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FDA authorizes first stand-alone, at-home test, plus other top COVID-19 news stories.

Medical and dental care in the United States are like estranged colleagues: nominally on the same team but rarely, if ever, in touch with each other. Some value-based payment arrangements may start to mend the rift, which could both improve overall health and reduce healthcare costs.

FDA today approved Tecentriq (atezolizumab) as an initial treatment for adults with metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) for certain patients with high programmed-death ligand-1 (PD-L1) expression, marking the fifth approval of the immunotherapy in lung cancer and the fourth in advanced NSCLC.

The purpose of biosimilar is simple: reduce healthcare costs, pure and simple. Here are 11 trends affecting biosimilars over the last year in the U.S.

Just as we’ve seen the entire healthcare landscape change in 2020 because of  COVID-19, the world of biosimilars is ever-changing. 

Residents and staff have been hit hard by the disease. PPE is in short supply. The deaths are taking an emotional toll on largely unheralded workers.

If American healthcare does wind up getting divided into pre- and post-COVID-19 eras, the migration from in-person visits to telehealth ones will likely be one of the biggest developments on the right-hand side of the inflection.

You have a highly trained, hardworking and fundamentally altruistic workforce. Don’t squander it.

Doctors group says tests should be reserved for population-level studies and few other circumstances.

Lili Brillstein, CEO of BCollaborative and member of the Managed Healthcare Executive® editorial advisory board discusses how the global shut-down and stay-at-home orders due to the COVID-19 pandemic have benefitted us in many ways.

The six CDC checklists are less detailed than versions the White House deemed too perspective. 

Orthopedic surgeries are the ones most likely to be canceled.

There are a variety of medications being studied for the COVID-19, and the possible treatment landscape is rapidly evolving.

Videoconferencing reduced anxiety and stress among “distance caregivers,” according to the results of randomized trial scheduled to be presented at the annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology.

Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act resulted in a decrease in cancer mortality rates that translated into 785 fewer cancer deaths in 2017 expansion states, according to results of a study scheduled to be presented at annual meeting of American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), which is now scheduled to be held virtually May 29-31 instead of in Chicago.

Testing remains ongoing in the search for treatment drugs and a vaccine for COVID-19.

Commission continues approving funding for telehealth during coronavirus pandemic.

Amid COVID-19 Outbreak, U.S. Dental Triage is Partnering with Dentists to Donate Face Masks and PPE to First Responders.

Dr. Mark Ruchman, chief medical officer, Versant Health, shares eye safety tips and ways to best stay protected from COVID-19 as guidelines are loosened throughout the country.

Antigen tests, a new category, have a major advantage and disadvantage over COVID-19 tests already approved.

The onset of COVID-19 has doubled the percentage of American adults who have tried telemedicine as an alternative to a doctor’s office visit.

Numerous PPEs and testing kits also feature unproven coronavirus claims.

Dr. Robert Posner, who specializes in helping people lose weight, offers preparedness advice.

Men have higher concentrations of ACE2 in their blood.