President Biden outlined his pandemic strategy in a speech from the White House Thursday. The president invoked the Defense Production Act to quicken the availability of tests and issued a series of steps to increase vaccinations, including mandates.
President Biden is pulling all the levers of his office to defeat the COVID-19 pandemic.
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The US FDA continues to issue early alerts as part of its communications pilot aimed at improving how the agency manages recalls. This time, the agency is notifying users about two separate intravascular catheters.
OneCell Diagnostics, the Mumbai-based startup backed with $16m in series A funding, is rebranding to 1Cell.Ai to represent the firm's focus on combining deep science with AI-powered capabilities.
The US Medicare agency will hold three public meetings in June and July addressing tremor treatment devices and clinical diagnostic lab tests. The first meeting on June 25 will focus on endpoints for Parkinson’s device trials, while subsequent meetings will address payment rates and codes for laboratory tests.
ChestView, Gleamer’s newly FDA-cleared solution, is designed for chest X-ray interpretation and is the latest addition to its Gleamer Copilot suite. ChestView, which operates as a computer-aided detection system that can simultaneously detect multiple pathologies on images to support radiologists, is being rolled out in the US.
Congress has launched an inquiry into 23andMe amid privacy concerns following its bankruptcy, particularly regarding the potential sale of sensitive user data. Additionally, a Cybernews report gave 40 DNA testing firms an average cybersecurity grade of D, citing widespread vulnerabilities and data breaches, along with inadequate public information about their security practices.
As it celebrates 75 years shaping the medtech industry, Medtronic invited Medtech Insight to its Minneapolis headquarters to get a closer look at the company’s past, what it’s working on now, and what’s on the horizon.
DUALTO’s double-module option provides enhanced flexibility while cutting down on equipment clutter. Compared to traditional setups, the system reduces OR footprint by 46%, helping staff reclaim space and optimize surgical workflows.
