Just a few decades ago, for a patient to gain insight into their current health prognosis, they would have to set up an appointment with their provider. They would then get lab tests, wait for the ...

Twin brothers Xing and Yang Su have shaped their careers around each other and have long wanted to start a company together. As they were deciding what to build, their three living grandparents ...

The clinical trial participant who was hospitalized for severe complications after receiving the high dose of Neurogene’s experimental Rett syndrome gene therapy has died. Neurogene disclosed ...

Healthcare organizations have focused on improving patient outcomes for years. Lately, however, the impact of diagnostic errors on outcomes has come under more intense scrutiny. Some research ...

In the U.S., maternal mortality rates exceed most other developed countries, and a blood pressure pregnancy disorder called preeclampsia is one of the main contributors to this unfortunate statistic.

World Class Health, a global concierge health benefit, has raised $8 million in seed funding, the company announced Wednesday. The financing will help the company continue to build out its global ...

Checkpoint inhibitors transformed cancer treatment, bringing to patients immunotherapies now widely used to treat a range of tumors. But there are different types of checkpoints that interact with ...

Several telehealth advocates are coming out in support of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) third extension of Covid-19 telehealth flexibilities for the prescribing of controlled ...

Medicine stands at a remarkable crossroads. The explosive growth in specialty drug development marks a new golden age of therapeutic innovation. In 1990 there were just 10 specialty drugs on the ...

In a typical year, at least 1.7 million adults in America develop sepsis, a life-threatening response to infection. About 30% of severe sepsis patients don’t survive, and up to 50% of survivors ...

Keytruda, a Merck cancer immunotherapy that has become the world’s top-selling medication, is administered as an intravenous infusion over the course of 30 minutes. The pharmaceutical giant now ...

The rise of AI changes many spheres of life, with a projected growth rate of nearly 37% by 2030 — while healthcare is expected to see the most impact from AI use with a long-term adoption rate ...