A recombinant factor VIII (rFVIII) featuring a covalent linkage between heavy and light chains and expressed as a single chain molecule has demonstrated “convincing hemostatic efficacy and excellent tolerability” in multiple animal studies, according to CSL Behring researchers.
In July, 22013, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services awarded $32 million in grants to help identify and enroll uninsured children who are eligible for Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP).
Approximately 1,200 health centers and 9,000 service delivery sites nationwide will receive $150 million in new funding from the Obama administration.
The first vaccine to protect children against the enterovirus 71, or EV71, that causes hand, foot and mouth disease has been developed by Chineses scientists at Beijing Vigoo Biological.
24 states andWashington,D.C., have selected a benchmark insurance plan that will determine what health insurance providers must cover in health plans sold in state exchanges and individual and small-group markets.
In March 2013, the U.S. Department ofHealth and Human Services announced a final rule that provides funding for states that expand Medicaid.
In the three years the Affordable Care Act (ACA) has been in effect, approximately 71 million Americans in private health insurance plans received coverage for at least one free preventive healthcare service.
Congress is reviewing the Personalize Your Care Act, bipartisan legislation to provide Medicare and Medicaid coverage for voluntary advance-care planning consultations.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services reversed its decision to cut Medicare Advantage payments to insurers by 2.2 percent in 2014 and instead agreed to give them a 3.3 percent increase.
Correction on incorrect reporting about the risk of progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy with the immunomodulatory drug TYSABRI.
With only 17 states and Washington, D.C., currently signed up to run their own health insurance exchanges beginning in October, the majority of states will participate in federal government-run partnerships with the help of a grant program.
A recent study conducted at theUniversity of Alabama at Birmingham shows that the shingles vaccine appears to be safe and effective for those suffering from autoimmune diseases.
