Prescription drug prices climbed more slowly than overall healthcare costs, according to the most recent health sector economic indicators from Altarum. In addition, healthcare costs …
Prescription drug prices lag inflation, say new economic indicators Read More »
Antimicrobial resistance, or AMR, is considered a “major problem” by 90% of infectious disease physicians and pharmacists, finds a new survey by the Sepsis Alliance. …
AMR is a ‘major problem,’ say 90% of infectious disease physicians and pharmacists Read More »
November is Lung Cancer Awareness Month and National Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Awareness Month – an opportunity to reflect on the progress made in …
Lung cancer and COPD treatments have advanced – but there’s more work to do Read More »
November is National Family Caregivers Month, and this Thanksgiving, we want to honor family caregivers, a crucial component of our healthcare system that is sometimes …
This November, we’re giving thanks for 53 million family caregivers Read More »
New research on Australian fruit bats explains why it has been well-known that deforestation can cause epidemics of diseases including Lyme, Ebola, and malaria. Due …
Deforestation brings diseases – but no one bats an eye Read More »
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), the World Health Organization (WHO), and the World Organization for …
New U.N. AMR platform will address global impact of antimicrobial resistance Read More »
BIO members Pfizer and BioNTech’s Omicron BA.4/BA.5-adapted bivalent COVID-19 vaccine “elicits a greater increase in neutralizing antibody titers” than their original COVID-19 vaccine “against these …
Pfizer says bivalent booster outperforms original vaccine against variants Read More »
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the Tzield (teplizumab-mzwv) injection to delay the onset of stage 3 type 1 diabetes in adults and …
FDA approves first drug that delays onset of type 1 diabetes Read More »
We are about to hit the high point of the holiday season, and the Black Coalition Against COVID (BCAC) wants to ensure Black communities stay …
Black Coalition Against COVID offers ‘plain’ talk about the holidays Read More »
In a breakthrough that could prove to be a powerful, life-saving tool against the opioid epidemic, a research team at the University of Houston has …
Fentanyl vaccine blocks the deadly opioid from entering the brain Read More »
BIO member Moderna’s bivalent Omicron-targeting boosters (mRNA-1273.214 and mRNA-1273.222) “trigger a superior antibody response” against Omicron (BA.4/BA.5) compared to its predecessor and also “met non-inferiority …
Moderna’s updated COVID boosters create significantly more neutralizing antibodies Read More »
