Ahead of RSV season, some people are having issues with insurance coverage, forcing them to pay over $330 for vaccines.
Category: Breaking
Kaiser Permanente Health Workers Reach Tentative Deal—Ending Largest Healthcare Walkout In U.S. History
Over 75,000 healthcare workers across six states called for increased wages and improvements to retirees’ medical plans.
What Is ‘Excited Delirium’? California Bans Police From Blaming Deaths On Controversial Medical Condition.
Top medical organizations believe the term is pseudoscience and has been disproportionately used to justify police brutality against Black and brown people.
Far More Employers Could Cover Weight Loss Drugs Like Wegovy Next Year—Here’s What That Means For Costs
Drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy can cost upwards of $1,000 a month without insurance, but the drugs’ ability to help employees’ health in the long term could lead more employers to cover them under medical plans.
GSK Settles Zantac Cases After Claims Popular Heartburn Drug Causes Cancer
The pharma giant settled four cases in California for an undisclosed amount to avoid the “distraction” of a trial.
Idaho Abortion Ban Partly On Hold Again As Full Appeals Court Weighs In On Biden’s Challenge
The full Ninth Circuit voted to hear the Biden Administration’s challenge to Idaho’s abortion ban during medical emergencies, voiding an earlier decision from three Trump-appointed judges on the court.
No, California Isn’t Banning Skittles—Here’s What New Food Additive Restrictions Really Mean
A new California law banning certain food additives has been wrongly referred to as a “Skittles ban”—though the candies will remain on shelves.
Painful Dengue May ‘Take Off’ In United States—What To Know About The ‘Breakbone Fever’ Virus
Four states—Florida, Hawaii, Texas and Arizona—have already documented locally acquired cases of dengue, which is also known as “breakbone fever” on account of the severe pain it causes.
New Medical Condition Bridges Gap Between Obesity, Diabetes And Heart Disease—Here’s What To Know
Around 700,000 Americans have heart disease, six million have kidney disease and nearly 42% are obese—and medical experts want more Americans to pay attention to the connections between all three.
Long Covid Linked To Greater Risk For Developing Autoimmune And Autoinflammatory Disorders, Study Shows
Around 23 million people in the U.S. suffer from long Covid symptoms.
