Medical economics
Over 75,000 Kaiser Permanente union workers go on strike
Health care workers who serve millions of Americans began a three-day strike on Wednesday after contract negotiations over staffing levels stalled.
Oct 4, 2023
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News tagged with second quarter
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Almost all blood donors had SARS-CoV-2 antibodies by third quarter of 2022
Almost all blood donors had severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) antibodies from previous infection or vaccination by the third quarter of 2022, with the prevalence of hybrid immunity lowest for adults ...
Jun 9, 2023
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Medications
Biosimilars drug market isn't broken after all, study finds
The U.S. biosimilar drug market emerged in 2015 to provide safe, effective, and more affordable alternatives to existing biologic drugs, but it has been slow to develop compared with Europe.
Jun 6, 2023
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Medical economics
COVID-19's total cost to the economy in US will reach $14 trillion by end of 2023, finds research
The economic toll of the COVID-19 pandemic in the U.S. will reach US$14 trillion by the end of 2023, our team of economists, public policy researchers and other experts have estimated.
May 17, 2023
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Oncology & Cancer
Novel PET agent effectively detects multiple cancers, identifies patients for targeted therapies
A new molecular imaging radiotracer can precisely diagnose a variety of cancers, providing a roadmap to identify patients who may benefit from targeted radionuclide therapies. In the largest medical study of its kind, researchers ...
Nov 17, 2022
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Medical economics
US government wants to hide hospital safety scores during COVID
The last time Medicare rated hospitals on surgical complications such as bed sores, collapsed lungs, bloodstream infections, and broken hips, four Philadelphia-area facilities scored worse than average.
Jun 16, 2022
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Health informatics
Seeing double: Using virtual twins to help personalize medicine
Digital twins—virtual doubles of things in the real world—was an idea born in 2002 as a way of looking at the lifespan of products, like space rockets and jet engines, enabling repairs remotely and helping to predict ...
Jun 8, 2022
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Medications
Incident psychotropic use down in children in second quarter of 2020
(HealthDay)—In the second quarter of 2020, there was a significant decrease in incident stimulant and anxiolytic/sedative-hypnotic use among children compared with previous years, according to a research letter published ...
Jan 4, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Interim trial data shows low effectiveness for CureVac shot
German vaccine maker CureVac said Wednesday that interim data from late-stage testing of its coronavirus shot show a comparatively low effectiveness in protecting people against COVID-19.
Jun 17, 2021
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Pediatrics
Novavax starts COVID-19 vaccine trials on children
US biotech firm Novavax said Monday it had started clinical trials of its proposed COVID-19 vaccine on children, in a program that will involve up to 3,000 adolescents aged 12-17.
May 3, 2021
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