, 2025-05-06 00:08:00 Pakistan-based startup MedIQ has raked $6 million in a Series A funding round led by Rasmal Ventures and Joa Capital. WHAT IT DOES Founded in 2020, the company offers end-to-end solutions to enable a hybrid digital healthcare ecosystem for businesses (hospitals, insurers, and government agencies). These include EHR, revenue cycle management, telehealth, e-pharmacy, and…
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Meghana Keshavan , 2025-05-05 13:37:00 Want to stay on top of the science and politics driving biotech today? Sign up to get our biotech newsletter in your inbox. Today, we explore how an ambitious nonprofit is taking control of a shelved gene therapy, as it seeks to create a new model for commercializing treatments no longer deemed lucrative…
, 2025-05-05 21:19:00 Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain As the weather warms and people begin to spend more time outside, ticks and mosquitoes will do the same. While these pests are annoying, even more than that, they can be a threat to our health. As a medical entomologist, Associate Research Professor Lee R. Haines studies how…
, 2025-05-06 01:37:00 Researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) have identified what is believed to be the first intervention found in a randomized controlled trial to show large and very large improvements in multiple symptoms associated with Long COVID, and to result in people debilitated by those symptoms returning to work. The…
, 2025-05-05 12:00:00 TOPLINE: In a real-world analysis, the relative risk of myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) and acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) was higher in patients who received chemotherapy plus poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) inhibitor maintenance therapy than in those who received chemotherapy alone for advanced ovarian cancer; however, the absolute risk was low in both treatment groups….
, 2025-05-06 00:16:00 FaceHeart from Taiwan has obtained regulatory approval in the United States for its AI-driven contactless technology for measuring respiratory rate. It obtained a 510(k) clearance from the US Food and Drug Administration for the respiratory rate measurement component of its software development kit. WHAT IT’S ABOUT FaceHeart offers a SDK that utilises…
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Nick Stoico — Boston Globe , 2025-05-05 20:10:00 Charles Lieber, the former chair of Harvard’s chemistry department and renowned nanoscientist who was convicted of lying to federal agents about his ties to China, was recently announced as a new professor at a Chinese university. Lieber joined the full-time faculty at Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School on…
, 2025-05-05 23:10:00 Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain People who are given a vaccine for shingles have a 23% lower risk of cardiovascular events, including stroke, heart failure, and coronary heart disease, according to a study of more than a million people published in the European Heart Journal. The protective effect of the vaccine lasts for…
, 2025-05-06 00:03:00 Scientists harnessed AI to create mutation-resistant antibodies that outperformed conventional drug design, offering a powerful new tool against fast-evolving viruses like SARS-CoV-2. Study: AI designed, mutation resistant broad neutralizing antibodies against multiple SARS-CoV-2 strains. Image Credit: Lightspring / Shutterstock In a recent study in the journal Scientific Reports, researchers tested and leveraged several cutting-edge…
, 2025-05-05 12:00:00 TOPLINE: Bone marrow lesions (BMLs) were linked to collateral ligament lesions (CLLs) in the interphalangeal joints of patients with hand osteoarthritis (OA), with BMLs being less common than CLLs. CLLs showed persistence after their initial appearance and became more common over 4 years, whereas BMLs fluctuated in their occurrence over time. METHODOLOGY:…
Marissa Plescia , 2025-05-05 22:40:00 Proposed Medicaid work requirements may greatly limit access to health coverage, lead to substantial economic losses, and fall short of boosting employment, a new report warns. The report was released last week by the Commonwealth Fund and the George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health. It comes as…
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Ed Silverman , 2025-05-05 22:32:00 Amid ongoing anticipation over tariffs on pharmaceuticals, President Trump on Monday signed an executive order designed to lower regulatory hurdles and make it faster for drug companies to manufacture their products in the U.S. The move also includes plans to place more pressure on foreign drugmakers to comply with quality…
, 2025-05-05 21:23:00 The Health Octo Tool is comprised of eight components designed to assess multidimensional health. Credit: Nature Communications (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-58819-x A novel health-assessment tool uses eight metrics derived from a person’s physical exam and routine lab tests to characterize biological age. It may be able to predict a person’s risk of disability…
, 2025-05-05 14:11:00 Announcing a new article publication for Cardiovascular Innovations and Applications journal. This article aimed to identify molecular candidates to serve as diagnostic biomarkers and therapeutic targets for abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA). Integrative bioinformatics analysis was conducted and machine learning was used for key genetic screening. Gene expression profiles at the single-cell level…
