61% of US and UK consumers say seeing visual user-generated content (UGC) from other customers can reduce the growing number of fashion ecommerce returns which is hitting retailers’ profitability and sustainability goals. And around half of consumers now accept that returning online fashion purchases is bad for the environment NEW YORK and LONDON (July 14,… Read More »
The United States is going deeper into a third surge of coronavirus infections, driven mostly by states in the Midwest that have reported record-high infection rates. States in the Midwest, such as South Dakota, Wisconsin, and Nevada, have reported skyrocketing test positivity rates. The weekly average rate in South Dakota exceeds 37%, and the rates… Read More »
In recent years, the number of people affected by coeliac disease, wheat allergy or gluten or wheat sensitivity has risen sharply. But why is this the case? Could it be that modern wheat varieties contain more immunoreactive protein than in the past? Results from a study by the Leibniz-Institute for Food Systems Biology at the… Read More »
Dive Brief: Health plans issued by Blue Cross Blue Shield companies accounted for nearly half of Affordable Care Act marketplace enrollment in 2018, but health plans that traditionally focus on Medicaid are a growing source of competition, according to a new report from the Urban Institute and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. BCBS insurers hold all or… Read More »
This is part of our Coronavirus Update series in which Harvard specialists in epidemiology, infectious disease, economics, politics, and other disciplines offer insights into what the latest developments in the COVID-19 outbreak may bring. Since mid-March, the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health has hosted a weekly online forum on mental health topics. At… Read More »
U.S. Medicare patients with multiple sclerosis often pay, on average, nearly $ 7,000 out of pocket to treat their condition each year. And even though drug companies have provided no new treatment breakthroughs, the price of these disease-modifying medications has been rising by 10 to 15% each year for the past decade. To find out… Read More »
While the usage rate of electronic prescribing for controlled substances by clinicians is low, adoption of the technology is growing, according to the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT. A new ONC data brief, based on results from the 2017 National Electronic Health Records Survey, reveals that 32 percent of office-based physicians that… Read More »