your applications as they move to the cloud? Gartner suggests the answer is secure access service edge. SASE is not a new concept: It’s a bundling of other trusted network and security technologies, viewed through the lens of a… Read More »SASE Offers Security in Cloud Migration for Healthcare Organizations

This much is clear: The coronavirus is becoming more transmissible. Ever since the virus emerged in China, it has been gaining mutations that help it spread more easily among humans. The Alpha variant, first detected in the United Kingdom last year, is 50 percent more… Read More »Expect the Unexpected From the Delta Variant

AstraZeneca and the European Union (EU) are both claiming victory in a court dispute over the EU’s accusation that the vaccine manufacturer was not developing doses at an adequate speed.Both parties claimed victory, citing a Belgian Court of First…

Only 21 percent of those asked said they are extremely worried about the coronavirus breaking into their inner circles of family, friends and co-workers, according to a poll by the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. That…

Nearly half of Americans who are unvaccinated say they will definitely not get the coronavirus vaccine, according to a new poll.The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research poll showed 46 percent of the unvaccinated will…

Medicaid, once considered the ugly duckling compared with the politically powerful and popular Medicare program, now covers nearly 1 in 4 Americans.

AstraZeneca scores win in EU COVID-19 vaccine lawsuit, saying it can ‘substantially exceed’ court supply mandate esagonowsky Fri, 06/18/2021 – 09:19

Animus toward the vaccine created turmoil for some providers. Dr. Eric Berger, a pediatrician in Philadelphia who opened his practice more than a dozen years ago, enforced mandatory shots in May and saw six of his 47 staff members walk out.

Pharmaceutical major Zydus Cadila has told the Centre that it could apply for emergency use authorisation (EUA) for ZyCoV-D vaccine in the next seven-eight days.

It’s the third large-scale attempt for a deal by Southfield, Michigan-based Beaumont since 2019.

AstraZeneca said in a statement Friday that the EU’s executive branch, the European Commission, had requested that the drug-maker deliver 120 million vaccine doses in total by the end of June 2021, but that a judge in Brussels ordered delivery of 80.2 million doses by… Read More »AstraZeneca claims victory in tussle with EU over deliveries

Can semiconductor expertise be applied to biopharma manufacturing? Entegris bets $40M that it can kdunleavy Fri, 06/18/2021 – 07:46

The study, published on Thursday in the journal JAMA, recruited 45 healthy male volunteers aged 18 to 50 years scheduled for mRNA COVID-19 vaccination by Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna.

The public option insurance plan has fallen off the national radar, despite being a major point of contention between moderates and progressives just a year ago during President Biden’s campaign.But rather than holding Biden’s feet to the fire on…

The information was provided in the WHO website in the Status of COVID-19 Vaccines within WHO EUL-PQ evaluation process document.

Axial spondyloarthritis affects approximately one in 200 people in the UK

Xeljanz reduced the incidence of death or respiratory failure compared to placebo in hospitalised patients

POLQ inhibitors could be used to kill PARP inhibitor-resistant cancer cells

NHSX and Accelerated Access Collaborative (AAC) have backed 38 AI-driven research projects

Dr Lucas de Toca, COVID-19 Primary Care Response First Assistant Secretary, answers the Top Three questions you’ve been asking on our social accounts.

Keeping yourself and your baby healthy during pregnancy starts with 3 steps: eat well, stay active and ask for support.

‘We’re Not Gonna Take It’—Bayer and Twisted Sister rocker join nonprofit to push back on prostate cancer bbulik Thu, 06/17/2021 – 22:55

18/06/2021 WHO launches package to prevent and manage falls across the life-course source: www.who.int The World Health Organisation (WHO) has released the Step Safely technical package, which provides concrete recommendations for evidence-based strategies to prevent and manage falls for children and adolescents, workers, and older… Read More »WHO launches package to prevent and manage falls across the life-course

Mount Sinai researchers have created a neighborhood-level Covid-19 equity index to explore the relationship between socioeconomic disadvantages and infection and mortality rates during the pandemic, the health system announced Thursday.

A small, walk-in vaccination clinic held in Waterbury on Thursday is one of the reasons Vermont was able to be the first state in the country to give at least one COVID-19 vaccination shot to 80% of the eligible population.

Scientists at Oxford University in the United Kingdom are testing combinations of the two-dose COVID-19 vaccines made by AstraZeneca, Moderna, Novavax and Pfizer-BioNTech

Ochsner hopes to add another seven hospitals to its 35-strong roster with the latest proposed deal.