, 2025-05-05 21:05:00 Whether clinicians are accurately diagnosing thyroid disease was at issue for Chinese researchers who demonstrated that adding subgroup differences according to age, sex, or race when testing for thyroid disease reduced by half the number of persons eligible for L-thyroxine, a treatment for hypothyroidism. It is the first study to examine the…
Frank Vinluan , 2025-05-05 21:01:00 A Johnson & Johnson gene therapy in development for an inherited vision-loss disorder has failed a Phase 3 study, the latest clinical research setback for a rare eye disease that so far has no FDA-approved therapies. The gene therapy, botaretigene sparoparvovec (bota-vec for short), was being evaluated as a treatment…
, 2025-05-05 20:47:00 Elon Musk’s startup Neuralink has successfully implanted its brain-computer interface into a man named Brad Smith, who has ALS and is completely non-verbal, allowing him to communicate now using telepathy. Smith released a video on X about his experience with Neuralink and how it works. The video is narrated using an AI-generated…
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Adam Feuerstein and Jason Mast , 2025-05-05 21:06:00 Adam Feuerstein is a senior writer and biotech columnist, reporting on the crossroads of drug development, business, Wall Street, and biotechnology. He is also a co-host of the weekly biotech podcast The Readout Loud and author of the newsletter Adam’s Biotech Scorecard. You can reach Adam on…
, 2025-05-05 20:44:00 Hospital-onset antimicrobial-resistant infections increased across U.S. hospitals during and beyond the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a study published online April 29 in the Annals of Internal Medicine. Christina Yek, M.D., Ph.D., from the National Institutes of Health Clinical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, and colleagues examined the incidence of antimicrobial-resistant infections in U.S….
, 2025-05-05 14:18:00 What is the secret to happiness? Does happiness come from within, or is it shaped by external influences such as our jobs, health, relationships and material circumstances? A new study published in Nature Human Behaviour shows that happiness can come from either within or from external influences, from both, or neither – and which…
, 2025-05-05 12:10:00 TOPLINE: BRCA1-associated protein 1 (BAP1) was found to inhibit the browning of white adipose tissue in response to cold exposure in mice, offering a potential new drug target for a therapeutic strategy to enhance thermogenesis and treat obesity and related metabolic disorders. METHODOLOGY: Brown and beige fat tissue burns energy to produce…
, 2025-05-05 17:14:00 President Donald Trump’s Project Stargate, an at least $500 billion investment to build the physical and virtual infrastructure to power AI construction, is considering investment overseas, according to reporting by the Financial Times. The project, which Trump announced in January alongside three partners, Oracle’s Chief Technology Officer Larry Ellison, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman…
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Christopher Boerner , 2025-05-05 19:00:00 Having grown up in rural Arkansas, I have an acute awareness of the challenges many in our country face when it comes to health care. Quality care wasn’t always accessible, and the decision of whether to pay medical or utility bills was a real dilemma for my family and others…
, 2025-05-05 19:04:00 Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Evolution has fostered many reproductive strategies across the spectrum of life. From dandelions to giraffes, nature finds a way. One of those ways creates quite a bit of suffering for humans: pollen, the infamous male gametophyte of the plant kingdom. In the Southeastern U.S., where I live, you…
, 2025-05-05 14:30:00 Background and aims Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD), is the most common form of chronic liver disease worldwide. This study aimed to explore the role of TM6SF2 in high-fat diet (HFD)-induced MASLD through the gut-liver axis. Methods The TM6SF2 gut-specific knockout (TM6SF2 GKO) mouse was constructed using CRISPR/Cas9 technology. TM6SF2 GKO…
, 2025-05-05 18:43:00 For circulatory support in cardiogenic shock, the best choice between Impella and intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP) has been controversial. Now, new data is complicating the debate. Presenting at the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions in Washington, DC, Godbless Ajenaghughrure, MD, an internist and resident at Trihealth Good Samaritan Hospital in Cincinnati, Ohio,…
, 2025-05-05 18:22:00 Data sharing technology company Datavant has expanded its collaboration with pharmaceutical company Boehringer Ingelheim to support Boehringer’s real-world evidence initiatives. The extended collaboration aims to leverage Datavant’s privacy-preserving tokenization and data connectivity technologies to strengthen clinical development and initiate strategies across 75 additional clinical trials and multiple new molecular entities. Through Datavant…
Jennifer Byrne , 2025-05-05 18:11:00 Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . “ data-action=”subscribe”> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later….
