“Do your own research,” Robert F. Kennedy Jr. advised parents considering vaccination for their children during an 80-minute televised interview…
Kinetik CEO Sufian Chowdhury on Fighting NEMT Fraud & Waste
Sufian Chowdhury, Co-Founder and CEO of Kinetik Non-Emergency Medical Transportation (NEMT) provides a critical lifeline for millions of Medicaid recipients…
Oura adds AI-powered glucose tracking and meal logging
Meals is yet another feature that started out in the Oura Labs beta. | Image: Oura Oura is doubling down…
Knitted microtissue can accelerate healing
Treating severe or chronic injury to soft tissues such as skin and muscle is a challenge in health care. Current…
Designing better ways to deliver drugs
When Louis DeRidder was 12 years old, he had a medical emergency that nearly cost him his life. The terrifying…
A personalized heart implant wins MIT Sloan health care prize
An MIT startup’s personalized heart implants, designed to help prevent strokes, won this year’s MIT Sloan Healthcare Innovation Prize (SHIP)…
A protein from tiny tardigrades may help cancer patients tolerate radiation therapy
About 60 percent of all cancer patients in the United States receive radiation therapy as part of their treatment. However,…
High-speed videos show what happens when a droplet splashes into a pool
Rain can freefall at speeds of up to 25 miles per hour. If the droplets land in a puddle or…
Compassionate leadership
Professors Emery Brown and Hamsa Balakrishnan work in vastly different fields, but are united by their deep commitment to mentoring…
Study: Tuberculosis relies on protective genes during airborne transmission
Tuberculosis lives and thrives in the lungs. When the bacteria that cause the disease are coughed into the air, they…