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At a Senate hearing Wednesday, Anthony Fauci is likely to face questions from Sen. Rand Paul related to the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic. Here's what you need to know
Read full article →CVS Health Chief Medical Officer Amy Compton-Phillips, M.D., joins senior writer Paige Minemyer to unpack initiatives such as CVS Health 100 and discuss what the ideal patient experience might look like.
Read full article →AI doctor startup Doctronic aims to broaden its reach beyond adult primary care by acquiring text-based pediatric care platform Summer Health.
Read full article →Humana has reaffirmed its expectations that Medicare Advantage membership will grow by 25% this year, the company said Wednesday.
Read full article →The Angelman Syndrome Foundation is partnering with startup Citizen Health to offer families access to Ari, an artificial intelligence-powered advocate designed for rare disease communities.
Read full article →Sen. Gary Peters (D-Mich.) accused the GOP chair of the Senate Committee on Homeland Security of “relitigating the past” with his decision to call Dr. Anthony Fauci before Congress on Wednesday to testify about his oversight of the U.S. COVID-19 pandemic response. Peters, the ranking member on the committee, questioned Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) over...
Read full article →Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), chair of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, ordered security to remove one of Dr. Anthony Fauci’s attorneys from the committee's hearing room on Wednesday after the longtime infectious disease expert invoked his Fifth Amendment right. The attorney attempted to speak several times, but Paul would not officially recognize...
Read full article →Anthony Fauci, former chief White House medical adviser, invoked his Fifth Amendment right on Wednesday when he appeared before a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing held by the committee's chair, Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.). In his opening remarks, Fauci blasted Paul's "obvious obsession with calling for my prosecution." The two have a...
Read full article →As LLMs compete for doctors' attention, some developers say the science of benchmarking their AI tools for safety and accuracy is flawed.
Read full article →Ronald Fischer, a most-wanted fugitive, was long hiding in the biotech industry in plain sight, and using an alias more extensively than has been previously reported.
Read full article →“Together, HHS, the VA, and the DOD form a strong American innovation ecosystem — one that China and other competitors cannot easily replicate,” writes former VA Secretary David Shulkin.
Read full article →“The effects of isolation extend far beyond children’s time in the hospital,” writes medical student Anna Tsioulias.
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