On December 18, 2023, the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published a draft guidance called “Use of Real-World Evidence to Support Regulatory Decision-Making for Medical...
Last week, researchers published a special communications article in JAMA Network Open outlining principles to address and minimize the impacts of racial and ethnic bias in healthcare algorithms. The...
On December 13, 2023, scientists published a study in Nature that identified a risk factor for morning sickness, also called hyperemesis gravidarum. The condition causes severe nausea and vomiting...
On December 13, 2023, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) agreed to review an August case whose appeals court decision restricted access to mifepristone, one of the two drugs used for...
Yesterday, December 11, 2023, the Texas Supreme Court issued a ruling that overturned a lower court’s decision to grant Kate Cox an abortion. The lower court decision was issued last Thursday and...
Earlier this week, researchers at the University of Edinburgh published an article in Nature Communications revealing that choroidal and retinal thinning may be biomarkers for chronic kidney disease...
Earlier this week, at Acoustics 2023 Sydney, a doctoral researcher at the University of Oxford’s Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Darcy Dunn–Lawless, discussed his research on a...
Yesterday, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) issued a press release identifying a potential pathway for hypertension-induced dementia. The announcement cites a study published in Nature...
A report published last week in JAMA Psychiatry revealed changing patterns in overdose deaths among postpartum women. The study — funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), a part of...
In a safety notice published on November 28, 2022, the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced an investigation into the safety of chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell...
Yesterday, November 28, 2023, the American Medical Association (AMA) announced its Principles for Augmented Intelligence Development, Deployment, and Use. The document provides a roadmap for the...
AstraZeneca has unveiled Evinova, a pioneering health-tech business dedicated to accelerating innovation across the life sciences sector. Evinova — positioned as a separate entity within...
On November 20, 2023, Universal DX (UDX), a biotechnology company, announced its collaboration with Quest Diagnostics, one of the two most significant lab services in the United States, to study,...
Recently, March of Dimes released its annual report card on maternal and infant outcomes across the United States and its territories, highlighting that the US received a D+ for premature birth, with a...
On Wednesday, the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authorized the Simple 2 Test manufactured by LetsGetChecked. The test is the first authorized chlamydia and gonorrhea diagnostic tool...
On Sunday, November 12, 2023, Verve Therapeutics presented the results of an ongoing clinical trial using gene therapy to treat uncontrolled high cholesterol, atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease,...
Yesterday, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced the results of a study that identified chronic sleep deficiency as a risk factor for type 2 diabetes (T2D). The study, published in Diabetes...
Yesterday, Johnson and Johnson MedTech issued a press release to its investors and the public detailing the timeline for its general surgery robot. According to the announcement, the company intends to...
On November 7, 2023, three states, Ohio, Kentucky, and Virginia, voted in favor of maintaining abortion rights. Although policy changes were only on the ballot in Ohio, votes in Kentucky and Virginia...
In an attempt to develop a more inclusive and comprehensive definition of infertility, the American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM) has modified the description to include people unable to...
