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Senate Democrats on Tuesday released a blueprint of proposals to lower prescription drug costs, as Democrats focus on affordability to provide a counter message to the White House and help Democrats win back control of Congress. High prescription drug costs are a persistent concern for voters of both parties. President Trump has been touting his own efforts of voluntary pricing deals...
Read full article →New FDA guidance on the use of Bayesian statistics signals a broader shift in accommodating more flexible clinical trial designs and the complexities of diseases such as certain cancers and rare disorders, which may lead to more efficient trials, lower development costs, and faster innovation. The post The FDA’s Bayesian Guidance Could Quietly Reshape Clinical Trial Design appeared first on MedCity News .
Read full article →Reframing transportation as infrastructure, not a support service, means holding it to the same standard as any other component of care delivery. That requires these three things. The post Healthcare Access Depends on Infrastructure: Why Rural Communities Can’t Afford Fragmentation appeared first on MedCity News .
Read full article →The autonomous healthcare system is about to take shape, and health systems must prepare to evolve alongside it. The post Natural Selection Will Weed Out the Weak in the Race to Autonomous Healthcare appeared first on MedCity News .
Read full article →[Sponsored] The future of healthcare AI is not simply a technology conversation. It is a trust conversation. The post Healthcare AI Beyond the Buzzwords: Ambient, Generative, and Agentic Explained appeared first on MedCity News .
Read full article →In this edition of STAT Health Tech: How a biotech startup turned a failed clinical trial into an AI model, and more.
Read full article →Infant mortality in the U.S. dropped to a new all-time low in 2025, according to CDC data, though it still trails other similar nations.
Read full article →A new AI model to improve trial enrollment, importing drugs from Canada, and more biotech news from The Readout
Read full article →Weight loss drugs will be available through Medicare starting next month, thanks to a program that is supposed to be temporary but may be difficult to end
Read full article →Medicare-funded weight loss, Utah's lower drunk driving limit, and more health news from Morning Rounds
Read full article →As the saying goes, one man’s trash is another man’s treasure. Or as Verge Labs might put it, one company’s failed clinical trial … is that same company’s new AI…
Read full article →A large study finds you may share about a quarter of your oral and gut microbes with the people you live with. Should you worry? We asked the experts.
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