Researchers at Harvard University have developed a model of burn injuries that will allow them to investigate the mechanisms underlying healing in such injuries and […]
Where is healthcare headed three years after the COVID-19 lockdown?
Three years ago right around this time, I went home from my job in another Chicago newsroom and hunkered down, like everyone else worried as […]
Scientists Grow Electrodes Inside The Body
Researchers at Linköping University in Sweden have developed a method whereby the body can ‘grow its own’ electrodes. The minimally invasive technique involves injecting a […]
HHS owes millions in adjusted Medicare DHS payments to hospitals: lawsuit
The federal government owes tens of millions of dollars to dozens of safety-net hospitals for alleged delays in correcting Medicare disproportionate share hospital payments, hospitals […]
Printing Bacteria to Make Bone-Like Structures
Researchers at Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) in Switzerland have developed a method to 3D print mineralized constructs with a little helping hand from […]
Crozer Health layoffs: High staff, supply costs lead to restructuring
Crozer Health is laying off 215 employees, or 4% of its workforce, as part of an organizational restructuring. Upland, Pennsylvania-based Crozer, which operates four hospitals, said […]
HIV Vaccine Candidate Stops Virus As it Enters Body
Researchers at the Texas Biomedical Research Institute are developing a vaccine candidate against HIV. The vaccine is intended to block HIV entry into the body […]
Covenant Health cancels merger with Day Kimball Healthcare
PUTNAM, Conn. — A Catholic-run healthcare system has withdrawn its application to affiliate with Day Kimball Healthcare, an independent, financially struggling hospital and healthcare system […]
Ovarian Organoids to Study Reproductive Health
Researchers at the Harvard Wyss Institute are collaborating with a biotechnology company called Gameto to develop human ovarian organoids that will allow the study of […]
Silicon Valley Bank failure could impact digital health investments
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation’s decision to take over Silicon Valley Bank on Friday is likely to leave many digital health companies scrambling to pay employees and […]