EPtalk by Dr. Jayne 11/30/23 – HIStalk
We’ve made it past some of the early fall holidays, and those of us on the front lines are waiting to see if they will cause a spike in respiratory illnesses.
Heading into Thanksgiving,…
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This Winter, Data Is Armor Against “Tripledemic” Healthcare Challenges – MedCity News
The fall and winter months present the healthcare system with a unique challenge: the simultaneous outbreak of influenza, Covid-19, and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), a “tripledemic” that dominated last year’s headlines. Now, as healthcare…
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State of Texas Develop Flu Tracking Dashboards for Prediction & Response
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Texas Department of State Health Services (TX DSHS) has partnered with SAS to develop new public health dashboards for tracking influenza data across the state, unifying multiple flu surveillance sources into…
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Walmart, Simple HealthKit partner to offer at-home testing
Calif.-based diagnostics startup Simple HealthKit announced it is partnering with Walmart to make its home diagnostic test kits for diabetes, sexual wellness and respiratory wellness available to customers via the retail chain’s website. Simple HeathKit’s…
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Pill Vaccine Biotech Vaxart Suspends Covid-19 Trial, Keeps Norovirus Focus
Vaccine developer Vaxart contends its pill vaccinations against Covid-19 will be preferable to patients, and potentially more effective than currently available injections. But a different virus offers the biotech a clearer and faster path…
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Vendor notebook: New health assessment AI tool could improve outcomes and reduce costs
Researchers and healthcare technology innovators are using artificial intelligence in many ways to improve patient outcomes and experiences and healthcare delivery. TytoCare, Noze and Google in partnership with Mayo Clinic aim to tackle some of the…
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Vendor notebook: New health assessment AI tools could improve outcomes and reduce costs
Researchers and healthcare technology innovators are using artificial intelligence in many ways to improve patient outcomes and experiences and healthcare delivery. TytoCare, Noze and Google in partnership with Mayo Clinic aim to tackle some of the…
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Lucira Health files for bankruptcy as it receives EUA for home COVID-19, flu test
Lucira Health announced it had filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy last week just as the diagnostics company received Emergency Use Authorization from the FDA for an at-home combination COVID-19 and flu test. In the company’s…
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FDA Authorizes First Covid-19 and Flu Test, But Its Maker Files for Bankruptcy
Cough, fever, and breathing difficulty could signal a Covid-19 infection. It could also be the flu. A Lucira Health diagnostic is now the first one authorized by the FDA to identify the culprit virus…
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Moderna Flu Vax Prompts Response to More Common Strains, But Misses in Influenza B
A Moderna messenger RNA vaccine for influenza now has preliminary data from a pivotal study showing the shot prompted a strong immune response to the more common strains of the virus but fell short against less common strains.
The results reported Thursday are from one of two pivotal studies for the Moderna vaccine, mRNA-1010, which is assessing the shot for safety and immune response. A separate Phase 3 study is evaluating the shot for efficacy. Results from that study could come as early as next month. Moderna’s vaccine encodes hemagglutinin, a protein on the surface of the influenza virus that is also…