Author: Healthcare Propulsion Staff

The UK Health Security Agency said it was not making any changes at this time. Dr Mary Ramsay, director of public health programmes at UKHSA UK, said it was “important to consider a range of evidence”.”Over 30,000 people in England have started this course of vaccination, and this will provide more robust data on vaccine impact and effectiveness. These findings will be published in due course.”Cases of gonorrhoea remain at record highs compared to 10-years ago.In England they peaked at 82,592 in 2022. Since then the numbers have reduced to 63,943 in 2025 but they are still double what they…

About 4,000 nurses and another 450 home care clinicians launched a strike Wednesday morning after months of bargaining with employer Mass General Brigham failed to yield a contract deal.  The nurses’ demonstration, quarterbacked by the Massachusetts Nurses Association, was scheduled for a single day, but due to the minimum duration of temporary worker contracts signed by the health system will be followed by a four-day lockout. The home care workers—nurses, therapists, social workers and other clinicians who are also represented by the union—will be striking for a full week.  The nurses say their demonstration is the largest in Massachusetts’ history,…

Scientists from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have found that the brain’s waste removal system often becomes blocked in people who show early signs of Alzheimer’s disease. These blockages interfere with the brain’s ability to clear harmful substances and may appear well before clear dementia symptoms develop. The clogged pathways are known as “enlarged perivascular spaces,” and the findings suggest they could serve as an early warning signal for Alzheimer’s, the most common form of dementia. “Since these brain anomalies can be visually identified on routine magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans performed to evaluate cognitive decline, identifying them could…

A large majority of U.S. adults are unfamiliar with cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic (CKM) syndrome, even though it affects nearly 90% of adults nationwide. CKM syndrome is a recently defined condition that brings together several major health problems, including heart disease, kidney disease, diabetes and obesity. According to a new survey from the American Heart Association, many people have not heard of CKM syndrome, yet most say they want to better understand it. Nearly 90% of U.S. adults have at least one risk factor linked to CKM syndrome.[1] These risk factors include high blood pressure, abnormal cholesterol levels, high blood glucose (sugar), excess…

Roon, a physician-only social network, is collaborating with the American Heart Association to integrate its medical research into the platform to bridge published medical literature with real-time peer discussion. Roon officially launched in late April as an AI-native social platform for physicians to connect, debate and share clinical knowledge. Founded by Rohan Ramakrishna, M.D., a neurosurgeon and two Pinterest executives, Vikram Bhaskaran and Arun Ranganathan, the startup describes itself as a physicians-only knowledge network and “digital doctor’s lounge” that creates a space for doctors to share their collective wisdom. The American Heart Association, founded in 1924, has grown into the…

Plans on the Affordable Care Act’s exchanges are set for further premium increases next year, a new report shows. Analysts at KFF dug into preliminary rate filings from payers for the 2027 plan year, and found a median proposed premium increase of 14%. The report is based on filings from 16 states and the District of Columbia, representing 77 insurers. Should these proposals carry forward, that would mean that premiums on the exchanges have grown by more than a third over three years, from 2025 to 2027. Most plans are requesting increases of between 10% and 20% for the coming…

An international research team led by Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore), has identified a promising way to help chronic wounds heal faster, including wounds infected with antibiotic resistant bacteria. Chronic wounds are a growing global health problem. Each year, about 18.6 million people worldwide develop diabetic foot ulcers.[1] Over a lifetime, as many as one in three people with diabetes may experience a foot ulcer. These long lasting wounds are a leading cause of lower limb amputations. Ongoing infections often make healing even harder, trapping patients in a cycle of repeated complications. In Singapore, chronic wounds such as diabetic…

This year’s flu season has been especially harsh, driven in part by the rapid spread of a new variant known as subclade K. As cases rise, a newly released study offers surprising insight into how influenza spreads and how people may better protect themselves from getting sick. To better understand how flu moves from person to person, researchers from the University of Maryland Schools of Public Health and Engineering in College Park and the School of Medicine in Baltimore designed an unusual experiment. College students who were already infected with influenza were placed in a hotel room with healthy middle-aged…

Potentially dangerous baby products – including self-feeding devices, pillows and sleeping bags – are still being sold on online marketplaces in the UK, according to Which?.The consumer group found 150 such products listed for sale by third parties on sites like Amazon, eBay and TikTok – despite having been subject to official safety warnings and product recalls.Sue Davies, the head of consumer protection policy at Which?, said the investigation had shown “how easy it is to find these unsafe products” and urged the government to make marketplaces liable for the safety of items sold on their sites.Most of the companies…

Artificial intelligence is here to stay, and physicians should be learning how to use it thoughtfully. That’s the argument Shawn Martin, CEO of the American Academy of Family Physicians, makes in a conversation with Senior Writer Anastassia Gliadkovskaya. Martin discusses the findings of a recent AAFP survey on clinician AI use, why primary care is especially ripe for tech disruption and what physicians should be doing now to understand and responsibly deploy AI. To learn more about the topics in this episode:  Source Link