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Opinion: H5N1 communication has been strictly for the birds. Didn’t the federal government learn anything from Covid?

STAT

MAY 9, 2024

When it comes to federal agencies communicating to the public about H5N1 bird flu, it feels like a classic case of Yogi Berra’s déjà vu all over again.

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Opinion: Four communication lessons we learned the hard way during the pandemic

STAT

JUNE 6, 2023

But now is the time to look at what we have learned so that our public health communication can be more clear, consistent, and effective from now on. Now that the Covid-19 public health emergency has ended, it’s awfully tempting to put the pandemic firmly behind us. One thing that we haven’t talked about enough is the victories.

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STAT+: Class action suit over UnitedHealth’s AI care denials nears key moment

STAT

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

A federal judge will soon decide whether a class action lawsuit against UnitedHealth Group and its algorithm-based care denials can move forward, which would potentially open the door for attorneys to sift through the company’s internal communications. The lawsuit, in U.S.

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STAT+: CDC’s reported study on vaccines and autism could test RFK Jr.’s pledges to a key senator

STAT

MARCH 12, 2025

When he backed Kennedy’s confirmation, one of the commitments Cassidy said he received was a pledge to keep communication lines wide open and to consult Cassidy on vaccine policy. Cassidy said last week that such a study would be a waste of time and money , because research has already shown there’s no link.

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From Diagnosis to Delivery: How AI is Revolutionizing the Patient Experience

Speaker: Simran Kaur, Founder & CEO at Tattva Health Inc.

In this webinar led by Simran Kaur, we will explore how AI-driven solutions are enhancing patient communication, improving care quality, and empowering preventive and predictive medicine.

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‘I’m deeply concerned’: Francis Collins on trust in science, how Covid communications failed, and his current obsession

STAT

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

But he also revealed his pain at seeing people spurn mRNA Covid vaccines developed with breathtaking speed and lamented that he and other health officials failed to communicate the ever-changing science behind Covid recommendations. 16 for the 21st Health Coverage Fellowship held at Babson College in Wellesley, Mass.

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Opinion: To rebuild trust in public health: Better communication, fewer mandates, and small wins

STAT

APRIL 11, 2024

Communities with more trust during the Covid-19 pandemic had fewer deaths and less economic devastation. In many countries — notably the United States — the pandemic dissolved trust between parts of the community and the public health system. That’s a big problem.

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Hospitals are testing AI to communicate with patients. They still don’t know how to talk to them about it

STAT

JUNE 13, 2023

Health systems across the country are exploring blending artificial intelligence into their communication with patients, from billing to after-hours messages about medication or symptoms. But how best to actually talk to patients about the technology and its risks is still an open question.

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New study reveals how brain cell communication is linked to Alzheimer’s disease

Pharma Times

JUNE 12, 2024

Two support cells, microglia and astrocytes, were found to communicate with each other

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Mayo Clinic’s partnership with dairy poses conflict of interest, critics say

STAT

MARCH 10, 2025

The collaboration with Mayo involves research funded by the checkoff on dairy’s impacts on cardiovascular health as well as outreach “communicating dairy’s strong body of evidence,” per a press release from the checkoff when the partnership was first announced. It’s run by Dairy Management Inc.,

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STAT+: U.K. lawmaker wants regulators to probe pharma companies over ‘misleading’ Covid-19 vaccines statements

STAT

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

The oversight body noted the communications had not been subject to the regulatory approval process. Moreover, one tweet was found to be “unacceptable” because it used a photograph of a 12-year-old girl with a teddy bear and certificate, along with language encouraging children to take part in the Phase 3 trial.

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ALS patient lived with a brain-computer interface for 7 years. Here’s what researchers learned

STAT

AUGUST 14, 2024

One of the primary uses for BCIs is to provide better communication for people who have been paralyzed. Paralysis affects over 5 million people in the United States , which includes diseases like ALS, in which neurodegeneration complicates communication as the disease progresses. Read the rest…

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AI in Medical Communications: Revolutionising the present, redefining the future

pharmaphorum

APRIL 17, 2024

Discover how AI is transforming medical communications and reshaping the future of healthcare. Learn about the latest trends, technologies, and advancements in this rapidly evolving field.

