Category: healthcare

This Smart Contact Lens Is Already In Clinical Trials At Ghent University In Belgium

In effect, the contact lens is now an artificial iris with full-day battery life.

Texts Plus Cash Improves Self-Care For Teenagers With Type 1 Diabetes

Regular text messages plus financial rewards helps teenagers with Type 1 diabetes improve their self-care.

Two Charged For Handling Of Coronavirus At Veteran’s Home, Believed To Be First Criminal Case Over Nursing Home Deaths

Officials said 76 veterans who contracted Covid-19 at the home have died since March.

Coronavirus Has Caused A Crisis In Women’s Mental Health, According To Study

CARE spoke to people around the globe about what they’re worried about and they deduced that the pandemic has had a devastating impact on women’s mental health.

Why Hospitals And Health Plans Worry About Trump’s Supreme Court Pick

The possibility that Donald Trump will pick a conservative to replace U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has hospitals, health insurers and other medical care providers worried about the loss of millions of paying customers.

Psychedelic Drug Company MindMed Applies For Nasdaq Up-Listing

If approved, MindMed could become the second psychedelic drug development company listed on Nasdaq.

Good News On COVID-19 Fuels Economic Optimism And Remarkable Drop In Unemployment Insurance Claims

The COVID-19 situation has drastically improved since April. Even though infections are growing, hospitalization rates are decreasing and we’re getting closer to a vaccine. These reassuring signs of progress can explain recent improvements in economic …

The Pandemic Plutocrats: How Covid Is Creating New Fintech Billionaires

Stay-at-home consumers and stimulus checks have been a boon for online installment financing, digital banks and day trading.

Novavax’s Coronavirus Vaccine Enters Late-Stage Trials

Novavax received $1.6 billion from the U.S. federal government to fund the late-stage development and production of its vaccine.

New ‘Abortion Finder’ Tool Connects People To More Than 750 Clinics Nationwide

Finding an abortion clinic, especially in states that heavily restrict access to the procedure, isn’t always easy.