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The ideas and innovators shaping health care

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Biden’s beef with Moderna

The ideas and innovators shaping health care Mar 24, 2023 View in browser By Carmen Paun, Ben Leonard, Ruth Reader and Erin Schumaker WEEKEND READ Moderna CEO Stphane Bancel faced his Senate nemesis, Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), this week on Capitol Hill.| AP President Joe Biden didnt rush to Moderna CE

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Clinical trials are down the street

The ideas and innovators shaping health care Mar 23, 2023 View in browser By Ben Leonard, Carmen Paun, Ruth Reader and Erin Schumaker THE LAB Come to Walgreens for your clinical trial.| Michael Dwyer/AP Photo Clinical trials are in the Flintstone era.Ramita Tandon, Walgreens chief clinical trials o

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Hacking’s a drain on health care

The ideas and innovators shaping health care Mar 22, 2023 View in browser By Ben Leonard, Ruth Reader and Erin Schumaker TECH MAZE Regulators should come with money, Garcia says, if they want to impose mandates.| Courtesy of Greg Garcia Greg Garcia helps health care organizations partner with the g

2 days ago

Life, death and the AI overlord

The ideas and innovators shaping health care Mar 21, 2023 View in browser By Erin Schumaker, Carmen Paun, Ruth Reader and Ben Leonard TECH MAZE AI could be coming to the ER.| Joe Raedle/Getty Image Imagine youre the emergency room physician in charge of triage after a mass shooting.That was the cas

3 days ago

The pandemic at 3

The ideas and innovators shaping health care Mar 20, 2023 View in browser By Ben Leonard, Ruth Reader and Erin Schumaker PANDEMIC The days of socially distanced circles are over, but Covid persists.| AP Three years since Covid-19 shut down America, the diseases future course is still unknown.Resear

4 days ago

Budget woes at HHS’ civil rights office

Presented by Guardant Health: The ideas and innovators shaping health care Mar 17, 2023 View in browser By Ben Leonard, Ruth Reader, Carmen Paun and Erin Schumaker Presented by Guardant Health WASHINGTON WATCH HHS Office for Civil Rights Director Melanie Fontes Rainer | HHS HHS Office for Civil Rig

1 week ago

Biden’s PEPFAR mixed messages

Presented by Guardant Health: The ideas and innovators shaping health care Mar 16, 2023 View in browser By Carmen Paun, Ben Leonard, Erin Schumaker and Ruth Reader Presented by Guardant Health WASHINGTON WATCH President Biden's administration is touting PEPFAR's successes, while also calling for a

1 week ago

Culling the health tech herd

Presented by Guardant Health: The ideas and innovators shaping health care Mar 15, 2023 View in browser By Ruth Reader, Ben Leonard and Erin Schumaker Presented by Guardant Health TECH MAZE It's getting harder for health tech firms to bring in the Benjamins.| Getty Images The threat of economic cat

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SVB’s collapse and health tech's reckoning

Presented by Guardant Health: The ideas and innovators shaping health care Mar 14, 2023 View in browser By Ruth Reader, Ben Leonard, Carmen Paun and Erin Schumaker Presented by Guardant Health DANGER ZONE Investor Michael Yang says companies with Silicon Valley Bank loans still face a reckoning.| C

1 week ago

Your new medicine, brought to you by AI

Presented by Guardant Health: The ideas and innovators shaping health care Mar 13, 2023 View in browser By Carmen Paun, Ben Leonard, Ruth Reader and Erin Schumaker Presented by Guardant Health INNOVATORS Pharmatech firms are exploring AI's potential in new drug development.| AP The next blockbuster

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Can't turn back time

The ideas and innovators shaping health care Mar 10, 2023 View in browser By Ben Leonard, Erin Schumaker and Ruth Reader WASHINGTON WATCH Don't forget to spring forward on Sunday night.| Elise Amendola/AP photo Groggy Americans can turn their bloodshot eyes on Sunday to Sen.), who is re-upping his

2 weeks ago

A drug cost stat falls out of favor

The ideas and innovators shaping health care Mar 09, 2023 View in browser By Ben Leonard, Erin Schumaker and Ruth Reader WASHINGTON WATCH Rodgers says QALYs discriminate.| Francis Chung/POLITICO Government agencies would lose one tool aimed at measuring the cost-effectiveness of drugs and medical t

