May 15, 2023

As the nation honors their dedication and sacrifice during National Nurses Week, the U.S. Department of Labor (@USDOL) announced the award of more than $78 million in grants to support workforce training programs in 17 states and address staffing challenges […]

May 12, 2023

Aspira Women’s Health has entered an exclusive licensing deal with the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (DFCI) to design and develop a new microRNA-based ovarian cancer diagnostic test. The new test will use circulating microRNAs, either alone or along with proteins or […]

May 12, 2023

Providence Medical Technology (PMT) has concluded patient enrolment in its study of the Posterior Cervical Stabilisation System (PCSS). The prospective, multicentre, randomised, investigational device exemption FUSE Study is intended to assess the safety and effectiveness of PCSS in three-level cervical […]

May 11, 2023

Medical device labels aim to inform patients and healthcare providers on how to use and maintain instruments, as well as communicating safety or associated risks. As device and diagnostic manufacturers worldwide develop new products to improve patients’ quality of life, […]

May 11, 2023

Monkeypox (mpox), an infectious disease caused by the monkeypox virus, is no longer an international emergency following an outbreak last year, the World Health Organization (WHO) has announced. During a media briefing on Thursday, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus in […]

May 10, 2023

In 2020, the Dental Care Alliance (DCA) experienced a significant cyberattack on its systems, which lasted approximately an entire month. This gave the threat actor an extended period to compromise the healthcare organization’s servers and extract the private and confidential […]

May 10, 2023

Samsung Electronics has received approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the irregular heart rhythm notification (IHRN) feature included in the Samsung Health Monitor app. The IHRN feature along with the app’s current on-demand Electrocardiogram (ECG) function […]

May 9, 2023

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF), based in Rockdale, Maryland, has released a draft of new guidelines for breast cancer screenings, recommending that women begin getting mammograms every other year starting at the age of 40. The new guidelines […]

May 9, 2023

The COVID-19 pandemic shined a spotlight on the urgent need to modernize the nation’s public health system. Despite success in rapidly developing vaccines, the unprecedented public health emergency also exposed significant gaps in U.S. public health infectious disease data collection […]

May 8, 2023

A healthy mouth means more than an attractive smile. Research has shown that oral health impacts the wellness of the entire body and is directly linked to risk levels for heart disease, pneumonia and other conditions. While it’s common knowledge […]

May 8, 2023

COVID-19 drastically impacted the nursing profession, with 100,000 nurses leaving their positions due to burnout and stress, according to CNN. This survey also confirmed that 610,388 registered nurses with over a decade of experience, at an average age of 57, […]

May 5, 2023

It’s a fact: More than 80% of data breaches involve a human in some way. That could involve someone falling for a spear-phishing campaign designed to solicit credentials, clicking on a malicious link, or a simple error that leaves a […]

May 5, 2023

The World Health Organization (WHO) has announced the end of the public health emergency for Covid-19, marking the end of a declaration that had been in effect for more than three years. During a meeting on Friday, WHO officials pointed […]

May 4, 2023

To the observant onlooker, data is everywhere. From spending habits to hospital visits, humans are walking treasure troves of information. As technology has exponentially improved in the last 20 years, so has the collection of data. In 2010, a mere […]

May 4, 2023

The Biden administration on Thursday cautioned Americans about the growing risks of medical credit cards and other loans for medical bills, warning in a new report that high interest rates can deepen patients’ debts and threaten their financial security. In […]

May 3, 2023

While it’s easy to get caught up in the many, many words of policies and procedures, how your space physically looks and functions are just as important. Physical safeguards play a vital role in achieving HIPAA compliance and keeping sensitive […]

May 3, 2023

The study shines a light on the role of spindles in alleviating anxiety in PTSD as well as confirms their established role in the transfer of new information to longer-term memory storage. The findings challenge recent work by other researchers […]

May 2, 2023

Tempus has received premarket approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its qualitative next-generation sequencing (NGS)-based in vitro diagnostic device, xT CDx. The xT CDx device is designed to detect substitutions (single nucleotide variants and multi-nucleotide variants), […]

May 2, 2023

The regulation of software as a medical device is required to ensure that software used for medical reasons produces accurate, safe, and effective outcomes. A software application that is meant to be used for the diagnosis, treatment, or monitoring of […]

May 1, 2023

Promis Diagnostics has received breakthrough device designation from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its EarlyTect BCD test. The test is approved for a non-invasive, urine-based diagnosis of bladder cancer from haematuria patients. EarlyTect BCD test will help […]