Neurology News

Humanigen has announced that its antibody lenzilumab increased the likelihood of survival among certain Black and African American patients with COVID-19.

With summer 2021 here, more than 150 million Americans vaccinated for COVID-19, sports played in full arenas and many activities nearly back to normal, we think a column on financial lessons that can be learn from the pandemic is needed.

In its proposed rule for the 2022 Physician Fee Schedule, CMS includes a section on billing for physician assistant services. It has people talking, but few know what it does – and does not – mean.

Physical activity correlated with decreased all-cause mortality in a dose-dependent matter among individuals with a history of stroke, especially younger individuals, according to findings published in Neurology.

Patients with myasthenia gravis — particularly those post-thymectomy — demonstrate an increased odds for having systemic lupus erythematosus, according to a speaker at the 2021 North American Young Rheumatology Investigator Forum.

Pathological CT features indicated different prognostic implications at 1 year after mild traumatic brain injury, with some injury patterns indicating worse outcomes, according to a study published in JAMA Neurology.

There was little to no increase in the percentage of Black or Hispanic men among physicians, surgeons, pharmacists and dentists between 2000 and 2019, according to findings published in JAMA Network Open.

Children with a neurologic comorbidity experienced an almost twofold greater risk for postoperative pneumonia, according to results from a retrospective study published in Pediatrics.

CMS plans to rescind a Trump-era interim final rule that would have established a “most-favored nation” pricing model for Medicare Part B drugs, following months of lawsuits that saw the proposal stalled in federal court.

The American Academy of Neurology has issued what it described as a formal position that, barring an “absolute contraindication” to available vaccine formulations, eligible patients should be offered the COVID-19 vaccine.