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Medical innovations poised to transform healthcare in 2021

Jan 18, 2021

(BPT) - Experts in healthcare are continuously striving to develop new innovations that can improve and save lives. Even amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, scientists, physicians, and researchers continued to advance medical knowledge, enhance screening and diagnostic tools, and improve disease management platforms, bringing new hope to patients in 2021. When it comes to medicine, there's a lot to be excited for in the new year. Here are...

CVS Health gears up for widespread COVID-19 vaccine distribution at pharmacies

Jan 13, 2021

CINCINNATI — As COVID-19 vaccine distribution ramps up, questions remain about how doses will get out to the public. CVS Health officials said they have the experience to get it done. What the pharmacy chain has learned from administering flu shots and COVID-19 testing will help them get doses out quickly as states move into new phases. "Retail pharmacies are the foundation of the approach here. Both because we...

Nursing Home Vaccine Stories: One CEO’s Personal Appeal to Reduce Hesitancy

Jan 13, 2021

Just as predicted before the rollout began, vaccine hesitancy among nursing home workers stands as a serious barrier to widespread acceptance in long-term care — and, in turn, fully fostering group immunity among the most vulnerable. Battered by COVID-19 and unwilling to trust the institutions that oversaw the deaths of their patients and colleagues, a significant percentage of frontline caregivers have said no to the coronavirus...

LAX Opens Onsite COVID-19 Rapid Testing Lab

Jan 12, 2021

The facility offers three collection sites with results available in as little as three to five hours for a cost of $125 January 05, 2021 by Mark Caswell Los Angeles International Airport has announced the opening of a new COVID-19 rapid testing facility onsite. The cost for the PCR test is $125. The facility includes three collection sites at the airport. The...

Science and Medicine Group Makes 2021 Predictions for the Lab Instrumentation, Diagnostics and Imaging Industries

Jan 06, 2021

ARLINGTON, Va., Jan. 5, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The unpredictable events of 2020 might cause one to forswear all prediction-making. Yet for Science and Medicine Group's publishing brands (Strategic Directions International, BioInformatics, Kalorama Information, IMV, Instrument Business Outlook) are all in the business of prediction-making. Thus once again, we offer our top ten predictions for 2021 based on our market research...

California paves the way for certification of mental health peer support providers

Jan 05, 2021

In September, California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill that paves the way to expand the use of mental health peer providers by setting up a state certification process. That’s expected to cost the state hundreds of thousands of dollars to run every year, but could also reduce costly inpatient hospitalizations. The idea behind mental health peer support is this: People who live with a mental illness help...

More Than Just a Job: Allied Health Careers Can Offer a Life-Changing Opportunity

Jan 01, 2021

Life does not always deal an easy hand, and to thrive, one must decide to change the cards. As part of that process, many times, a new career path is required—one that can be discovered at Campbellsville University in Louisville. Leigh Wood, Allied Health program director, describes a life-changing experience for one of her students who is a mother of two and had previously endured many obstacles in her life preventing...

2-year degrees that go on to the most meaningful jobs

Dec 28, 2020

2-year degrees that go on to the most meaningful jobs A third of a lifetime is spent working, making a meaningful career a critical life decision. Having a consequential career is not about monetary gain for many hard-working Americans. On the contrary, it is about making a marked difference in the world. Take, for example, teachers, who shape the minds of future generations. While the entry-level annual salary for...

What COVID-19 has taught medicine in 2020

Dec 25, 2020

Just a year ago, medical science knew very little about the devastation COVID-19 can wreak. How it can destroy organs throughout the body , and even kill people who seemed to be on the way to recovery. Initially, doctors put desperately ill patients on ventilators and scrambled for drugs that offered any hint of promise (remember hydroxychloroquine?). They called and tweeted with colleagues around the world...

MAC board hears update on Allied Health program

Dec 21, 2020

Harvey Faircloth, Scott Sikes and the rest of the Mineral Area Board of Trustee members receive an update on graduation rates for the Allied Health program during last week's meeting. Mineral Area College has put 71 licensed nurses and nine paramedics out in the community during the pandemic, according to Allied Health Director Angela Erickson. Erickson gave the Board of Trustees an update on the programs during its...

Neurogene Closes $115 Million Series B Financing

Dec 17, 2020

Neurogene Inc., a company founded to bring life-changing genetic medicines to patients and families affected by rare neurological diseases, today announced the completion of a $115 million Series B financing. The financing round was led by EcoR1 Capital, with participation from existing investors Redmile Group, Samsara BioCapital, Cormorant Asset Management and an undisclosed leading healthcare investment fund. New investors include funds...

Key committee endorses Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine, paving way for clearance by FDA and vaccinations in US to begin

Dec 10, 2020

A committee of leading U.S. vaccine scientists recommended Thursday that the Food and Drug Administration authorize the first COVID-19 vaccine for Americans. The endorsement paves the way for a final decision by the FDA and mass vaccinations to begin within days in thousands of front-line heath care workers and nursing home residents. After an eight-hour public hearing, the independent Vaccines and Related Biological...

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