HRSA: Meeting Notice Correction
Notice from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) correcting theDecember 20, 2022, announcement of public meetings of the National Advisory Council on the National Health Service Corps (NACNHSC) for the 2023 calendar year. The March 2023 meeting has been changed to a one-day meeting and will be held on March 21, 2023, from 9:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. Eastern. (Source: Federal Register updates via the Rural Assistance Center)
Source: Federal Register updates via the Rural Assistance Center - February 24, 2023 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news
Britain's NICE to Speed Up Reviews of COVID-19 Treatments Britain's NICE to Speed Up Reviews of COVID-19 Treatments
Britain ' s agency that determines if medicines should be used in the National Health Service said on Thursday it is speeding up how it decides if COVID-19 therapies are still effective against circulating variants.Reuters Health Information (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - February 16, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Infectious Diseases News Source Type: news
HRSA: Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Public Comment Request; Application and Other Forms Used by the National Health Service Corps Scholarship Program, the NHSC Students to Service Loan Repayment Program, and the Native Hawaiian Health Scholarship Program
Notice from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) seeking comments on applications and other forms used by the National Health Service Corps (NHSC) Scholarship Program (SP), the NHSC Students to Service Loan Repayment Program (S2S LRP), and the Native Hawaiian Health Scholarship Program (NHHSP). The information from these documents is used to collect necessary information from applicants and schools that enable HRSA to make selection determinations for the competitive awards and monitor compliance with program requirements. Comments are due by April 17, 2023. (Source: Federal Register updates via the Rural Assistance Center)
Source: Federal Register updates via the Rural Assistance Center - February 14, 2023 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news
Role of the National Health Service Corps in delivering substance use disorder treatment in underserved communities - Rowan K, Knudson A, Anderson B, Satorius J, Shah S, Stahl A, Kepley H.
OBJECTIVE: To help address the opioid epidemic, the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration expanded the National Health Service Corps (NHSC) to include two new loan repayment programs (LRPs)-the Substance Use Disorder LRP and the Rural Community... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - February 13, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
Lab-Grown Red Blood Cells May Soon Be Available For Safe Transfusions
The National Health Service recently launched a world-first clinical trial that tests the safety of transfusing lab-grown blood cells into patients. (Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News)
Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News - February 10, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: William A. Haseltine, Contributor Tags: Healthcare /healthcare Innovation /innovation business pharma & Source Type: news
New phase III data show Roche ’s Vabysmo rapidly improved vision and reduced retinal fluid in people with retinal vein occlusion (RVO)
Vabysmo met its primary endpoint in two clinical trials, BALATON and COMINO, showing non-inferior visual acuity gains compared toafliberceptMoreVabysmo patients showed an absence of blood vessel leakage in the retina compared toaflibercept in a pre-specified exploratory endpointIf approved, RVO would be the third indication forVabysmo in addition toneovascular or ‘wet’ age-related macular degeneration and diabetic macular edemaBasel, 10 February 2023 - Roche (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY) today announced positive new data from two global phase III studies, BALATON and COMINO, evaluating Vabysmo ® (faricimab) in macular ...
Source: Roche Investor Update - February 10, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
New phase III data show Roche ’s Vabysmo rapidly improved vision and reduced retinal fluid in people with retinal vein occlusion (RVO)
Vabysmo met its primary endpoint in two clinical trials, BALATON and COMINO, showing non-inferior visual acuity gains compared toafliberceptMoreVabysmo patients showed an absence of blood vessel leakage in the retina compared toaflibercept in a pre-specified exploratory endpointIf approved, RVO would be the third indication forVabysmo in addition toneovascular or ‘wet’ age-related macular degeneration and diabetic macular edemaBasel, 10 February 2023 - Roche (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY) today announced positive new data from two global phase III studies, BALATON and COMINO, evaluating Vabysmo ® (faricimab) in macular ...
Source: Roche Media News - February 10, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Eminent heart doctor flags issues with Covishield, says 'worse than mRNA vaccines' in terms of cardiovascular effects
Dr Malhotra is National Health Service (NHS) trained medic and he has had two doses of the COVID-19 vaccine. He is in India this week to deliver a series of lectures on COVID vaccines to try and make an "evidence-based case" for their suspension. (Source: The Economic Times Healthcare and Biotech News)
Source: The Economic Times Healthcare and Biotech News - February 7, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Brickbat: Supply and Demand
Even as the National Health Service struggles with a shortage of doctors, the British government has ordered medical schools to hold to a previously announced cap and admit no more than 7,500 medical students this year. The cap was put in place to limit the cost of educating medical students. It…#reasoncom (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - January 31, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
England ’s Hospitals Under ‘Relentless Pressure’ As E.R. Woes Continue
Data from England ’s National Health Service shows lengthy ambulance delays and high bed occupancy in the country's hospitals. (Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News)
Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News - January 28, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Katherine Hignett, Contributor Tags: Healthcare /healthcare Innovation /innovation Source Type: news
How to Ease Britain ’s NHS Crisis
Britain’s National Health Service still delivers decent care for those who can access a doctor or hospital. Far too many can’t. The NHS is buckling under an acute shortage of staffers and beds. A Covid backlog has ballooned to 7.2 million patients. Long-festering problems have combined to create a…#nhs #rishisunak #netherlands (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - January 25, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
YouTube Health Showcases U.K. Strategy: 5 Things We Learned
Two billion. That ’s how many views health-related YouTube videos received in 2021. To that end, YouTube, the second-most visited website on earth, has partnered with the National Health Service to combat health misinformation. (Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News)
Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News - January 25, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Dr. James Somauroo, Contributor Tags: Healthcare /healthcare Innovation /innovation Source Type: news
HRSA: Meeting Notice Correction
Notice from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) correcting theDecember 20, 2022, announcement of public meetings of the National Advisory Council on the National Health Service Corps (NACNHSC) for the 2023 calendar year. (Source: Federal Register updates via the Rural Assistance Center)
Source: Federal Register updates via the Rural Assistance Center - January 25, 2023 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news
HRSA: Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Public Comment Request; The National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Programs
Notice from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) seeking comments on an information collection regarding forms used by the National Health Service Corps (NHSC) Loan Repayment Programs (LRPs). The forms are used to assess an LRP applicant's eligibility and qualifications for the LRP, and to obtain information for NHSC site applicants. Proposed revisions include asking applicants to provide information related to their completion of postgraduate training. Comments are due by February 17, 2023. (Source: Federal Register updates via the Rural Assistance Center)
Source: Federal Register updates via the Rural Assistance Center - January 18, 2023 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news
Why Britain's prime minister prefers to see a private doctor
After weeks of speculation, the Brits have discovered the shameful truth: Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has indeed used private health care in the past. The conservative head of the United Kingdom has been quick to add that he has always been registered with a National Health Service (NHS) general…#stateside #nhs #medicaid #reasoncom #prefersto #sunak #unitedkingdom #brits #rishisunak #canadians (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - January 13, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
