Health
Biden administration extends COVID public health emergency for 90 days
America's public health emergency plan for COVID-19 will continue for at least another 90 days, the Biden administration announced Wednesday.
Apr 14, 2022
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Many who attempt suicide not getting the care they need
(HealthDay)—About 4 in 10 Americans who attempt suicide don't get mental health care, claims a new study that also found a "substantial and alarming increase" in suicide attempts.
Jan 20, 2022
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Medical economics
More than half of US hospitals not in compliance with new pricing disclosure rules in first five months
A study led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health that examined U.S. hospital compliance with new rules requiring hospitals to disclose prices found wide fluctuations across states, with some ...
Dec 9, 2021
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Medications
Middlemen net more than half of insulin expenditures, study finds
Despite its discovery nearly 100 years ago, insulin's list price has been going up, not down, with trade secrets and other protections preventing researchers from pinpointing who is receiving profits from its sale. Meanwhile, ...
Nov 5, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Preparation, quick action aid Germany, SKorea virus fight
Derided by many economists for years for insisting on a balanced budget and criticized for a health care system seen as bloated and overly expensive, Germany has found itself well equipped now to weather the coronavirus pandemic.
Apr 22, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Establish contingency plans to meet COVID-19 surge in urban areas
Experts from Philadelphia's Temple University Hospital have shared their contingency plans for meeting increased demand for hospitalization, as well as their protocols and training plans to minimize health care staff exposure ...
Apr 22, 2020
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Diabetes
The diabetes pandemic and the promise of connected care
Digital diabetes management systems ("connected diabetes care") have the potential to become part of a new diabetes care model, augmenting the traditional practice of diabetes care by providing continuous and on-demand assistance ...
Oct 3, 2019
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Health
Health departments must plan for changing workforce, study finds
State health departments are lagging in planning for the replacement of retiring employees, according to a survey from the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis.
Feb 8, 2018
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Health
Clinton takes on Big Pharma, lays out drug plan (Update)
Democratic presidential frontrunner Hillary Clinton unveiled a plan Tuesday to limit prescription medicine costs, challenging the US pharmaceutical industry after the price for one drug skyrocketed by 5,000 percent.
Sep 23, 2015
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Health
Gov't to overhaul Medicare payments to doctors, hospitals
Medicare will change the way it pays hospitals and doctors to reward quality over volume, the Obama administration said Monday, in a shift that officials hope will be a catalyst for the nation's $3 trillion health care system.
Jan 26, 2015
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