The Biden administration is facing mounting pressure from states to let them import medicine from Canada to help lower prescription drug costs. Colorado on Dec. 5 became at least the […]
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As Links to MS Deepen, Researchers Accelerate Efforts to Develop an Epstein-Barr Vaccine
Maybe you’ve never heard of the Epstein-Barr virus. But it knows all about you. Chances are, it’s living inside you right now. About 95% of American adults are infected sometime […]
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As Giant Hospitals Get Bigger, An Independent Doctor Feels the Squeeze
SANFORD, N.C. — Before the coronavirus pandemic, Dr. Andrew Bush treated as many as 1,000 patients every month in his orthopedics practice. Now he worries about going bankrupt. The surgeon […]
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Taco Bowls and Chicken Curry: Medi-Cal Delivers Ready Meals in Grand Health Care Experiment
VICTORVILLE, Calif. — Every Friday, Frances De Los Santos waits for a shipment of healthy, prepared meals to land on her front porch at the edge of the Mojave Desert. […]
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Científicos dicen que una píldora diaria para tratar covid estaría a meses de distancia
Un día después de dar positivo para covid-19 en junio, Miranda Kelly estaba lo suficientemente enferma como para asustarse. Con 44 años, hipertensión y diabetes, la asistente de enfermería tenía […]
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Rush to Boosters Sparks Confusion, Differing Recommendations
When the Food and Drug Administration announced last week that a third dose of Moderna or Pfizer-BioNTech covid-19 vaccine may boost the immunity of some people who are immunocompromised, officials […]
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FDA Approves Brexafemme
FDA Approves Brexafemme (ibrexafungerp) as the First and Only Oral Non-Azole Treatment for Vaginal Yeast Infections JERSEY CITY, N.J., June 02, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Scynexis, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCYX), a […]
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Colorado Will Pay Hospitals to Close Expensive Free-Standing ERs
Colorado health officials so abhor the high costs associated with free-standing emergency rooms they’re offering to pay hospitals to shut the facilities down. The state wants hospitals to convert them […]
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FDA Approves Zynrelef
FDA Approves Zynrelef (bupivacaine and meloxicam) for the Management of Postoperative Pain SAN DIEGO, May 13, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Heron Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: HRTX), a commercial-stage biotechnology company focused on […]
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Covid Shot in the Arm Not Enough to Keep Pharmacies in Business
Tobin’s pharmacy and department store had already stocked its shelves with Easter and Mother’s Day items last spring, and the staff had just placed the Christmas orders. The shop in […]
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