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Included is hoping that Firefly’s offerings will help set it apart in a crowded employee benefits space, especially as employers become increasingly open to alternative health plan arrangements.
Read full article →Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) said Tuesday that the State Department is set to reinstate funding for a global humanitarian vaccine program after the Trump administration previously paused the program. “It is welcome news that following our recent outreach, the State Department has committed to contributing the full $600 million for GAVI, the Vaccine Alliance,” Collins...
Read full article →Throne Science — a startup selling an AI-powered toilet camera that tracks gut health, hydration and urinary function — closed a $10 million Series A funding round. CEO Scott Hickle said the goal is to become a “smoke detector for colorectal cancer,” filling a monitoring gap he noted the wearables industry has largely ignored. The post Smart Toilet Sensor Startup Is Flush with $10M Funding appeared first on MedCity News .
Read full article →Included Health announced plans to acquire Firefly Health to accelerate its alternative health plan strategy for employers. The post Included Health to Acquire Firefly Health to Expand Alternative Health Plan Offering for Employers appeared first on MedCity News .
Read full article →Altimmune’s pemvidutide achieved a statistically significant reduction in heavy drinking days compared to a placebo in a Phase 2 trial. This peptide drug, which is designed to activate the GLP-1 and glucagon receptors, is also on track to begin a pivotal test in the fatty liver disease MASH. The post Altimmune’s GLP-1 Drug Reduces Heavy Drinking in Alcohol Use Disorder Trial appeared first on MedCity News .
Read full article →An open letter to the board of the American Diabetes Association said the board had badly mishandled an incident at its annual meeting.
Read full article →Sen. Rand Paul is forcing Fauci to appear before his Senate panel.
Read full article →Test strips can identify dangerous hidden additives in street drugs and help prevent overdoses. But the Trump administration says federal funds can't be used to provide the strips to drug users.
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- Initiation of antipsychotic medications, even for short durations, was linked to an increase in the prevalence of pharmacologically treated type 2 diabetes in youths, according to a Dutch cohort study. Among nearly 90,000 youths...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- The Trump administration is looking into alternatives to the current fee-for-service-based payment system for physicians who treat Medicare patients. The request for information issued on July 14 by the Centers for Medicare...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- Kidney transplant recipients with COVID-19 who received remdesivir (Veklury) early had a lower risk of graft loss, a target trial emulation study found. Compared with no remdesivir, initiation of the antiviral within 7 days...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- Ahead of Anthony Fauci, MD, testifying before Congress on Wednesday, a group of 155 scientists, physicians, and public health advocates signed an open letter calling on elected officials to end the "vilification and harassment...
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