2 weeks ago

Congress’ latest opioid law isn’t enough

The ideas and innovators shaping health care Mar 08, 2023 View in browser By Ben Leonard, Ruth Reader and Erin Schumaker WASHINGTON WATCH The DEA's Anne Milgram says her agency supports efforts to treat people addicted to opioids with buprenorphine.| Getty Images A new law that makes it easier for

2 weeks ago

Two visions of telehealth’s future

The ideas and innovators shaping health care Mar 07, 2023 View in browser By Ben Leonard, Ruth Reader and Erin Schumaker WASHINGTON WATCH Making money on telehealth is about to get harder.| AP SAN ANTONIO The telehealth industry is at an inflection point.Executives at the American Telemedicine Ass

2 weeks ago

A gut feeling about wastewater

The ideas and innovators shaping health care Mar 06, 2023 View in browser By Erin Schumaker, Ruth Reader and Ben Leonard THE LAB Mariana Matus sees great promise in sewage analysis.| Biobot Analytics Wastewater epidemiology became a useful tool during the Covid pandemic.It could become big business

2 weeks ago

DeSantis’ ‘medical freedom’ movement grows

The ideas and innovators shaping health care Mar 03, 2023 View in browser By Ben Leonard, Ruth Reader and Erin Schumaker WEEKEND READ DeSantis says no one should force you to wear a mask or get a vaccine.| Joe Raedle/Getty Images Conservative blowback to the handling of the Covid pandemic could hav

3 weeks ago

Google’s big health care play

The ideas and innovators shaping health care Mar 02, 2023 View in browser By Ruth Reader, Erin Schumaker and Ben Leonard THE NEXT CURES Google hopes its AI will improve TB diagnoses.| Getty Images Artificial intelligence might hold the key to bringing tuberculosis under control, Google and the Bill

3 weeks ago

Telehealth’s future comes into view

The ideas and innovators shaping health care Mar 01, 2023 View in browser By Ben Leonard, Erin Schumaker and Ruth Reader TECH MAZE Telehealth is great for the little things, a new survey found.| AP Few Americans used telehealth before the Covid pandemic.As it took root as a pandemic precaution, som

3 weeks ago

‘The CDC doesn’t get modern computing’

The ideas and innovators shaping health care Feb 28, 2023 View in browser By Ben Leonard, Erin Schumaker and Ruth Reader TECH MAZE Rucker launched TEFCA but says it's just a way station.| Courtesy of Don Rucker Don Rucker oversaw the beginning of a project to connect electronic health records natio

3 weeks ago

This is your brain on psychedelics

The ideas and innovators shaping health care Feb 27, 2023 View in browser By Erin Schumaker, Ben Leonard and Ruth Reader THE NEXT CURES Some doctors think psilocybin, the psychoactive ingredient in mushrooms, holds promise for treating mental illness.| AP The key to treating intractable mental heal

3 weeks ago

Vivek Murthy wants kids off social media

The ideas and innovators shaping health care Feb 24, 2023 View in browser By Ruth Reader, Ben Leonard and Erin Schumaker TECH MAZE Murthy's podcasting about wellness and meditation to combat mental illness.| AP Photo/Charles Dharapak Surgeon General Vivek Murthy is an evangelist for wellness, hosti

1 month ago

‘The most stigmatized disease in the world’

The ideas and innovators shaping health care Feb 23, 2023 View in browser By Erin Schumaker, Ruth Reader and Ben Leonard CHECKUP The American Academy of Pediatrics now recommends obesity surgery for some children.| AP The backlash was swift following the American Academy of Pediatrics release of it

1 month ago

Where a good night’s sleep is hard to get

The ideas and innovators shaping health care Feb 22, 2023 View in browser By Erin Schumaker, Ben Leonard, Carmen Paun and Ruth Reader CHECKUP In some places, it's hard to get a solid eight hours of sleep.| Getty Images NA Youve likely heard the term social determinants of health used to describe no

1 month ago

What’s making hospital CEOs sweat

The ideas and innovators shaping health care Feb 21, 2023 View in browser By Ben Leonard, Carmen Paun, Ruth Reader and Erin Schumaker WORKFORCE Hospital administrators say worker shortages are their biggest concern.Congress is listening.But theres a debate about whether the problems are the result

1 month ago

The abysmal nursing home booster campaign

The ideas and innovators shaping health care Feb 17, 2023 View in browser By Carmen Paun, Ben Leonard, Ruth Reader and Erin Schumaker Programming Note: Well be off this Monday for Presidents Day but will be back in your inboxes on Tuesday, Feb.WEEKEND READ Only about half of nursing home residents

1 month ago