The venture firm made a repeat investment in Munjal Shah, but his previous company Health IQ is facing allegations of millions in unpaid invoices and one lawsuit is alleging fraud.
Category: healthcare
Abraham Verghese’s Fiction Holds Key To Unlocking Better Healthcare
Americans have the most expensive and least effective healthcare in the developed world. That’s why leaders should borrow a page from the fiction of Abraham Verghese.
Take An X To The Public Health Insurance Option
Plans like Medicare-X are only popular because the politicians pushing them are bending the truth.
Claims That Ventilators Killed Nearly All With Covid-19 Are Unfounded
A widely-shared web site posting twisted the findings of a study that looked at the impact of treating ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) on mortality.
Study: Metformin Associated With 41% Decrease In Long Covid, Here Are The Caveats
6·3% of those who had taken metformin while infected with the SARS-CoV-2 ended up getting diagnosed with long Covid versus 10.4% of those who had received placebo only.
U.S. Market For New Wave Of Obesity Drugs Is Much Bigger Than Europe’s For Many Reasons
The U.S. market for new obesity drugs is much larger than Europe’s. Substantially lower obesity prevalence in Europe is an obvious reason. But there are many others.
England’s Hospital Waiting List Hits Another Record High
The list has grown by around 3 million since before the pandemic began, and increased by around 25,000 over the last month alone.
How Hepatitis D Virus Hijacks Host Replication Machinery
To replicate, viruses need to make multiple copies of their genome. Almost all encode a protein that does this for them. Hepatitis D virus doesn’t. How does it replicate?
How Hepatitis D Virus Hijacks Host Replication Machinery
To replicate, viruses need to make multiple copies of their genome. Almost all encode a protein that does this for them. Hepatitis D virus doesn’t. How does it replicate?
Yes, N95 Face Masks Can Help Protect You Against Wildfire Smoke
On Wednesday, New York State Governor Kathy Hochul (D) announced that approximately one million N95 face masks would be made available to the public.
