Sarah Latson covers topics including medical education and research for MedCity News. She is a lecturer in journalism at Fairleigh Dickinson University’s College at Florham in Madison, N.J. Previously, she worked as a medical reporter at The Plain Dealer.
Sarah has a master’s degree in journalism from Columbia University and a bachelor’s degree in history from Colgate University.
Dr. Margaret Hamburg, the head of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, told a Senate committee Thursday that legislation to expand the agency's oversight is "a major step in the right direction," but needs to be stronger, Reuters reported. Among other things, the bill does not include enough funding, she said.
The United States depends too much on other countries to manufacture vaccines, and delays in the production of H1N1 flu shots prove it, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius told Congress yesterday, The Los Angeles Times reported.
Munck Wilson Mandala Partner Greg Howison shared his perspective on some of the legal ramifications around AI, IP, connected devices and the data they generate, in response to emailed questions.
Medical school enrollment rose by 2 percent this year, thanks, in part, to four new medical schools, according to data released Tuesday by the Association of American Medical Colleges. From 2008 to 2009, first-year enrollment rose from 18,036 to 18,390. Those students came from an applicant pool of 42,269.
President Barack Obama criticized the tactics of insurance companies – calling their ads "deceptive and dishonest" and saying their studies are "designed to mislead the American people" – as he provided an update on health-care reform efforts during his weekly radio address Saturday.
The American Medical Association has launched a television ad campaign to encourage Congress to pass a bill that would lead to higher payments for doctors who treat Medicare patients.
The Ohio State University plans to invest $16.7 million over five years in interdisciplinary projects focused on such global issues as poverty and infectious diseases.
At the Abarca Forward conference earlier this year, George Van Antwerp, managing director at Deloitte, discussed how social determinants of health and a personalized member experience can improve medication adherence and health outcomes.
With the support of a lone Republican, the Senate Finance Committee approved its $829 billion health-care reform bill Tuesday. The Republican, Sen. Olympia Snowe of Maine, was an author of the bill, The New York Times reported, but she had never committed to voting for it.
People with diabetes soon may be able to use a discreet device to inhale, rather than inject, insulin, according to The New York Times. The device, a small inhaler and insulin powder created by the Valencia, Calif.-based MannKind Corporation, is awaiting marketing approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
The Senate Finance Committee will vote Tuesday on its $829 billion health-care reform bill, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Thursday.
The Senate Finance Committee's amended health-care reform bill now has a price tag: $829 billion over 10 years, according to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office. The bill also would slash the federal deficit by $81 billion and reduce the number of uninsured people by about 29 million by 2019.
Gabby Everett, the site director for BioLabs Pegasus Park, offered a tour of the space and shared some examples of why early-stage life science companies should choose North Texas.
Demand for the H1N1 flu vaccine is currently outstripping supply, Dr. Thomas Frieden, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said Tuesday. At this point, there is "only some vaccine and not everyone can receive that vaccine," he said. However, he didn't seem to think that trend would continue.
Two Democrats on the Senate Finance Committee are still undecided about the health-care reform bill that is supposed to be up for a vote this week, according to The Washington Post. As of Sunday, Sen. John Rockefeller of West Virginia and Sen. Ron Wyden of Oregon had not offered their support of the legislation.
During an H1N1 flu briefing Thursday, an official with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released some startling facts about the virus' toll on pregnant women. As of late August, 28 pregnant women in the United States had died of H1N1 flu and 100 had been hospitalized in intensive care, said Dr. Anne Schuchat, director of the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases at the CDC.
Only about one-third of Americans definitely plan to get the H1N1 flu vaccine, according to a new poll conducted by the Consumer Reports Health Ratings Center. Another 43 percent said their decision "would depend on how things go."
The Senate Finance Committee, which continues to debate health care reform legislation, rejected Tuesday two amendments that would have added a government-run health insurance plan to the bill.