Walgreens Boots Alliance profits fell to $118 million – less than half of what they were a year ago – due to “significantly lower demand for COVID-related services.”
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U.K. To Spend $26 Million On AI Diagnostic Tools
British public hospitals will bid for a slice of a major new fund for artificial intelligence-powered diagnostic tools.
Pickleball Injuries Cost Americans Nearly $400 Million This Year—And Seniors Are Hit The Hardest
Pickleball injuries have been rising in players aged 60 and older for years.
Why Peter Hotez Should Not Debate RFK Jr. On The Joe Rogan Experience
Joe Rogan, Elon Musk, and Bill Ackman all have pushed Peter Hotez to debate RFK, Jr. on Rogan’s Spotify podcast. Here are the potential problems with such a debate.
Low Air Pollution Levels Linked To Longer Hospital Stays For Covid-19 Patients
Exposure to low levels of air pollutants like nitrogen dioxide and black carbon could result in hospitalized Covid-19 patients spending four extra days in the hospital.
UnitedHealth’s Optum Wins Over Home Health Firm With $3.3 Billion Bid
Home health provider Amedisys on Monday agreed to a sweetened all-cash offer of $101 per share from UnitedHealth Group’s Optum health services business.
Eyes On The Prize: The Latest Developments in Retinal Gene Therapies
This article will discuss some of the most promising gene therapies for age-related macular degeneration, including ADVM-022, RGX-314, GT-005, and HMR59.
U.S. Median Age Rises To New Record High Of 38.9 Years
Here are the states and counties with the oldest and youngest median ages in 2022 based on the U.S. Census.
Dems’ Drug Price Controls Would Mean Fewer Drugs And Fewer Jobs
Less spending on research almost certainly means fewer drugs would make it through the expensive and time-consuming FDA approval process.
England’s Junior Doctors To Strike Next Month — And Senior Physicians Could Join Them
Senior doctors could follow their junior colleagues in further action likely to cause massive numbers of delayed appointments.