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PharmaTimes Communications Awards 2023 - Everything you need to know!

Pharma Times

JUNE 14, 2023

Find out more about the PharmaTimes Communications Awards 2023 – key dates, categories and which charity we have partnered with this year! News - PharmaTimes

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Q&A with CDC Director Mandy Cohen: On communication, trust, and getting things done

STAT

JULY 26, 2023

The new director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Mandy Cohen, is only two weeks into her new job. But already she hears the clock ticking. president is sworn in.

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Opinion: Can AI help ease medicine’s empathy problem?

STAT

AUGUST 15, 2024

Despite the proliferation of communication training programs over the past decade or two, doctors often fail to express empathy, especially in stressful moments when patients and their families are struggling to hear bad news and make difficult decisions. Modern medicine has an empathy problem.

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Opinion: Eating rocks: The case for early integration of medical ethics into AI product development

STAT

JUNE 27, 2024

Worldwide, users search Google with health queries 70,000 times per minute , so it has years of experience in communicating health information and a solid framework for producing high quality, authoritatively sourced responses for users. Except when it doesn’t. Read the rest…

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Opinion: The ethical implications of Elon Musk’s unorthodox approach to medical science

STAT

JULY 8, 2024

Instead of attending scientific conferences and sharing interim progress, Neuralink has communicated information via social media, oscillating between extreme secrecy and openness. This strategy has left the scientific community playing catch-up, scrambling to glean insights from tweets and YouTube videos.

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Can the government ask social media sites to take down Covid misinformation? SCOTUS will weigh in

STAT

JANUARY 29, 2024

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court will this March hear arguments centered on the government’s role in communicating — and sometimes censoring — pertinent public health information in the midst of a pandemic.

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Biden administration announces new partnership with 50 countries to stifle future pandemics

STAT

APRIL 16, 2024

government officials will offer support in the countries, most of them located in Africa and Asia , to develop better testing, surveillance, communication, and preparedness for such outbreaks in those countries. Read the rest…

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Positive results for MAIA’s SCLC treatment published in Nature Communications

Pharma Times

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

The aggressive type of cancer accounts for 13% of all lung cancer cases worldwide

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Opinion: Medical students lose in the research arms race for residency slots

STAT

APRIL 29, 2024

I believed that medical school was a place where I would be learning about the human body and learning bedside manners through classes like medical Spanish that had patient-actors for students to interact and communicate with. Read the rest…

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Hank Green on his ‘P **g Out Cancer’ comedy special, ulcerative colitis, and the jokes that got cut

STAT

JUNE 22, 2024

The counter resets often — the multi-hyphenate internet educator and science communicator rose to prominence with his 2007 YouTube project Vlogbrothers , which he founded with his brother, the novelist-turned- tuberculosis-fighter John Green. Free, educational YouTube channels Crash Course , SciShow , and Study Hall followed.

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Why do Black Americans get more aggressive cancers?

STAT

OCTOBER 1, 2024

The study, published in Nature Communications , found that in several types of cancer, Black patients had more cancers with extra copies of genes. But the team found that these genetic duplications, which can make cancers more aggressive, didn’t seem to be linked to anything ancestral.

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Amid a dire nationwide therapist shortage, could lay counselors help close the gap?

STAT

JANUARY 18, 2024

People who find their way into this academy, she said, tend to already have a lot of empathy and be good at communicating it. But it’s a crucial skill for any effective mental health care provider. Read the rest…

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Digital skills: Why private clinics need effective communication lines to bridge the growing digital divide

pharmaphorum

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Digital skills: Why private clinics need effective communication lines to bridge the growing digital divide Mike.Hammerton Wed, 04/09/2024 - 10:00 Bookmark this

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KCL molecular communication system to revolutionise drug delivery

Pharma Times

DECEMBER 5, 2023

The platform safely and effectively replicates the electric signalling process compounds - News - PharmaTimes

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Healthcare: Raising the standards of customer experience through real-person communication

pharmaphorum

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Discover how the healthcare industry is raising customer experience standards through meaningful real-person communication. Learn why this approach is vital for patient satisfaction and better outcomes.

