[ad_1] HIMSS conference attendees walk the exhibition floor Source: HIMSS Debates over artificial intelligence and its role in health care took center stage at the HIMSS Global Health Conference in Chicago this week, where more than 35,000 physicians, other health-care workers, executives and engineers convened to discuss the latest advancements in health and technology. Companies…
[ad_1] In this photo illustration, an insulin pen manufactured by the Novo Nordisk company is displayed on March 14, 2023 in Miami, Florida. Joe Raedle | Getty Images News | Getty Images The top executives of the three drug companies that control 90% of the global insulin market will testify May 10 before the Senate…
[ad_1] Close-up of a yellow-fever mosquito biting human skin, it’s a culicidae vector of malaria, yellow fever, chikungunya, dengue and zika virus in Brazil, known locally as mosquito da dengue. Joao Paulo Burini | Moment | Getty Images Nigeria this week joined Ghana in provisionally approving a new malaria vaccine developed by scientists at the…
[ad_1] In this photo illustration, insulin pens manufactured by the Novo Nordisk company are displayed on March 14, 2023 in Miami, Florida. Joe Raedle | Getty Images Bipartisan Senate legislation introduced Friday would cap the price of insulin at $35 per month for people with private insurance. The bill, drafted by Sens. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H.,…
[ad_1] In this photo illustration, a container of Johnson and Johnson baby powder is displayed on April 05, 2023 in San Anselmo, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images A federal bankruptcy judge on Thursday halted roughly 40,000 lawsuits that allege Johnson & Johnson‘s baby powder and other talc products caused cancer. The decision is part…
[ad_1] Eighteen people, some of them doctors, were criminally charged with Covid-19 health-care fraud schemes that netted hundreds of millions of dollars from false billings and theft from federally funded programs, the Department of Justice said Thursday. The charges, which span nine federal judicial districts, comprise the largest coordinated law enforcement action in the U.S….
[ad_1] Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Moderna and IBM are teaming up to use generative artificial intelligence and quantum computing to advance mRNA technology, the development at the core of the company’s blockbuster Covid vaccine, the companies announced Thursday. “We are excited to partner with IBM to develop novel AI models to advance…
[ad_1] Safeway pharmacist Shahrzad Khoobyari (L) administers a Pfizer COVID-19 booster vaccination into the arm of Norman Solomon (R) at a vaccination booster shot clinic on October 01, 2021 in San Rafael, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Wednesday backed a second dose of the updated Covid booster for…
[ad_1] The Abbott manufacturing facility in Sturgis, Michigan, on May 13, 2022. Jeff Kowalsky | AFP | Getty Images Shares of Abbott Laboratories popped Wednesday after the company’s earnings and revenue topped Wall Street’s expectations, defying a dramatic slowdown in sales of its Covid-19 tests. The medical-products company posted adjusted earnings per share of $1.03….
[ad_1] Demonstrators rally in support of abortion rights at the US Supreme Court in Washington, DC, April 15, 2023. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds | AFP | Getty Images Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito on Wednesday issued an order allowing the abortion pill mifepristone to remain available by mail delivery and without tighter restrictions on how it is…
