Deborah Birx, coronavirus response coordinator, speaks during a news conference at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Wednesday, April 22, 2020. Michael Reynolds | Bloomberg | Getty Images Dr. Deborah Birx, the White House Coronavirus Task Force coordinator, told NBC News’ “Meet the Press” Sunday that while the coronavirus trends give her “great hope” for… Read More »
The Trump administration is wagering that it has the coronavirus testing it needs to carry out the first part of its plan for reopening the country, a stance at odds with the strain of thinking that a return to health will require ubiquitous testing. Vice President Mike Pence and top government experts said Friday that… Read More »
Accountable care organizations have major challenges integrating social services with medical care, including a lack of data on their patients’ social needs and the capabilities of community partners. That’s the finding of a new study published in the journal Health Affairs, based on qualitative data from 22 ACOs. “The ACOs in our sample frequently lacked… Read More »
Global health officials will decide Thursday whether to declare a public health emergency over the coronavirus as cases multiply in Wuhan, China. “The continued increase in cases and the evidence of human-to-human transmission outside China are of course both deeply concerning,” Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, World Health Organization director-general, said Wednesday of his decision to hold… Read More »
Total U.S. investment in medical and health research and development grew by 6.4% from 2017 to 2018, reaching $ 194.2 billion. For the third straight year, the growth-rate of medical and health R&D investment outpaced the growth-rate of overall health spending. Yet R&D spending still represents only about 5 cents of every health dollar spent.… Read More »
Ningi Primrose Mbutho receives an HIV vaccine trial from Dr Anamika Premrajh at the MRC clinic on … [+] November 30, 2016 in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, as part of the HVTN 702 clinical trial. (Photo by Gallo Images / The Times / Jackie Clausen) Getty Images Wait for it. Wait for it. That’s what the… Read More »