Grant Notice for Surveillance System

CDC https://www.cdc.gov has issued a forecast for a grant on July 23, 2020 to be titled Supporting and Improving the Surveillance System for Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) in the U.S. (CDC-RFA-D21-2107). The estimated post-date to be September 29, 2020 with applications due November 28, 2020. The project is estimated to start September 30, 2021 with estimated total program funding to be $6,000,000. (more…)

FDA Approves New Insulin Pump

Medtronic https://medtronic.com headquartered in Dublin Ireland, has received FDA’s https://www.fda.gov approval for their MiniMed™ 770G hybrid closed loop system. This newest insulin pump system offers the company’s most advanced SmartGuard™ technology as featured in the MiniMed 670G system with the added benefit of being able to use smartphone connectivity for children as young as 2  to 6 years living with type 1 diabetes. (more…)