Tag: health care
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Infographic – More US Support for Childhood Vaccines Than Covid-19
A recent poll shows U.S. adults continue to favor vaccinations against the childhood diseases mumps, measles, and rubella, but show less support for Covid-19 vaccines.
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$60M Challenge Seeks Biomarkers, Models to Counter Aging Stress
A new challenge competition seeks biomarkers, models, and clinical tests of the factors behind responses to stress conditions in human aging that can stave off frailty or death.
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Measles-Rubella Patch Vaccine Shown Effective as Injection
A clinical trial shows a peel-and-stick patch device is as effective as a standard syringe injection in delivering a vaccine that protects against measles and rubella.
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Digital Diabetes System Shown to Cut Health Care Use
A study of people with type 2 diabetes shows those using a digital diabetes management system made fewer hospital visits than non-users over a 12-month period.
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New Funds to Invest in Digital Health Start-Ups
A venture capital company supporting developers of digital technologies in health care says it raised $460 million to invest in early-stage digital health businesses.
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Biotech Group Blasts Reproductive Drug Ruling
A biotechnology industry group calls Friday’s ruling in a Federal district court to suspend approval of the drug mifepristone “an assault on science.”
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Self-Applied Patch Shown Feasible for Vaccine Delivery
A clinical trial shows a microneedle patch device for vaccine delivery applied by participants to their own arms works as well in the skin as when administered by clinicians.
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Clinical Trial Underway Testing Influenza Vaccine Patch
A clinical trial has begun testing a commercially-available flu vaccine administered with a painless patch device against conventional syringe injection delivery.
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Biotech, Academic Lab Partner on Microbiome-Safe Products
A biotechnology company creating products for gut health and a university immunology lab are evaluating cleaning products for potential damage to human protective tissues.
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Project to Sequence 20K Dog and Cat Genomes
Some 20,000 dogs and cats are expected to have their genomes sequenced in the next 10 years for a publicly available database to enable precision medicine for pets.