Author name: Leonardo Arias

The CE mark also allows Medtronic’s automated insulin delivery system to be used during pregnancy and by children as young as two.

During a Tuesday hearing, Republican legislators appeared open to changing the privatized Medicare program — once a GOP darling that’s fallen out of favor amid concerns about prior authorizations, care denials and profiteering.

While FDA Commissioner Marty Makary emphasizes learning and humility, the FDA has systematically removed the very experience that would make change possible.

The decision follows last month’s vote of the CDC’s revamped vaccine advisory committee. Thimerosal, mostly removed from vaccines decades ago, has long been a target of anti-vaccine advocates for unfounded links to autism and adverse health outcomes.

Longtime hospital executive Kevin Manemann will oversee operations at the Northern California system starting in September.

Executives also addressed Medicaid concerns and competition from third-party suppliers of remanufactured surgical instruments on an earnings call.

During an earnings call, the system’s executives declined to say how the GOP’s recently passed megabill, which includes steep cuts to healthcare programs, would impact the company.

The company now expects a tariff charge of $100 million this year, down from a $200 million impact forecast on the company’s first-quarter earnings call.

The company has advised users to change the pump and infusion set at a time when a delay in treatment would not harm the patient.

The final tally from the nonpartisan budget scorekeeper estimates the law will decrease federal healthcare spending by $1.1 trillion over the next decade.