Fullscript now offering wholesale and virtual supplement dispensing
Photo Credit: NordWood Themes/Unsplash While the healthcare industry continues to adapt to an increasingly virtual patient care experience, Fullscript is focused on innovative solutions to help give practitioners flexibility while...
Read MoreModerna COVID-19 vaccine 94.5 percent effective in major trial
Photo Cred: Gustavo Fring/Pexels By Katherine Shagoury Moderna, a biotechnology company based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, announced this morning its novel coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccination, mRNA-1273, appears to be 94.5 percent effective,...
Read MorePresident-elect Biden announces COVID-19 task force
Photo Cred: Aaron Schwartz/Pexels By Katherine Shagoury The Biden-Harris Transition team announced earlier today the formation of the Transition COVID-19 Advisory Board, a team of leading public health experts who...
Read MoreRemdesivir for COVID-19 approved but still unproven, experts say
Photo Cred: Khara Woods/Unsplash By Katherine Shagoury In light of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) a new commentary published in the journal Contemporary Clinical Trials Communications, researchers from Florida Atlantic University’s Schmidt...
Read MoreNew blood test may predict which COVID-19 patients develop severe infection
Photo Cred: Ray Lohan By Katherine Shagoury Scientists at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland University of Medicine and Health Sciences developed a new test that could predict which...
Read MoreFDA approves remdesivir as first treatment for COVID-19
Photo Cred: Dimitri Karastelev/Unsplash By Katherine Shagoury The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced Thursday the approval of the antiviral drug Veklury, also known as remdesivir, for the treatment...
Read MoreCMS proposed fee schedule poses challenges for acupuncture reimbursement
Photo Cred: Louis Velazquez/Unsplash By David Miller, MD, LAc, and Margaret Chesney, PhD The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced on August 5 its fee schedule that will...
Read MoreJohnson & Johnson pauses COVID-19 vaccine trial
Photo Cred: Freestocks.org/Pexels By Katherine Shagoury Updated: October 14, 2020 Johnson & Johnson announced it would be temporarily halting its novel coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine candidate clinical trials due to an...
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