Category: News

September 25, 2023

It’s widely recognized that working in the healthcare sector is often exhausting, emotionally draining, and highly pressured. The sheer volume and complexity of the daily workload, coupled with inefficient working practices and shortages of staff, are currently causing members of […]

September 25, 2023

Southeast National Health Service (NHS) Trust has signed a three-year security deal with healthcare cybersecurity specialist Cylera in an attempt to bolster its cyber defenses. The agreement comes after two NHS Trust Ambulance services, the South Western Ambulance Service Foundation […]

September 21, 2023

As a result of new coronavirus subvariants, we are experiencing a rise in COVID-19 infections in the U.S. right now. “COVID is not gone nor will it disappear. We have to develop a truce with it,” said Dr. William Schaffner, […]

September 20, 2023

The U.S. government is awarding $45 million in grants to help clinics treating long COVID develop new models of care and expand access, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) said on Wednesday. Nine clinics will receive $1 million […]

September 15, 2023

FAIR Health drew on its repository of billions of private healthcare claims to shed light on both emergency and nonemergency ground ambulance services across the nation in the period 2018 to 2022. The report examines utilization, cost, age and gender, […]

September 14, 2023

The crisis of clinician burnout is worsening. Clinicians are feeling stressed, overworked and underappreciated. Some are responding by leaving healthcare or cutting back on hours. Nearly 334,000 healthcare providers, including 117,000 physicians left the workforce in 2021, according to a […]

September 13, 2023

Everyone over the age of 6 months should get the latest covid-19 booster, a federal expert panel recommended Tuesday after hearing an estimate that universal vaccination could prevent 100,000 more hospitalizations each year than if only the elderly were vaccinated. […]

September 12, 2023

The U.S. experiences a minimum of 37,000 drug diversion incidents yearly, likely underreported. Just 40% of executives are very confident in their detection programs, with 67% planning to strengthen efforts in 2023. Improving inconsistent drug diversion processes: Historically, detecting drug […]

September 8, 2023

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is warning the American public this week about “increases” in respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) activity across “some parts of the Southeastern United States.” In an advisory issued through its Health Alert Network, […]

September 7, 2023

Respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, is often overlooked compared to other viruses like the one that causes COVID-19 and the flu. While it causes cold-like respiratory symptoms in most people, an infection can be dangerous for certain populations. That’s why […]

September 1, 2023

An important email appeared in the inboxes of a small group of health care workers north of Boston as this summer started. It warned that local temperatures were rising into the 80s. An 80-plus-degree day is not sizzling by Phoenix […]

September 1, 2023

A blog post shared on Facebook claimed that covid-19 vaccines have killed some 676,000 Americans. The post was written by anti-vaccine activist Steve Kirsch, who has made other vaccine claims debunked by PolitiFact and other fact-checkers. Kirsch’s Aug. 6 post […]

August 31, 2023

Don’t rule out malaria just because you haven’t traveled anywhere. In light of recent locally acquired cases in the U.S., the lack of international travel should not exclude a diagnosis of malaria when Americans have unexplained fever — especially if […]

August 31, 2023

In response to the ongoing shortage of ADHD medications, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved several generic versions of Vyvanse (lisdexamfetamine dimesylate) for the treatment of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder in people 6 years and older. Vyvanse is available […]

August 30, 2023

The Biden administration has picked the first 10 high-priced prescription drugs subject to federal price negotiations, taking a swipe at the powerful pharmaceutical industry. It marks a major turning point in a long-fought battle to control ever-rising drug prices for […]

August 29, 2023

A trial of the artificial intelligence (AI) mental health app, Wysa, with staff at the Northamptonshire Healthcare National Health Service (NHS) Foundation Trust and St Andrew’s Healthcare in the UK, found it improved their mental well-being. The 12-week trial included […]

August 29, 2023

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that the Medicare Shared Savings Program saved money for Medicare while continuing to support high-quality care. Specifically, the program saved Medicare $1.8 billion in 2022 compared to spending targets for the […]

August 28, 2023

Other industries have been impacted by labor shortages since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, but the healthcare industry in particular faced a talent crisis, as skilled professionals burned or aged out of the profession, the report found. Although healthcare […]

August 22, 2023

Boehringer Ingelheim is the latest large drugmaker to challenge the U.S. government over Medicare’s new power to negotiate prices of select top-selling medicines, filing a 62-page lawsuit Friday in federal district court. Like other pharmaceutical companies that have sued to […]

August 22, 2023

After last year’s “tripledemic” of RSV, flu and COVID reportedly overwhelmed health systems, experts are looking ahead to the 2023-2024 winter season and offering predictions. During the 2022-2023 flu season, the CDC estimates there were some 26 million cases of […]