Posoleucel’s third RMAT designation marks an unprecedented regulatory distinction among cell and gene therapies Global Phase 3 multi-virus prevention trial initiated in March 2022 and is enrolling patients WALTHAM, Mass., April 20, 2022–(BUSINESS WIRE)–AlloVir (Nasdaq: ALVR), a late clinical-stage allogeneic T cell immunotherapy company, today announced that the U.S. Food […]
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A ‘scary man,’ or someone like your uncle? Mass. requires doctors to undergo implicit bias training in an effort to address health care inequities.
Starting June 1, the Board of Registration in Medicine, which licenses doctors in Massachusetts, is requiring all doctors to take two hours of instruction in implicit bias — mistaken beliefs and prejudices that people hold without realizing it. The training will focus on attitudes toward gender, race, ethnicity, and culture. […]
Current Causes of Death in Children and Adolescents in the United States
To the Editor: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently released updated official mortality data that showed 45,222 firearm-related deaths in the United States in 2020 — a new peak.1 Although previous analyses have shown increases in firearm-related mortality in recent years (2015 to 2019), as compared with […]
Sri Lanka doctors warn of ‘catastrophe’ as medicines run low | Health News
Colombo, Sri Lanka – Doctors in Sri Lanka have warned that a catastrophic number of people could die as the crisis-hit country’s healthcare system teeters on the edge of collapse amid crippling power cuts and shortages of life-saving medications. Drugs to treat heart attacks and tubes to help newborn babies […]
Editas Medicine Appoints Gilmore O’Neill as Chief Executive Officer
Editas Medicine, Inc. Gilmore O’Neill Editas Medicine today announced that its Board of Directors has appointed Dr. Gilmore O’Neill, M.B., M.M.Sc., as President and Chief Executive Officer. James C. Mullen to Serve as Executive Chairman CAMBRIDGE, Mass., April 14, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Editas Medicine, Inc. (Nasdaq: EDIT), a leading […]
With prayers and medicine, Stafford woman makes ‘miraculous’ recovery after COVID | Local News
Danny Warren’s family is celebrating life over death this Easter Sunday, but their triumphant story goes beyond what’s typically told from the pulpit. Warren’s wife, Alma Zepeda, gave birth before Christmas, got COVID-19, went downhill quickly and spent 2½ months on a ventilator. Those involved with her case, from doctors […]
Fourth Dose of BNT162b2 mRNA Covid-19 Vaccine in a Nationwide Setting
Setting and Data We used data collected between January 3 and February 18, 2022, when the omicron variant was predominant in Israel,13 to emulate a target trial evaluating the effectiveness of a fourth vaccine dose as compared with three vaccine doses. We analyzed data from Clalit Health Services (CHS), the […]
As Sri Lanka nears default, medicine strapped hospitals are deciding who lives and dies
Miru has a malignant brain tumor that causes him to have frequent epileptic seizures and fall unconscious for minutes on end. The only thing that helps is an anti-convulsant drug, but with Sri Lanka’s financial crisis hitting medical imports, Miru’s father, Upul Chandana, has struggled to find the medicine anywhere. […]
Michigan Medicine will no longer run Wayne County Morgue after Local 4 exposes long list of issues
DETROIT – Michigan Medicine will no longer run the Wayne County Morgue after a Local 4 investigation exposed a long list of issues, including decomposing bodies and the wrong person being buried. Michigan Medicine had a five-year, $31 million contract to run the Wayne County Medical Examiner’s Office, and a […]
Healing is grounded in listening for this Youngsville family medicine physician | Sponsored: Our Lady of Lourdes
Editor’s Note This article is brought to you by Our Lady of Lourdes. The process of healing begins with something so simple, so innate. Listening. Many of us are born with the ability, but time and experience, when interwoven with compassion, hone it into a skill that can help heal. […]