There’s something you should know about Bindi Irwin and Chandler Powell’s daughter Grace Warrior: it’s impossible to see a picture of her and not smile. OK, you probably already knew that. The toddler — who turns 2 later this month! — is a delight to behold, no matter if she’s splashing in her tortoise pond or wearing khaki with the […]

In state after state, doors are quickly slamming shut on the ability of doctors to provide gender-affirming care for transgender minors. The newest restriction is set to take effect Thursday in Florida, where that state’s Board of Medicine decided last month to ban the use of all puberty blockers, hormone therapies and/or surgeries for any patient under 18, whether or […]

A new tool that can be used to forecast the prevalence of individuals within a country that may have insufficient access to food—known as food insecurity—up to 30 days into the future is presented in a study published in Scientific Reports. The authors suggest that the tool could aid decision makers in countries at risk of food insecurity and help […]

Editor’s note: Find the latest long COVID news and guidance in Medscape’s Long COVID Resource Center. More than 3 years into the pandemic, finding out how many Americans have long COVID – and what to do about it – has proved to be far harder than identifying those infected with the virus who have recovered or died from it. How […]

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Photo: St. Luke's Health System St. Luke's Health System, an 11-hospital network based in Kansas City, Missouri, initiated its Hospital In Your Home care model in July 2022 to reduce costs, improve outcomes and enhance the patient experience. THE PROBLEM Saint Luke’s historically has had positive patient experience scores, but continuously strives to improve. The HIYH care model offers the […]

A global maternal immunization program for group B Streptococcus – Strep B – would save millions of dollars in healthcare costs by reducing death and disability, a team led by researchers from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) has found. However, the research, published in PLOS Medicine, suggests that without tiered pricing equitable access to life-saving vaccines […]

Trust in information given out by the government on cancer fell sharply among the Black population, by almost half, during the COVID-19 pandemic findings of a national US study have shown. Experts are warning the vital need to monitor if this mistrust has persisted beyond the pandemic and whether it could potentially cause an upsurge in late or fatal diagnoses […]

LGM Pharma, a leading provider of tailored API and CDMO services for the full drug product lifecycle, today reported strong growth in 2022 in both its long-established Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient (API) division and its new contract development and manufacturing (CDMO) division. LGM acquired its CDMO division in 2020, with full operational integration accomplished in late 2021 for commercial manufacturing and […]

Bormioli Pharma, a global leader partnering with customers to provide comprehensive packaging solutions for injectable drugs, today announced robust growth in its North American business in 2022, with sales increasing more than 40% year-over-year. The growth in North America was matched by strong sales gains in the company’s markets worldwide, reflecting Bormioli’s multimillion dollar investments in expanding its capabilities as […]