Merck sues to challenge new US drug price program
Merck filed a lawsuit Tuesday challenging a new White House-backed program to limit drug prices, calling the initiative an unconstitutional "extortion" that will harm pharmaceutical innovation.
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Money troubles can delay cancer diagnoses, putting survival in jeopardy
Money woes have long been linked to worse health care. Now, a new study finds financially strapped patients often put off cancer screenings—only to learn they have the disease when it's advanced and tougher to treat.
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Parental unemployment is associated with a risk of adverse childhood experiences
A new study has found that children with unemployed parents can be at increased risk of exposure to adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) such as child maltreatment and parental mental illness.
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Wildfire preparedness and response must include planning for unhoused people and other vulnerable populations
The 2023 Canadian wildfire season is off to a roaring start. In Alberta, there have been more than 560 wildfires so far —the highest recorded number of fires since 2018, and the season has only just begun. Tens of thousands ...
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Prescription drug shortages reach all-time high, forcing tough treatment decisions
Doctors and hospitals across the country are scrambling to make every drop of chemotherapy and other prescription drugs count, given the national shortage in medicines used to treat cancer and a multitude of conditions.
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Including race in clinical algorithms can both reduce and increase health inequities, study shows
Health practitioners are increasingly concerned that because race is a social construct, and the biological mechanisms of how race affects clinical outcomes are often unknown, including race in predictive algorithms for clinical ...
Jun 5, 2023
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Florida not doing enough to keep children on Medicaid, health advocates warn
Health care advocates are sounding the alarm over how Florida is handling last month's end of emergency Medicaid, which they warn could force thousands of eligible children to lose medical coverage because their parents don't ...
Jun 5, 2023
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American Indian and Alaska Native men less likely to receive prostate cancer screening
New research from Wake Forest University School of Medicine shows that American Indian and Alaska Native men are less likely to be screened for prostate cancer compared to other racial/ethnic groups.
Jun 5, 2023
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Millions skipping doses, not filling prescriptions to save money, study finds
A new report from the Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has shed some new light on the health habits of Americans. According to the report, 8.2% of adults between the ages of 18 and 64 taking prescription ...
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Chinese company may help ease U.S. shortage of cancer drug
With the United States facing a high number of drug shortages, a Chinese company may help to boost the supply of one in particular, the chemotherapy agent cisplatin.
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Kansas City homeless program could be model for mental illness treatment, advocates say
After leaving prison, where he'd been incarcerated for nearly three decades, a man in his 60s took up residence in the woods of Kansas City, where he stayed for five years.
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Health care coalition jockeys over Medi-Cal spending, eyes ballot initiative
Influential health care interests are jockeying over a potential infusion of $19.4 billion into Medi-Cal, California's Medicaid program, while also angling for a 2024 ballot initiative to permanently lock in that funding, ...
Jun 5, 2023
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As Medicaid purge begins, 'staggering numbers' of Americans lose coverage
More than 600,000 Americans have lost Medicaid coverage since pandemic protections ended on April 1. And a KFF Health News analysis of state data shows the vast majority were removed from state rolls for not completing paperwork.
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US life expectancy disadvantage is worse than previously believed, according to new study
When it comes to public health, the United States is at a disadvantage compared with other developed countries. Americans experience more illness, have less access to health care and pay more for health services than citizens ...
Jun 2, 2023
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Economically disadvantaged neighborhoods in Austin, Texas saw higher rates of infection well into pandemic's second year
During the COVID-19 pandemic's first 15 months, people in economically disadvantaged neighborhoods in a large U.S. city suffered infection rates up to 10 times as high as their counterparts in wealthier neighborhoods, research ...
Jun 2, 2023
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Black men were likely underdiagnosed with lung problems because of bias in software, study suggests
Racial bias built into a common medical test for lung function is likely leading to fewer Black patients getting care for breathing problems, a study published Thursday suggests.
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A freeze, or a fix? Preventive care coverage at a crossroads
The best things in life are free. Or so the saying goes.
Jun 2, 2023
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Dobbs decision now a factor in med school residency picks
When Rose Al Abosy began weighing which obstetrics and gynecology residencies to apply to, she spoke to advisers, considered programs' academics and evaluated how state laws would affect her ability to train in providing ...
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