Health
Food or medicine? Stark choice for sick Argentines
In pharmacies in crisis-riddled Argentina, people look at the prices on medicine containers, then put them down again.
Mar 2, 2024
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Health
Canada unveils framework for universal drug plan
Canada on Thursday unveiled a framework for a universal drug plan that, once fully implemented, would mark the biggest expansion of its publicly funded health care system in decades.
Mar 1, 2024
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Other
This election year, health care costs top voter concerns: Poll
Unexpected medical bills and high health care costs are dominating an election where kitchen table economic problems weigh heavily on voter's minds, a new KFF poll has found.
Feb 21, 2024
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Multimodal AI model may guide personalized treatments for tuberculosis
A team of University of Michigan researchers has developed a multimodal AI model to predict treatment outcomes of tuberculosis (TB) patients. Their analysis of worldwide patient data may lead to personalization of TB treatment.
Feb 12, 2024
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Medications
New study points to supply chain disruptions if the FDA removes ineffective decongestant from the market
In a new study of nasal decongestant purchasing patterns, researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine found that phenylephrine remained the most popular choice year after year, despite decades of concerns ...
Feb 8, 2024
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Medications
Report: US prescription drug prices are 2.78 times those in other wealthy nations
Prescription drug prices in the U.S. are significantly higher than in other nations, with prices in the U.S. averaging 2.78 times those seen in 33 other nations, according to a new RAND report.
Feb 1, 2024
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Medications
Tracking administrative complexity within the 340B Drug Pricing Program
Part of the Public Health Service Act of 1992, the 340B Drug Pricing Program lowers drug costs and increases revenues for safety-net health care providers by allowing them to pay heavily discounted prices for prescription ...
Jan 16, 2024
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Medical research
Researchers race to develop Paxlovid replacement
Researchers from Rutgers believe themselves among the leaders in a race to find an oral COVID-19 treatment to supplement or replace Paxlovid—the antiviral medication that helps keep high-risk patients out of the hospital ...
Jan 9, 2024
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Medications
Ozempic mania's billions in bills are coming for US taxpayers
State and local governments across the US are grappling with a growing problem: Expensive drugs to treat diabetes and obesity are threatening to drain their health care budgets.
Jan 9, 2024
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Medical economics
Florida gains FDA approval to import drugs from Canada
US regulators on Friday approved Florida's plan to import prescription drugs from Canada, making it the first state to win such authorization, in a bid to lower costs for American consumers.
Jan 6, 2024
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