Category: healthcare

Amazon’s RxPass Doesn’t Yet Really Compete With Mark Cuban’s Cost Plus Drug Company

Amazon is adding RxPass to its pharmacy footprint. Purportedly, it’s competing with Mark Cuban’s Cost Plus Drug Company (MCCPDC). But, limitations suggest it isn’t yet a real competitor.

New Dashboard Shows Key Health Measures In Each Of 435 Congressional Districts

This Congressional District Health Dashboard (CDHD) can help you get better idea of how your Congressperson is actually doing.

Cigna Profits Top $1 Billion With 1M New Health Plan Members Forecast For 2023

Cigna reported nearly $1.2 billion in fourth quarter 2022 net income and forecasts the addition of “at least” 1.2 million new medical customers in 2023.

Ending The COVID-19 Emergency Must Not End Saving Lives

The real question is how do we continue to save lives from COVID?

A New Hope For Glioblastoma Treatment

Researchers from the Brigham and Women’s Hospital tested a Trojan horse approach: using cancer cells to fight cancer itself.

CDC: Artificial Tears Eye Drops May Be Linked To 50 Infections, One Death

What is Verona Integron‐mediated Metallo‐β‐lactamase (VIM)‐ and Guiana‐Extended Spectrum‐β‐Lactamase (GES)‐ producing carbapenem‐resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa (VIM‐GES‐CRPA)?

Millions To Lose Medicaid Coverage This Spring As Omnibus Bill Is Enacted And Covid-19 Public Health Emergency Ends

Beginning on April 1, state Medicaid agencies will be able to unenroll people who signed up for coverage during the Covid-19 pandemic. The omnibus bill allows states to kick adults off of the Medicaid rolls, regardless of the status of the public healt…

Are Drugs Making Russian Soldiers Act Like Zombies?

Multiple reports describe waves of advancing Russians falling like zombies, while videos shows them staggering about, unable to defend themselves under bombardment. While there are suspicions drugs could be behind this behavior, there may be a simpler …

This Is How To Save Social Security And Medicare

Are cutbacks necessary to save Social Security and Medicare from bankruptcy?

InnovationRx: A Mental Health Startup Unionizes; Plus, Covid Emergency To End In May

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