Trigger warning: The 2019 movie musical, Cats In 2019, three and a half months before Covid-19 spread across the globe, another (albeit smaller) tragedy took place, concerning populations near and far. It was the release of Tom Hooper’s CATS—a CGI fiasco that featured human hands on cats, a conversation about Jason Derulo’s penis, and also… Read More »
Vivasure Medical, a medtech company based in Galway, Ireland, has developed the PerQseal device, a synthetic implant designed to seal large bore blood vessel punctures. The implant has utility in a wide variety of transcatheter endovascular procedures, such as transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR), thoracic endovascular aneurysm repair (TEVAR), and endovascular abdominal aneurysm repair (EVAR),… Read More »
Sir Andrew Witty, president of UnitedHealth Group and CEO of Optum, is taking a leave of absence to co-lead a global effort of the World Health Organization to accelerate the development of a COVID-19 vaccine. Witty’s appointment to the position with WHO is effective April 20. During Witty’s temporary assignment, UnitedHealth Group CEO David Wichmann… Read More »
The state of New York is “relatively comfortable” with its supply of ventilators and personal protective equipment, according to Gov. Andrew Cuomo. New York, which is suffering the worst coronavirus outbreak in the nation, has been struggling with shortages on medical equipment such as face masks, gloves, and ventilators. As of Friday, Cuomo said the… Read More »