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Exposure to HIV drug in the womb may increase risk of microcephaly, developmental delays...
BETHESDA, Maryland, Nov. 18, 2019 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ -- Children born to women on HIV therapy containing the drug efavirenz were 2 to 2.5 times more likely to have microcephaly, or small head size, compared to children born to women ...
Montefiore Signs Landmark Agreement To Provide Complex Medical Care To United Arab Emirates Patients
NEW YORK, Nov. 13, 2019 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ -- Montefiore Health System and The Department of Health (DOH) in United Arab Emirates (UAE) have signed a formal agreement to provide people from Dubai and Abu Dhabi with complex ...
Regal Medical Group Expands Into San Diego
SAN DIEGO, Nov. 5, 2019 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ Regal Medical Group announces it has expanded its healthcare services to San Diego and surrounding communities to provide comprehensive coordinated medical care with a focus on ...
L.A. Care Health Plan and Blue Shield of California Promise Health Plan Set to...
POMONA, California, Nov. 6, 2019 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ -- L.A. Care Health Plan and Blue Shield of California Promise Health Plan today invited community leaders to their first jointly operated Community Resource Center for a ribbon ...
Healthy Avocados Offer Benefits Against Type 2 Diabetes
MISSION VIEJO, California, Nov. 4, 2019 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ -- At the current rate of progression, the CDC predicts 50% of U.S. Hispanics will develop type 2 diabetes over their lifetime.1 In pursuit of insights to help millions ...
SCAN Health Plan Earns Medicare CMS 4.5-Star Rating for Third Consecutive Year
LONG BEACH, California, Oct. 29, 2019 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ -- SCAN Health Plan®, one of the nation's largest not-for-profit Medicare Advantage plans, has earned a 4.5-star rating* on a five-point scale from the Centers for Medicare ...
IEHP and community partners present the first Move the Needle Summit to improve lives...
RANCHO CUCAMONGA, California, Oct. 28, 2019 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ -- Inland Empire Health Plan (IEHP) continues to improve community health by collaborating with key local partners to present the Move the Needle Summit, set for ...
More than 300 Latin celebrities, entertainment industry leaders gather for Promesa y Esperanza seminar...
MEMPHIS, Tennessee, Oct. 21, 2019 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ -- The annual St. Jude Promesa y Esperanza® seminar brought a host of celebrities together with more than 300 leading radio, television and digital media executives, talent and ...
GI Alliance Expands Presence in San Antonio
DALLAS, Oct. 21, 2019 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ -- GI Alliance, the nation's leading physician-led GI services organization, announced today that it has partnered with 17 physicians in San Antonio from the practices of San Antonio ...
Breast Cancer Activists Arrested In Havana Hours Before Awareness Event
HAVANA, Oct. 18, 2019 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ -- Since last Friday, October 4, in Havana, with the support of ADN Cuba and other civil society actors, a discussion of awareness for the month of the Fight against Breast Cancer began. ...
It’s Perfect Health Month for Escala Meditando, the new app by Ismael Cala
MIAMI, Oct. 18, 2019 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ -- World Mental Health Day will take place in October 2019, an opportunity to mobilize and raise awareness for the prevention of suicide. According to the World Health Organization, about ...
Bright Health Brings Its Innovative Model to Florida in 2020
MINNEAPOLIS, Oct. 16, 2019 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ -- Today, Bright Health announced it will begin offering individual and family plans and Medicare Advantage plans to residents across the state of Florida in 2020. To develop its health ...
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital launches a new era of This Shirt Saves Lives...
MEMPHIS, Tennessee, Oct. 16, 2019 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ -- St. Jude Children's Research Hospital® announced the launch of the Spanish-language version of its widely popular This Shirt Saves Lives campaign at the Billboard Latin Power ...
Campaign Focuses on Stopping HIV Stigma Among the Latinx Community
WASHINGTON, Oct. 15 2019 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ -- Pinyon Foundation has partnered with The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in the launch of a new Spanish-language campaign focused on confronting HIV stigma....
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas and Sanitas Medical Center Unveil New Medical...
RICHARDSON, Texas, Oct. 11, 2019 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ -- Sanitas Medical Center (Sanitas) and Blue Cross and Blue Shield...
Fall into Healthier Eating Habits With FDA’s Nutrition Toolkit
SILVER SPRING, Md., Oct. 8, 2019 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ -- Apples and cranberries and pumpkins, oh my! Fall is the season of some delicious produce, but it's also the season of favorite holiday treats. Luckily, the U.S. Food and Drug ...
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas and Sanitas Medical Center Unveil New Medical...
RICHARDSON, Texas, Oct. 4, 2019 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ -- Sanitas Medical Center (Sanitas) and Blue Cross and Blue...
50 Years of Tackling Addiction
Montefiore-Einstein Leaders Share Research and New Strategies as the Opioid Epidemic Marches On
NEW YORK, Oct. 4, 2019 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ -- It was a high profile gathering of addiction experts, clinical leaders, community ...
Outset Medical Receives U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Contract to Provide Tablo...
SAN JOSE, Calif., Oct. 2, 2019 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ -- Outset Medical, a commercial-stage company delivering first-of-its-kind technology into the growing global dialysis market, today announced the U.S. Department of Health and ...
Blue Shield of California Brings More Benefits and Cutting-Edge Technologies to Medicare Advantage Members;...
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 1, 2019 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ -- Blue Shield of California announced that its Medicare Advantage members will be eligible for new benefits and services to help them improve their health, as well as an expansion to ...
GSK presents new data showing promising anti-tumour activity with GSK3359609, an ICOS receptor agonist,...
LONDON, Sept. 28, 2019 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ GlaxoSmithKline plc (LSE/NYSE: GSK) today announced GSK3359609, an inducible T cell co-stimulatory (ICOS) agonist antibody designed to selectively enhance T cell function, showed promising ...
Blue Shield of California Promise Health Plan Medicare Members Have Access to In-Network Care...
WHITTIER, California, Sept. 27, 2019 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ -- People enrolled in Blue Shield of California Promise Health Plan's Medicare Advantage plans can receive in-network care from PIH Health, as of October 1, 2019.
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Outset Medical Appoints Head of Government Affairs and Market Access
SAN JOSE, Calif., Sept. 24, 2019 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ -- Outset Medical, a commercial-stage company delivering first-of-its-kind technology into the growing global dialysis market, today announced the appointment of Tonya Saffer as ...
Colgate Announces Conservation Impacts From “Save Water” Campaign At United Nations Ahead Of Climate...
NEW YORK, Sept. 23, 2019 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ -- Today on United Nations Plaza, Colgate convened leaders in sustainable water use to discuss the cumulative impact that individual action has on water conservation and climate action. ...
Blue Shield of California and UCLA Health Expand Their Network Relationship By Entering Into...
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 23, 2019 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ -- Blue Shield of California and UCLA Health have signed a new multi-year agreement that gives the nonprofit health plan's Medicare Advantage plan members in-network access to UCLA ...