Next-Generation Primary Care: How “Going to the Doctor” Is Changing
The future of healthcare is being driven by digital transformations and emerging technology that provide preventive, personalized and predictive medicine.
CDC Releases New Guide to Address Healthcare Worker Burnout
The CDC’s National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) released a guide for hospital leaders to improve healthcare worker wellbeing.
HHS Releases Final Rules Protecting Consumers Purchasing Short-Term Health Plans
The Departments of Health and Human Services, Labor and the Treasury have released the Short-Term, Limited- Duration Insurance and Independent, Noncoordinated Excepted Benefits Coverage, or “Junk Insurance,” final rules. Short-term, limited-duration insurance (STLDI) is a type of health insurance that is typically designed to fill temporary gaps in coverage when an individual is transitioning from one source of coverage to another.
HHS Releases White Paper Focused on Preventing Drug Shortages
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has released a white paper highlighting steps the organization has taken to prevent and mitigate drug shortages and proposing additional solutions for policymakers to consider.
HHS Finalizes Rule Expanding Access to Care and Increasing Protections for Medicare Part D Plans
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), is finalizing policies to ensure Medicare Advantage and Medicare Part D prescription drug plans best meet the needs of people with Medicare.
COVID Vaccines: What’s Available Now and What’s in the Works?
Three top vaccine producers are making newer vaccines that not only protect against the newer sublineages of COVID-19, but that also protect against other respiratory viruses.
Viruses, Variants and Vaccines: Staying Ahead of the Spread
Although history has proven the success of vaccines in controlling the spread of diseases, emerging threats are concerning. However, hope is on the horizon with studies of newer vaccines.
Study Shows Vaccination Decision in IEI Patients Must Be Individualized
Inborn errors of immunity (IEI) increase morbidity and mortality risks, particularly from respiratory tract infections. Hence, vaccination becomes pivotal for IEI patients.
Immune Globulin and Prophylactic Antibiotics Provide Similar Efficacy in Treating Hypogammaglobulinemia Secondary to Hematological Malignancy
Immune globulin replacement and prophylactic antibiotics are commonly used to prevent infections in patients with secondary hypogammaglobulinemia due to hematological malignancies but have never been directly compared.
The Protective Value of RSV Vaccines in Older Adults: A Deeper Dive
Now that safe and effective RSV vaccines are finally available, more evidence of their direct health benefits in older Americans will be forthcoming. It is likely as well that FDA will eventually expand the marketing approvals of these vaccines to include adults under age 60 with chronic conditions demonstrated to importantly increase the risk of RSV-associated LRTD and hospitalization.