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D) on Thursday announced a vaccine lottery program to incentivize more residents to get inoculated against COVID-19, even after 70 percent of the state’s adults have received at lease one vaccine dose.The program, dubbed…

Welcome to Thursday’s Overnight Health Care. We were prepared for a five-day workweek, but Congress had other plans. Federal workers have a day off tomorrow, as President Biden signed legislation making Juneteenth a national holiday.If you have any…

The ACA includes the federal framework for reviewing and approving biosimilars, and litigation guidelines that backbone the industry.

Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) on Thursday called on President Biden to nominate a permanent Food and Drug Administration (FDA) commissioner following the agency’s controversial decision to approve a new Alzheimer’s drug.In a letter, the West Virginia…

The Division of Applied Regulatory Science is located within FDA’s Office of Clinical Pharmacology and tackles emerging regulatory questions and develops and implements new regulatory review tools and approaches.

The HHS Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology invited colleges and universities that predominantly educate people of color to apply for funding.

The country’s nine largest Medicare Advantage plans are still struggling when it comes to member communication and engagement, according to J.D. Power.

Democratic senators are pressing the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) to provide more information about its lobbying efforts amid the pandemic.In a letter to PhRMA CEO Stephen Ubl, Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Bernie…

In what has become something of a Washington tradition, the Supreme Court again upheld the Affordable Care Act on Thursday, in the third major case from Republican challengers to reach the high court. The margin this time was larger, 7-2, as…

Looking back at the Affordable Care Act provisions that have been challenged up to the Supreme Court and how the justices ruled on their fates.

Former Athenahealth CEO Jonathan Bush has launched a new health record data platform and software services for healthcare agencies to build their own workflow apps.

He oversaw Baptist Hospital’s mergers with South Miami Hospital and Homestead Hospital in 1995, subsequently becoming the President and CEO of the newly formed Baptist Health South Florida.

The mayor of Moscow on Thursday warned that a new coronavirus variant is hitting the Russian city hard as government officials complain of a relatively slow vaccine rollout. Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said that new infections could reach higher…

The high court reversed a lower court decision that find the individual mandate was unconstitutional. The court held the individual plaintiffs do not have standing, or a legal right, to sue. 

Naomi Osaka has withdrawn from Wimbledon, according to multiple Thursday reports, a decision that comes just weeks after the Japanese tennis star pulled out the French Open after she was fined for her refusal to speak to the press.”Naomi won’t…

“I think we need to get into the weeds, to look at the details to see what happened,” said Sabila Khan of Jersey City, New Jersey, whose father, Shafqat Rasul Khan, died of COVID-19. “If this happens again, our loved ones died in vain.”

Church leaders used their influence and trusted reputations to help members of Black communities across the U.S. get vaccinations and testing clinics during the pandemic. Some want to extend their efforts beyond the fight against COVID-19 and give their flocks a place to seek healthcare… Read More »Black community has new option for healthcare: The church

Medical industry payments to orthopedists and neurosurgeons who operate on the spine have risen sharply, despite government accusations that some of these transactions may violate federal anti-kickback laws, drive up healthcare spending and put patients at risk of serious harm, a KHN investigation has found.

A new treatment approach focused on fixing cell damage, rather than fighting the virus directly, is effective against SARS-CoV-2 in lab models. If found safe for human use, this anti-viral treatment would make COVID-19 symptoms milder and speed up recovery times.

A new treatment approach focused on fixing cell damage, rather than fighting the virus directly, is effective against SARS-CoV-2 in lab models. If found safe for human use, this anti-viral treatment would make COVID-19 symptoms milder and speed up recovery times.

The new program will invest in “accelerating things that are already in progress” for COVID-19 but also would work to come up with treatments for other viruses, said Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease expert.

The entity that resulted from the merger of Tufts Health Plan and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care will officially be known as Point32Health, the insurers announced Wednesday.

Eight states have implemented or are developing the regulatory and data gathering infrastructure to track annual healthcare cost growth, and more are expected to follow suit.

White House officials won’t say whether they believe the U.S. will meet President Biden’s goal of getting 70 percent of adults partially vaccinated against COVID-19 by July 4.But even if that goal is not met, administration officials insist it won’t…

Employees at a Kansas City hospital run by HCA voted to decertify their union. The SEIU said management intimidated workers during the election.

The coronavirus pandemic shortened American lives by a wider degree in 2020 than any cause other than heart disease and cancer, according to a new analysis. Provisional data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, analyzed by the…