COLONIAL HEIGHTS, Va — A nurse is facing dozens of criminal charges after she was accused of repeatedly tampering with drugs during the course of her employment at Patient First in Colonial Heights.

Givlaari (givosiran) is a prescription drug approved to treat acute hepatic porphyria (AHP). Givlaari comes as an injection given under the skin by a healthcare provider. Specifically, Givlaari is ...

The health policy landscape continues to evolve, creating new opportunities to advance meaningful progress, especially on issues that have long been on the policy agenda, such as ensuring patient ...

When Britain’s King George III died in 1820, he was blind, deaf and apparently mad. His physicians, limited in their medical knowledge and hindered by protocol in examining their royal patient (they ...

Over the past 40 years, there has been a dramatic shift from the expert doctor who should be revered and obeyed to an increasing role for patients as the experts of their own bodies. As researchers, ...

Alnylam Pharmaceuticals has put its dancing shoes on to raise awareness of the experience of living with acute hepatic porphyria (AHP). A recently released patient storytelling initiative by the ...

DENVER – Artificial intelligence is quietly transforming how doctors interact with patients — and it might already be in use during your next visit to the doctor’s office. Thousands of physicians ...

Background: Congenital erythropoietic porphyria (CEP, OMIM #263700) is a rare autosomal recessive disease characterized by skin photosensitivity, hypertrichosis, scarring in light-exposed areas, ...

The United States healthcare system is failing. We rank last among developed countries in healthcare performance, and Americans face lower life expectancy and growing chronic disease rates despite ...

The state’s insurance regulator has demanded detailed information about patients and their medications, raising privacy concerns. By Reed Abelson and Rebecca Robbins Florida’s insurance regulator has ...