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Medicine, Media, Metamorphosis: How M3 is championing medical communications for modern healthcare

pharmaphorum

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Medicine, Media, Metamorphosis: How M3 is championing medical communications for modern healthcare Mike.Hammerton Thu, 09/11/2023 - 08:00 Bookmark this

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Sounds great – HCA milestone for PharmaTimes Communications Awards

Pharma Times

JULY 19, 2024

Accreditation recognises 'continued professional development' opportunities

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Opinion: HHS says it is working against climate change. But it’s really climate washing

STAT

AUGUST 15, 2024

More simply, climate washing means simultaneously engaging in positive communications about climate performance and negative climate practices. Read the rest…

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EM Match Advice 46 | Program Directors Share Match Season Insights

ALiEM - Pharm Pearls

JANUARY 29, 2025

The impact of post-interview communication varies by program. Dr. Parsons notes that programs can verify the authenticity of “#1” declarations on Match Day, making honesty crucial in these communications. This approach ensures that second look attendance doesn’t influence ranking decisions.

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Opinion: Achieving telehealth equity for people with hearing loss

STAT

MAY 28, 2024

She spent over an hour struggling to hear her doctor and to communicate her health concerns. A friend of ours with hearing loss, whom we will call Cheryl, recently told us about her disappointing telehealth visit.

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STAT+: Ultragenyx reports early success with Angelman syndrome drug, backing up 2022 acquisition

STAT

APRIL 15, 2024

The biotech reported Monday that its drug, the antisense oligonucleotide treatment GTX-102, was generally safe and led to rapid and clinically meaningful improvements in cognition, communication, and sleep. The next step is a meeting with the Food and Drug Administration to discuss the findings and plans for a Phase 3 pivotal study.

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STAT+: FDA scolds AbbVie over ‘misleading’ TV ad for a migraine pill featuring Serena Williams

STAT

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

” Continue to STAT+ to read the full story…

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STAT+: DaVita faces another probe over ties to kidney care charity

STAT

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

attorney general is specifically looking at “communications with AKF, documents relating to donations to the AKF, and communications with patients, providers, and insurers regarding the AKF.” DaVita disclosed the new “civil investigative demand” in its latest annual financial filing to investors.

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Threads joins the social media fray. Here’s what it means for pharma marketers

PharmaVoice

JULY 18, 2023

Meta’s new platform is drawing Twitter comparisons and could hold potential for pharma marketers in patient and HCP communication.

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STAT+: Software glitch caused Tandem insulin pumps to prematurely shut down, FDA warns

STAT

MAY 8, 2024

Tandem found that a bug in the app’s software is causing the app to repeatedly crash and relaunch, draining the insulin pump’s battery through unnecessary Bluetooth communication. An insulin pump shutting down unexpectedly could kill people, especially if the shutdown occurs while the person is sleeping.

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STAT+: Amazon cuts ties with fertility benefits company Progyny

STAT

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

” The person asked not to be identified because Amazon is still communicating the change to its workers. Instead, Amazon will use Maven as its fertility benefits vendor, the person said. Amazon already had a relationship with Maven for virtual “family-building care.”

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STAT+: Europe takes steps to head off drug shortages, even as U.S. proposals stall

STAT

OCTOBER 25, 2023

On Tuesday, though, in a so-called Communication , the European Medicines Agency issued guidelines aimed at providing relief from shortages. Last winter, European supplies of common antibiotics were critically low, especially for children, due to the surge of respiratory infections that followed two years of laying low to avoid Covid-19.

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Woman of the Week: City of Hope’s Gulden Mesara

PharmaVoice

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Charged with bridging the 100-year-old research center to its future mission of holistic patient cancer care, Mesara is bringing decades of experience in communications and culture creation.

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Opinion: U.S. medical schools aren’t teaching future doctors about 7.4 million of their patients

STAT

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Now, all health care workers in the NHS must complete both an online module and a live interactive session covering communication and accommodations needed for this population. After his death in 2016, his mother, Paula, launched a campaign to mandate training on intellectual disability and autism for health care workers. In 2022, the U.K.

