Artificial intelligence (AI)-driven healthcare has the potential to transform medical decision-making and treatment, but these algorithms must be thoroughly tested and continuously monitored to avoid unintended consequences to patients. In a JAMA Network Open Invited Commentary, Regenstrief Institute President and Chief Executive Officer and Indiana University School of Medicine Associate Dean for Informatics and Health […]
Battle of the brave: Thousands of NHS workers from the Philippines cared for Covid patients – and many paid the ultimate price. As the story of Leilani’s death at just 41 highlights, a selfless devotion to duty came at a terrible cost At the height of the initial Covid outbreak in March last year, Leilani […]
A long line of people snaked across the sand of Miami Beach, Florida, as dozens of travelers from Latin America waited their turn at a pop-up coronavirus vaccination booth. Sweating under the Sunday afternoon sun, visitors checked into an online system—no proof of residence required—and soon after received a free, single-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine […]
KHN freelancer Christine Spolar discussed how during the pandemic the nation’s richest hospitals and health systems profited after accepting the lion’s share of the federal health care bailout grant with WESA’s “The Confluence” on Tuesday. Click here to hear Spolar on WESA Read “Despite Covid, Many Wealthy Hospitals Had a Banner Year With Federal Bailout” […]
Groundbreaking research from Tel Aviv University may lead to a significant breakthrough in the battle against deadly brain cancer. To begin with, the researchers identified a failure in the brain’s immune system, leading to the amplification of cell division and spread of Glioblastoma cancer cells. The failure results partially from the secretion of a protein […]
What impact could the COVID-19 pandemic have on mental health? Mental health advocate Dr. Lucy McBride joins ‘Fox News Live’ to discuss how the COVID-19 pandemic could impact mental health, and how to shake the symptoms. A military spouse who was hospitalized due to COVID-19 was able to fight off the infection after taking part […]
Fox News Flash top headlines for April 9 Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what’s clicking on Foxnews.com. TOKYO – Doctors in Japan announced Thursday they have successfully performed the world’s first transplant of lung tissue from living donors to a patient with severe lung damage from COVID-19. The recipient, identified only […]
Alzheimer’s disease treatments that slow progression of the disease could significantly reduce the financial burden to U.S. state budgets, according to a new USC study. The study outlines how states—which have been hit particularly hard by the COVID-19 pandemic—would see relief: Medicare would cover the costs of treating the disease, while Medicaid expenditures would be […]
Colin Jackson ran his first mile on July 1, 2014. Not many runners can tell you the exact day they started running, but then again, not many runners are told they have to make intense lifestyle changes or die before their next birthday. That was more than six years ago. On January 18, 2021, Jackson, […]
Immunotherapy, which recruits the body’s own immune system to attack cancer, has given many cancer patients a new avenue to treat the disease. But many cancer immunotherapy treatments can be expensive, have devastating side effects, and only work in a fraction of patients. Researchers at the Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering at the University of […]
