HIV research misconduct accusations loom over likely CDC pick
Dr. Robert Redfield, Trump's likely pick to lead the CDC, is facing significant criticism because of a 20-year-old controversy over shoddy HIV research.
GeneSegues gets gov’t contract to develop a topical vaccine for Venezuelan encephalitis
Minneapolis vaccine developer GeneSegues Therapeutics has a new government contract to develop a DNA vaccine against Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus – an infectious disease that has the potential to be used as a bioweapon, the feds say. It just received a $550,000 contract from the U.S. Defense Threat Reduction Agency to work with the U.S. Army Medical […]
The Funding Model for Cancer Innovation is Broken — We Can Fix It
Closing cancer health equity gaps require medical breakthroughs made possible by new funding approaches.
Medtronic lands $58M from Department of Defense
The Department of Defense awarded Medtronic (MDT) $58,026,785 for radiology systems and components for the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines and federal civilian agencies. This a first year deal with the option to extend the contract for up to six more years. This first one-year contract should be fulfilled by Oct. 25, 2014. For more, click […]
NEJM: First thought-controlled prosthetic leg
A case study in the New England Journal of Medicine shows the results of the world’s first thought-controlled bionic leg–a prosthetic leg that moves when the wearer thinks about it moving. The U.S. Army’s Telemedicine and Advanced Technology Research Center funded the study, which took place at the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, to the tune […]
Heroes in our midst: MedTech Vets program trains soldiers for civilian jobs in medical device industry
Fourteen veterans will endure a different kind of bootcamp this week: one that helps prepare them for jobs in the medtech industry. The AdvaMed Medical Technology Veterans Program Bootcamp kicked off yesterday and runs through Sept. 24 in Washington, D.C. The program helps selected veterans apply skills built on the battlefield to civilian job applications, […]
You know it’s bad if Jon Stewart spends 7 minutes criticizing the VA’s HIT system
I'll say spring break was the reason I missed this when it first aired last month. When you're in a cabin with a bunch of kids and some of them are sleeping in the only room with a TV in it, The Daily Show is not on the viewing schedule.
Health Executives on Digital Transformation in Healthcare
Hear executives from Quantum Health, Surescripts, EY, Clinical Architecture and Personify Health share their views on digital transformation in healthcare.
VA drive to hire 1,600 mental health professionals hits community clinics’ supply
The Department of Veterans Affairs, trying to cope with a surge in psychological needs of veterans, has vowed to hire 1,600 additional mental health care professionals by the end of June, but some experts say the pool of qualified candidates is too sma...