Associated Press , 2025-05-05 17:05:00 Attorneys general in 19 states and Washington, D.C., are challenging cuts to the U.S. Health and Human Services agency, saying the Trump administration’s massive restructuring has destroyed life-saving programs and left states to pick up the bill for mounting health crises. The lawsuit was filed in federal court in Washington D.C. on Monday, New…
, 2025-05-05 17:37:00 The study provides a look at the correlation between changes in key brain regions seen on images of participants’ brains and the decline in physical activity. Credit: Renee Zhang It’s well-established that as we age, we tend to be less active. Conventional wisdom points to loss of muscle mass, strength and issues…
, 2025-05-05 14:37:00 Groundbreaking research from the University of Virginia School of Medicine has revealed crucial new insights into the immune systems of COVID-19 survivors, particularly those struggling with persistent breathing issues. The study shows that these patients have distinct changes in their immune system that link to the severity of their lung damage. This…
, 2025-05-05 12:18:00 Predicting a person’s glycemic response to a meal or snack is a key part of the successful management of both type 1 (T1D) and type 2 diabetes (T2D); yet, due to the complexity of the factors involved, it can require expensive and invasive testing such as blood draws and stool samples. In…
Matthew Shinkle , 2025-05-05 16:12:00 Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . “ data-action=”subscribe”> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again later….
Andrew Joseph , 2025-05-05 15:08:00 Andrew Joseph covers health, medicine, and the biopharma industry in Europe. You can reach Andrew on Signal at drewqjoseph.45. LONDON — The European Commission on Monday unveiled a roughly $565 million package to retain and attract scientists, as other countries try to leverage the Trump administration’s dismantling of research programs in…
, 2025-05-05 16:10:00 Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Anal cancer has been steadily increasing in the United States, with the biggest jumps among older women, especially white and Hispanic women—a shift that challenges assumptions about high-risk groups and who should be screened, according to a study to be presented at Digestive Disease Week (DDW) 2025. “Rates…
, 2025-05-05 15:01:00 Sponsored Content by Pion IncReviewed by Maria OsipovaMay 5 2025 In this interview, Prof Na Li explores the mysteries of the particle drifting effect and its practical applications in real-world scenarios. Could you explain why solubility is such a crucial factor in drug absorption? Only solubilized drugs can be absorbed by…
, 2025-05-05 14:32:00 The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved dihydroergotamine (DHE) nasal powder (Atzumi, Satsuma Pharmaceuticals Inc) for the acute treatment of migraine with or without aura in adults Atzumi (previously STS101) is the “first and only” product utilizing the Simple MucoAdhesive Release Technology (SMART) platform, which combines a proprietary advanced powder…
Elli Kaplan , 2025-05-05 14:35:00 I still remember seeing my grandfather’s Post-it notes all over his house. He’d write things like “Shun elevators, take the stairs,” and “Do math.” My grandfather identified his cognitive decline long before there was an efficient way for clinicians to catch it early, and did what he could to slow…
Parag A. Majmudar, MD; Eva Liang, MD , 2025-05-05 14:52:00 Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . “ data-action=”subscribe”> Subscribe We were unable to process your…
Bob Herman , 2025-05-05 14:56:00 Bob Herman covers health insurance, government programs, hospitals, physicians, and other providers — reporting on how money influences those businesses and shapes what we all pay for care. He is also the author of the Health Care Inc. newsletter. You can reach Bob on Signal at bobjherman.09. This is the…
, 2025-05-05 14:42:00 Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Women make up more than 50% of the population, yet before the 1990s they were largely excluded from health and medical research studies. To try to help correct this imbalance, in 1991 the National Institutes of Health launched a massive, long-term study called the Women’s Health Initiative, which…
, 2025-05-05 14:21:00 Heart Failure 2025, the world’s leading congress on heart failure, will take place from 17 to 20 May in Belgrade, Serbia. Organized by the Heart Failure Association (HFA) of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC), the congress is expected to attract thousands of healthcare professionals from around the globe. Heart failure…
, 2025-05-05 12:26:00 Patients who received a single antiplatelet drug therapy— usually aspirin — after transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) had about half the risk of dying in the subsequent 6 months compared with patients who received dual antiplatelet drug therapy. The findings were similar in men and women and in patients with and without…
Jeff Bennett , 2025-05-05 13:25:00 Chronic diseases kill over 1.7 million Americans each year, making them the country’s leading cause of death. This number only continues to go up, and it’s clear that today’s sick-care model isn’t cutting it. Instead, the U.S. needs to turn to a system that prioritizes earlier intervention and personalized care…
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