Check out this new article by Elise Reuter . Happy to talk about our UMass Chan Medical School research and industry trends regarding #covidtesting With COVID testing on the wane, small diagnostics companies shift focus medtechdive.com/news/covid-tes… via MedTech Dive

For diagnostics startups that grew quickly during the pandemic, what's next as more people turn to home COVID tests? My latest for MedTech Dive medtechdive.com/news/covid-tes…

Amazon has agreed to pay $3.9 billion for One Medical, paying a premium for the primary care network. The deal comes following recent speculation over a $ONEM buyout - but no one quite saw Amazon coming. Read more, from me: healthcaredive.com/news/amazon-on…

New from me and Elise Reuter : Philips and U.S. Justice Dept. in consent decree talks on sleep apnea, ventilator recall medtechdive.com/news/philips-d…

INBOX: Center for Tobacco Products' Director of our Office of Science is announced he is stepping down immediately to take a job at PHILLIP MORRIS INTERNATIONAL 😮

Private equity firms have been investing in health care, looking in particular for segments of the industry that are fragmented and could benefit from consolidation. Hospice care fits that profile perfectly. A thread…

My latest for MedTech Dive. U.S. monkeypox testing capacity has increased, but why are tests still so hard to get? medtechdive.com/news/monkeypox…

Philips CEO Frans van Houten will step down on Oct. 15, after more than 11 years in the role, amid ongoing turmoil for the company’s recall of millions of sleep apnea and ventilator machines. medtechdive.com/news/philips-c…

Some much-awaited news: medtechdive.com/news/fda-final…

As the FDA clears a path for over-the-counter hearing aids, startups, tech companies and retailers could shake up the market. medtechdive.com/news/companies…

At the Aspen Times, I had a front row seat for corporate censors and thin-skinned billionaires stifling the free press. I wrote about it all for The Atlantic: theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…

SCOOP: White House expected to provide up to ***$20,000*** in student debt relief 4 ***Pell Grant*** recipients, sources tell D Douglas-Gabriel & me Would have to be under $125K ($250K jointly) to qualify. Other recipients believed @ $10K Final details TBD washingtonpost.com/education/2022…

USPS-delivered at-home Covid-19 tests are winding down, per the government website: "Ordering through this program will be suspended on Friday, September 2 because Congress hasn’t provided additional funding to replenish the nation’s stockpile of tests." covid.gov/tests

Wow. 😧 If y’all read *one* thing today, might I suggest this new article in NEJM? “The belief that Black people have denser bones, more muscle, or thicker skin led radiologists and technicians to use higher radiation exposure during x-ray procedures.” nejm.org/doi/full/10.10…

Friday Q&A – Jay Pandit provides an overview of the digital health landscape, what’s next, and the need to make data useful. MedTech Dive Elise Reuter medtechdive.com/news/jay-pandi…

Today, the U.S. FDA issued the final guidance Clinical Decision Support Software. The guidance clarifies the scope of FDA’s oversight of clinical decision support software intended for health care professionals. fda.gov/regulatory-inf…

1. A #flu thread. CDC's weekly flu update is up. The data are for the week that ended Oct. 29. CDC is having a press conference on flu and other respiratory bugs at noon; I'll likely add to this after that. First thing: The flu season is indeed off to a very early start.

A very thoughtful gesture from Trans Journalists Association. Are you an LGBTQ+ journalist involved in Colorado Springs coverage? They want to buy you a meal 🫶 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

NEW: About one month ago, we received an anonymous tip: "PLEASE look into what happened at the Robert J Dole VA…hundreds of local military heroes had their legs mutilated…and nobody has been held accountable." And so I started to dig….a thread: propublica.org/article/medtro…