MEDICINE & HEALTHOver 1.1 million Medicare patients could die in the next ten years due to the high cost of drugs, according to a new study by the West Health Policy Center.
The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust has awarded a $3.5M research grant to Clatit Health Services to evaluate its AI-driven study on the efficacy of diabetes care.
A new study examines the capacity of health care systems to accommodate patients - among the factors that determine public health in the face of infectious disease outbreaks like COVID-19.
Researchers are arguing whether planned challenge tests are still needed. During the onset of this current global health crisis, tens of thousands of young volunteer participants offered to risk their health by allowing scientists to intentionally infect them with SARS-CoV-2, with the hope of accelerating the hunt for an effective cure or vaccine.
If the experimental coronavirus vaccines win approval from the Food and Drug Administration, they will be the first-ever authorized vaccines that use mRNA.
New findings propose strategies for reducing risk according to a rigorous understanding of the manner infectious particles "mix with air in confined spaces."