A 'SAD' Story: Patient Stuck With $176K Bill After Medicare Policy Switch CMS abruptly decided patients can self-administer Stelara -- even those with Parkinson's Sep 14, 2023
Drug Companies, Allies Fight Back on Medicare Drug Price Negotiations They argue that the government is using coercion while claiming sellers have options Sep 14, 2023
California Misinfo Law Is Destined for the Dustbin Amendment repeals language, but licensing boards apparently had authority all along Sep 13, 2023
DEA Gets an Earful About Telehealth Prescribing of Controlled Substances Proposed in-person visit requirements raises concern for psychiatry groups Sep 12, 2023
How Vital Drug Shortages Happen "Fundamentally, there's something broken in how the market works" Sep 11, 2023 video
COVID Influence May Have Violated First Amendment; New 9/11 Victims; 'Elephant Skin' Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by 鶹ý staff Sep 11, 2023
U.S. Drops Virus-Hunting Program; Spicy Chip and Fatality; Lost Bladder Tumor Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by 鶹ý staff Sep 07, 2023
McConnell's Medical Report; Mask Mandate War Brews; OTC Naloxone Hits Stores Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by 鶹ý staff Sep 06, 2023
Jill Biden Has COVID; BA.2.86 Less Evasive Than Feared? Jimmy Buffett's Fatal Cancer Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by 鶹ý staff Sep 05, 2023
MedPod Today: Texas Abortion Ban Fallout, Movie Docs, and Fall COVID Shots Three 鶹ý reporters discuss abortion care, doctors in movies, and fall boosters Sep 01, 2023 podcast
McConnell Speculation; Army Doc Charged; Ice Cream Recall Over Listeria Concerns Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by 鶹ý staff Sep 01, 2023
Biden Administration Announces $450M for Drug Overdose Treatment, Prevention Money includes grants for increasing access to naloxone Aug 31, 2023
McConnell Freezes Again; Lead & Cadmium in Weed Users; OTC Narcan Coming Soon Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by 鶹ý staff Aug 31, 2023
Company Selling Unproven Insulin Infusions in Legal Battle Over Money, Control Court docs show firm evolved from Trina, a diabetes scheme that fell apart Aug 29, 2023
U.S. Unveils First 10 Drugs for Medicare Price Negotiations Treatments for heart failure, Crohn's disease, and diabetes make the list Aug 29, 2023
CMS Facing Challenges Attracting Practices to Value-Based Payment Models Specialty practices say the current models often don't work for them Aug 28, 2023
It's Time to Reform the Mysterious PBM System Vertical integration and a lack of transparency are at the heart of the problem Aug 25, 2023
CDC Advisory Group Under Fire for Proposed Infection Control Guidelines Nurse union, occupational health experts, patients say weaker guidelines help only employers Aug 24, 2023
How Do People Know What Health Information to Believe? Funding health communication research can empower the public to make informed decisions Aug 24, 2023
CDC: One in Five Women Mistreated During Maternity Care Report finds even higher levels among Black, Hispanic, and multiracial women Aug 22, 2023
Should Patients Be Able to Hide Parts of Their Medical Record? A proposed rule would let them do so, with the doctor's permission Aug 18, 2023
In Maui, the Need for Medical Resources Continues HHS has deployed mortuary resources, while locals note the need for commonly used meds Aug 17, 2023
First Therapy Approved for Ultra-Rare Bone Disorder Oral retinoid lands indication for fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva Aug 16, 2023
Does Kratom Need Tighter Regulation? Efforts to regulate or ban the drug have fizzled, leaving it in purgatory Aug 14, 2023
What Are Clinician Groups Doing About Climate Change? We talk with the new head of the Medical Society Consortium on Climate & Health to find out Aug 13, 2023
Biden Invests $100 Million to Grow Nursing Workforce Includes support for trainees, faculty positions, and NPs launching practices Aug 11, 2023
Laboring in 90 Degrees, Indoors: Workers Push for Action on Heat-Related Illness Restaurant workers and others seeking relief through OSHA and Congress Aug 10, 2023
An Analysis of the Blizzard of Lawsuits to Block Drug-Price Negotiations Industry is using the same old playbook Aug 09, 2023
In a Golden Age of Cancer Care, PBMs Are Holding Us Back We must stop predatory and destructive behaviors Aug 05, 2023
Jeanne Marrazzo Chosen to Succeed Fauci as NIAID Director Selection praised by infectious disease groups Aug 02, 2023
House Lawmakers Clash Over Gender-Affirming Care in Youth Republicans say it causes long-term medical complications, Democrats say it's safe and effective Jul 28, 2023
Sen. McConnell Appears to Suffer Medical Incident During Press Conference Senate minority leader stopped speaking abruptly, was briefly led away Jul 26, 2023
Psychiatrist Held Patients Against Their Will? Patent Games; Abortion Paper Battle This past week in healthcare investigations Jul 26, 2023
Is the U.S. Ready for a Nuclear Attack? There's been a flurry of activity around medical countermeasures in the last year Jul 24, 2023
3 Dead in Listeria Outbreak; Flea Bite Ends in Amputation; Mandy Cohen's CDC Plan Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by 鶹ý staff Jul 24, 2023
Experts Demand Overhaul of Organ Transplant System During Senate Hearing Patient representative has "zero confidence" in change if UNOS remains involved Jul 21, 2023
Insulin Infusion Clinics Claim to Treat Just About Anything But evidence is scant, and "treatment" resembles one done by company that went bust Jul 21, 2023
White House Drug Czar Releases Plan to Combat Xylazine-Laced Fentanyl Strategy involves a "whole-of-government" response, says Rahul Gupta Jul 11, 2023
Here Are This Year's Largest Physician Groups Largest group employs nearly 14,000 doctors Jul 06, 2023
Psychedelic Research: Experts React to FDA Draft Guidance Feedback is mostly positive, but concerns arise around two-monitor recommendation Jul 06, 2023