Medicaid's continuous enrollment ends today. Up to 14 million Americans could lose their coverage
A thin silver lining of the pandemic in the US has been that more people have been insured than ever before. Early in the emergency, the federal government increased Medicaid contributions to states by 6.2% with a condition: Anyone who qualified for Medicaid coverage—be it due to loss of job or otherwise—had to be…Read more...
https://qz.com/medicaid-continuous-enrollment-pandemic-insurance-ends-1850287963
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The WHO will consider adding obesity drugs to the list of essential medicines
As many as 13% of adults in the world are obese. And while obesity is diagnosed through the flawed indicator known as Body Mass Index (BMI), there’s no denying that a large number of people could benefit from obesity drugs—and not only in the rich world. In fact, the vast majority of people (70%) suffering from…Read more...
https://qz.com/saxenda-obesity-drugs-who-list-essential-medicines-1850277701
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A former FDA official testified how the agency failed to prevent a baby formula shortage
It’s been just over a year since the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a nationwide recall of three popular baby formula products made by Abbott Nutrition. The recall of Similac, Alimentum, and EleCare was exacerbated by pandemic supply-chain problems and extreme market concentration—Abbott controlled about…Read more...
https://qz.com/baby-formula-shortage-fda-official-frank-yiannas-1850275075
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As Covid-19 shot sales dwindle, BioNTech doubles down on cancer vaccines
BioNTech is over covid. Or looking past it, at least, planning to invest the company’s pandemic windfall into the development of oncology products.Read more...
https://qz.com/as-covid-19-shot-sales-dwindle-biontech-doubles-down-o-1850267976
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The price of Humira's biosimilars can uncloak the secret villain of US drug pricing
Pharmaceutical giant AbbVie was able to delay competition to its blockbuster arthritis drug, Humira, into the US market for many years. But Americans can finally choose from one of several arthritis biosimilars, as generics for complex molecule drugs are known.Read more...
https://qz.com/the-price-of-humiras-biosimilars-can-uncloak-the-secret-1850225976
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Rich countries are all set to hoard bird flu vaccines that don't even exist yet
Here we go again?Read more...
https://qz.com/rich-countries-ready-to-hoard-bird-flu-vaccines-1850249631
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How Scotland cut alcohol-related deaths by 13% in less than three years
Scotland’s plan to become one of the first countries to introduce minimum pricing of alcohol met with a “storm of protest” before it finally became law in 2018. The alcohol industry threw up legal challenges, while those on low incomes expressed anger that they were being unfairly penalized. Read more...
https://qz.com/how-scotland-cut-alcohol-related-deaths-by-13-in-less-1850247506
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How trauma-informed workplaces can support your team’s mental health
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https://qz.com/how-trauma-informed-work-can-support-your-team-s-mental-1850234654
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Pfizer is buying a cancer biotech in one of the biggest pharma deals in history
Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer is buying Seagen, a biotech company making a novel type of cancer treatment. Pfizer has agreed to pay $43 billion in cash, or $229 per share, making the transaction one of the largest pharma deals in history.Read more...
https://qz.com/pfizer-buys-seagen-one-of-biggest-pharma-deals-ever-1850219258
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A massive study of the pandemic found something surprising in global mental health: resilience
Back in 2020, people were suffering. Read more...
https://qz.com/a-massive-study-of-the-pandemic-found-something-surpris-1850206936
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The US has too many prisoners and not enough community health workers. Here's an idea to solve both problems
The US is the prison capital of the rich world: With 2 million incarcerated people, and 5 million on probation and parole every year, its detention rate is almost seven times the average of comparable nations. Read more...
https://qz.com/the-us-has-too-many-prisoners-and-not-enough-community-1850187295
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