Rush, Endeavor to merge into Illinois powerhouse
Joining forces could give the two Chicagoland systems a leg up in the region’s fragmented and competitive hospital market — if regulators approve.
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Millie to open first of several joint clinics with El Camino Health in the Bay Area
The clinic will combine Millie’s midwifery care model with El Camino’s labor and delivery services and broader specialist network. The goal is to offer an integrated pregnancy, birth and postpartum experience.
Read full article →Groups supporting RFK Jr. are spending nearly $2M in Iowa governor, House races
It’s the first big outlay from Make America Healthy Again groups since they helped take down GOP Sen. Bill Cassidy in May.
Read full article →RFK Jr.-aligned MAHA group spends big on Iowa governor's race
A political action committee associated with Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s “Make America Healthy Again” (MAHA) movement announced Thursday it is investing more than $1 million in the Iowa governor’s race — the group’s largest…
Read full article →Many popular foods may now use salt substitutes, says FDA
The FDA has finalized a rule allowing manufacturers to use salt substitutes in dozens of standardized foods.
Read full article →Why the Future of Healthcare Depends on Reinventing Primary Care Access
What is needed is a fundamentally different operating model for primary care, one designed around continuous engagement rather than episodic encounters. The post Why the Future of Healthcare Depends on Reinventing Primary Care Access appeared first on MedCity News .
Read full article →The Role of Hospital Stewardship to Improve Outcomes and Manage Costs
[Sponsored] Panelists in the webinar, sponsored by Inovalon, will explore how near real-time surveillance, smart risk prioritization, and closed-loop intervention are shifting stewardship programs to proactive, technology-enabled decision-making that lets pharmacists work at the top of their license. The post…
Read full article →STAT+: Former FDA commissioners Califf, Gottlieb, Sharpless lay into current HHS leadership
Former FDA commissioners Rob Califf (Obama and Biden administrations), Scott Gottlieb, and Ned Sharpless (both from the first Trump administration) criticized the officials who ran the agency during a massive…
Read full article →STAT+: Verastem’s KRAS inhibitor shows promise in pancreatic cancer
Verastem Oncology reports encouraging early results for its KRAS G12D inhibitor, which it’s studying in more than 200 patients with advanced solid tumors like metastatic pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma and non-small…
Read full article →After a melanoma diagnosis, mRNA cancer vaccine delivered a patient hope — and a path forward
A schoolteacher diagnosed with melanoma provides an inside look at what it was like to be treated with a cancer vaccine developed by Merck and Moderna.
Read full article →STAT+: Pharmalittle: We’re reading about former FDA head calling DOGE a ‘disaster,’ an AstraZeneca AI deal, and more
Three former FDA chiefs lit into the Trump administration, criticizing the now former FDA officials who oversaw a massive staff exodus
Read full article →STAT+: ‘AI sandboxes’ are all the rage. Advocates scramble to control their future
In this edition of STAT's Health Tech newsletter: The groups vying to shape regulations that'd govern state AI sandboxes, and more.
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