HCA Healthcare Reports Data Security Incident 

Jul 10, 2023 at 05:50 pm by Staff

  NASHVILLE –HCA Healthcare, Inc. (NYSE: HCA) recently discovered that a list of certain information with respect to some of its patients was made availa.... Read More

Ascension Saint Thomas Board Announces New Roles for Prominent Business Executives and Community Leaders   

Jul 10, 2023 at 04:46 pm by Staff

  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (July 10, 2023) – Ascension Saint Thomas is pleased to announce that two distinguished members of its board of directors, both influen.... Read More

FDA Converts Novel Alzheimer’s Disease Treatment to Traditional Approval

Jul 10, 2023 at 01:45 am by Staff

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration converted Leqembi (lecanemab-irmb), indicated to treat adult patients with Alzheimer’s Disease, to traditional approval f.... Read More

Why the Next Big Hope for Alzheimer’s Might Not Help Most Black Patients

Jul 10, 2023 at 01:41 am by Staff

  By Arthur Allen, KFF Health News   The FDA on Thursday gave full approval to what many scientists and doctors believe is the first drug to show promi.... Read More

How Health Care May Be Affected by the High Court’s Affirmative Action Ruling

Jul 10, 2023 at 01:27 am by Staff

  By Michelle Andrews, KFF Health News   Doctors are concerned that a Supreme Court ruling issued June 29 will have far-reaching effects not only on the dive.... Read More

‘It Was a Bloodbath’: Rare Dialysis Complication Can Kill, and More Could Be Done To Stop It

Jul 10, 2023 at 01:21 am by Staff

  By Brett Kelman, KFF Health News   Nieltje Gedney was half-asleep in her West Virginia home, watching murder mysteries over the hum of a bedside hemodialys.... Read More

CDC to Reduce Funding for States’ Child Vaccination Programs

Jul 10, 2023 at 01:07 am by Staff

  By Andy Miller, KFF Health News The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is reducing funding to states for child vaccination programs, according to an agen.... Read More

Patients Squeezed in Fight Over Who Gets to Bill for Pricey Infusion Drugs

Jul 10, 2023 at 01:03 am by Staff

  By Samantha Liss, KFF Health News      Health insurers and medical providers are battling over who should supply high-cost infusion drugs for pa.... Read More

More States Legalize Sales of Unpasteurized Milk, Despite Public Health Warnings

Jul 10, 2023 at 12:23 am by Staff

  By Tony Leys, KFF Health News Babe the goat is trendier than she looks. Babe lives a quiet life on a hillside farm in southern Iowa, where she grazes on grass w.... Read More

Rett syndrome drug studied at Vanderbilt approved for patients

Jul 09, 2023 at 08:27 pm by Staff

by Craig Boerner The first drug to treat the symptoms of Rett syndrome was recently approved, following a Nature Medicine study publishing results from the pivotal.... Read More