One million Black adults in the United States might be treated earlier for kidney disease if doctors were to remove a controversial ‘race-based correction factor’ from an algorithm they use to diagnose people and decide whether to administer medication, a comprehensive analysis finds.
Technology companies including IBM, Oracle, and Salesforce are working with governments and health agencies to manage the massive task of rapidly distributing the COVID-19 vaccines. Why it matters: It's critical to make sure the limited supply of vaccines is distributed equitably and without wasting precious doses.
As COVID-19 vaccines start getting into American arms, a new issue for employers, students, and others is about to come up. How do you prove you got the vaccine? Scott Budman reports.
On Nov. 20, 2020, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued two final rules, which implement changes to the Physician Self-Referral Law (Stark Law) and the Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS) regulations (respectively the CMS Final Rule and the OIG Final Rule, collectively the Final Rules). This alert is a part of our ongoing summary of the Final Rules.
A second Drive Capital startup has attained unicorn status with a $1.5 billion valuation. The 7-year-old company has raised 86% of its total $448 million VC funding during the pandemic.
For years, scientists have been struggling with the problem of “protein folding” – mapping the three-dimensional shapes of the proteins that are responsible for diseases from cancer to Covid-19. Google's Deepmind claims to have created an artificially intelligent program called "AlphaFold" that is able to solve those problems in a matter of days.