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STAT+: Researchers create talking throat patch for people with voice disorders

STAT

MARCH 12, 2024

The patch, written about in a paper published in Nature Communications on Tuesday, is made out of a material that converts motion into electricity. Researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles have built a soft, adhesive patch capable of turning throat movements into speech.

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STAT+: Parasite engineered to treat brain development disorder in mice shows potential in study

STAT

JULY 29, 2024

In humans, Rett syndrome affects girls, who experience issues with coordination, communication, and movement starting from as early as their first year of life. Continue to STAT+ to read the full story…

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Opinion: H5N1 communication has been strictly for the birds. Didn’t the federal government learn anything from Covid?

Opinion: Four communication lessons we learned the hard way during the pandemic

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STAT+: Class action suit over UnitedHealth’s AI care denials nears key moment

STAT+: CDC’s reported study on vaccines and autism could test RFK Jr.’s pledges to a key senator

From Diagnosis to Delivery: How AI is Revolutionizing the Patient Experience

‘I’m deeply concerned’: Francis Collins on trust in science, how Covid communications failed, and his current obsession

Opinion: To rebuild trust in public health: Better communication, fewer mandates, and small wins

Hospitals are testing AI to communicate with patients. They still don’t know how to talk to them about it

New study reveals how brain cell communication is linked to Alzheimer’s disease

Mayo Clinic’s partnership with dairy poses conflict of interest, critics say

STAT+: U.K. lawmaker wants regulators to probe pharma companies over ‘misleading’ Covid-19 vaccines statements

ALS patient lived with a brain-computer interface for 7 years. Here’s what researchers learned

AI in Medical Communications: Revolutionising the present, redefining the future

PharmaTimes Communications Awards 2023 - Everything you need to know!

Q&A with CDC Director Mandy Cohen: On communication, trust, and getting things done

Opinion: Can AI help ease medicine’s empathy problem?

Opinion: Eating rocks: The case for early integration of medical ethics into AI product development

Opinion: The ethical implications of Elon Musk’s unorthodox approach to medical science

Can the government ask social media sites to take down Covid misinformation? SCOTUS will weigh in

Biden administration announces new partnership with 50 countries to stifle future pandemics

Positive results for MAIA’s SCLC treatment published in Nature Communications

Opinion: Medical students lose in the research arms race for residency slots

Hank Green on his ‘P **g Out Cancer’ comedy special, ulcerative colitis, and the jokes that got cut

Why do Black Americans get more aggressive cancers?

Amid a dire nationwide therapist shortage, could lay counselors help close the gap?

Digital skills: Why private clinics need effective communication lines to bridge the growing digital divide

KCL molecular communication system to revolutionise drug delivery

Healthcare: Raising the standards of customer experience through real-person communication

Medicine, Media, Metamorphosis: How M3 is championing medical communications for modern healthcare

Sounds great – HCA milestone for PharmaTimes Communications Awards

Opinion: HHS says it is working against climate change. But it’s really climate washing

EM Match Advice 46 | Program Directors Share Match Season Insights

Opinion: Achieving telehealth equity for people with hearing loss

STAT+: Ultragenyx reports early success with Angelman syndrome drug, backing up 2022 acquisition

STAT+: FDA scolds AbbVie over ‘misleading’ TV ad for a migraine pill featuring Serena Williams

STAT+: DaVita faces another probe over ties to kidney care charity

Threads joins the social media fray. Here’s what it means for pharma marketers

STAT+: Software glitch caused Tandem insulin pumps to prematurely shut down, FDA warns

STAT+: Amazon cuts ties with fertility benefits company Progyny

STAT+: Europe takes steps to head off drug shortages, even as U.S. proposals stall

Woman of the Week: City of Hope’s Gulden Mesara

Opinion: U.S. medical schools aren’t teaching future doctors about 7.4 million of their patients

STAT+: Researchers create talking throat patch for people with voice disorders

STAT+: Parasite engineered to treat brain development disorder in mice shows potential in study

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