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The number of expecting mothers with syphilis in the United States more than tripled between 2016 and 2022, according to a recent Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) study. Between those years, the overall rate of syphilis among pregnant women in the country increased from 87.2 per 100,000 births to 280.4 per 100,000…

Activity has increased in the Midwest and Central regions of the country, as well as in the Northeast.

Omada's newly expanded GLP-1 Care Track provides tailored exercise plans, support for getting off of GLP-1s and calorie tracking. It also offers insight into who is responding to GLP-1s and who is engaging in Omada's program.

Here's the audio of Episode 1 of the newly-launched show Debunked: Slaughtering Myths, Bad Practices and Sacred Cows in Healthcare.

Most hospitals and payers have publicly posted their pricing information, but experts think that data will remain mostly useless for consumers for at least another five years. Now that the data is available, healthcare software companies must step in and build tools that are personalized and easy to use. That way, consumers can eventually use price transparency data to shop for care.

Ipsen’s Onivyde is now FDA approved as a first-line treatment for metastatic pancreatic cancer, triggering a milestone payment to Merrimack Pharmaceuticals, the drug’s original developer. Merrimack plans to dissolve operations but its shareholders will receive payouts from the Ipsen payment.

Dakota Gold Corp. (NYSE:DC – Get Free Report) Director Robert Quartermain acquired 10,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, February 13th. The shares were acquired at an average cost of $2.00 per share, with a total value of $20,000.00. Following the completion of the purchase, the director now owns 7,432,122 shares […]

Three dead bodies were found in a Northeast D.C. home Wednesday night, after officers were called to the residence for a welfare check. 

A shooting at a carryout in Northeast spilled into the streets and ended with two men critically injured Wednesday night. 

COVID-19 disrupted routine vaccinations against measles globally in 2020 and 2021, leaving millions of children - mostly in poorer countries - unprotected against one of the worlds most contagious diseases, which can cause blindness, pneumonia and death.