Allison Inserro

The FDA late Friday issued an emergency use authorization (EUA) for a vaccine to prevent coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) from Pfizer and BioNTech, a day after an advisory panel recommended its use.

The panel was charged with deciding if the benefits of the vaccine outweighs the risks, paving the way for the possibility that immunizations could begin within days.

The Dutch study sought to add to what is known about the cost-effectiveness of shared decision-making in multiple sclerosis.

As higher estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) equations indicate better kidney function, there has been increasing recognition that this may lead to inequitable and delayed care in treating chronic kidney disease (CKD) in Black adults.

Prior research has found increased colon and breast cancer in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS), but that was not borne out in this current study.

Tumor mutational burden is an emerging biomarker to predict response to immune checkpoint inhibitors, but its utility as a prognostic indicator in ovarian cancer is unclear.

Research behind the therapy could lead to other discoveries about heart disease as well as the aging process.

President Donald Trump issued 2 orders Friday aiming to lower drug prices paid by Medicare by invoking a "most favored nations" policy and also by targeting rebates paid to pharmacy benefit managers.

The study compared females and males who suffer from migraines and other painful conditions who took part in a national health survey in Spain.

Results of the artificial intelligence (AI) model were consistent no matter which immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI) therapy patients received, suggesting that some biomarkers are not necessarily specific to the checkpoint target.

A new analysis of CREDENCE data showed that the sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitor worked in advanced disease and without causing acute kidney injury.

Finerenone may represent an important step forward to reducing cardiac illness and death in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) and type 2 diabetes (T2D), the study said.

A study looking at chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and coronary heart disease found that inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) reduced future cardiac events in patients not known to have coronary heart disease.

Menstrual-related migraines that occur after estradiol drops often carry with it disabling pain and heightened pain sensitivity, but why this is so is unknown.

Which types of comorbidities have the greatest impact on direct and indirect costs of multiple sclerosis (MS) over time?

During oral arguments, the justices asked skeptical questions regarding Republican state efforts to get the Affordable Care Act (ACA) overturned.

Pfizer said interim data on its coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccine show 90% efficacy; meanwhile, President-elect Joe Biden released the names of his coronavirus advisory board.

Using virtual reality led to significant reductions in pain for participants in 12 of the 18 studies.

A vegan diet is one that physicians may want to consider for their patients with painful diabetic neuropathy, according to a recent review.

A group of patient advocacy organizations released their 100-day agenda for the next president.

To mark the 25th anniversary of The American Journal of Managed Care®, each issue in 2020 will include a special feature: an interview with a thought leader in the world of health care and medicine. The November issue features a conversation with William H. Shrank, MD, MSHS, chief medical officer of Humana.

Researchers conducting broad next-generation sequencing discovered more actionable variants in patients and families than they would have otherwise; they did so by using a universal approach, rather than sticking with clinical guidelines.

The Trump administration finalized rules aimed at making health care pricing more visible and transparent to those with with health insurance from employers or the individual market.

Can a population health framework focused on a certain set of patients with chronic disease (ie, chronic kidney disease [CKD]) improve care in the primary care setting?

With the impact of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) evident in patients with renal disease, a discussion at Kidney Week focused on ways to engage them in clinical trials.

The use of estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) equations in assessing chronic kidney disease (CKD) for Black patients may lead to underdiagnosis and undertreatment, according to a nephrologist speaking at Kidney Week.

The researchers noted that although it is known that pregnancy is linked to reduced MS activity, the effect of pregnancy before MS diagnosis is unclear.

Additional studies about roxadustat, a drug in the new class of hypoxia-inducible factor stabilizers, were released during Kidney Week; one of them explored its role in lowering cholesterol in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) and anemia.

The decision to go on dialysis is often automatic, but using a shared decision-making process reduces the chance that a patient will regret it later.

Recent research explored opportunities to improve care for those with acute migraine.