A scientist has discovered a biochemical “master switch” that connects and potentially cures Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s. His theory may revolutionize brain disease treatment and sustainable medicine.
The top health authorities of the U.S. and Argentina are launching what they call an 'alternative international health system' separate from the World Health Organization. In a joint statement Tuesday, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Argentine Minister of Health Mario Lugones remarked on the decision to withdraw from the global health authority.
Hudson Regional Health system has launched. Leaders announced the creation of the four-hospital health system headquartered in Secaucus May 27. The network incorporates Hudson Regional Hospital, Christ Hospital in Jersey City, Hoboken University Medical Center, Bayonne Medical Center and more than 70 affiliated practice locations. The announcement follows the wrapping up of legal hurdles pertaining to the bankruptcy of CarePoint Health System, on which NJBIZ has extensively reported. In April, a federal bankruptcy court cleared the way for the creation of the new health system. On May 22, the plan went into effect.
More than a decade after its Google Glass flopped, Google is developing a new generation of augmented reality glasses designed to merge the physical and digital worlds.
Before the Trump administration, grant cancellations were a rarity — often reserved for cases of outright fraud or data manipulation. But, just months into the current administration, some 2,100 NIH grants, totaling around $9.5 billion, have been terminated. For some time, there was no record of the devastation on the scientific community.
Twenty-seven minutes into a town hall with staff last week, NIH Director Dr. Jay Bhattacharya acknowledged that he was going to get into uncomfortable territory. 'This one's a tough one for me,' Bhattacharya told the audience of researchers and other NIH employees gathered in an auditorium at the biomedical research agency's headquarters in Bethesda, Maryland, last Monday, before introducing one of the most divisive topics in science.