Category: healthcare

CDC Says Stop Using These Eye Drops Over Possible Links To Dozens Of Infections And One Death

The CDC has issued a warning to stop using EzriCare brand Artificial Tears over concerns the eye drops could be linked to dozens of infections and vision loss in at least 11 states. The eye drops are also possibly linked to one death.

Therapists At Mental Health Startup Resilience Lab Vote To Unionize

The move comes after the startup, which raised $15 million in November, fired 12 therapists, changed the way the rest were paid and introduced new software to track patient progress.

‘Ozempic Face’ Explained: Why It Happens And How To Fix It

The diabetes drug gained popularity for its weight loss benefits as doctors began prescribing it off-label for weight loss.

Antibiotics Use In Farm Animals Is Growing—Here’s Why It Could Pose A Danger To Humans

The use of antimicrobials in often healthy farm animals promotes drug resistance and could help render infections like gonorrhea, tuberculosis and staph untreatable.

What The End Of The Covid-19 Public Health Emergency Will Mean For Older Adults

Biden’s decision buys a few more months under the emergency.

City Of Hope Expands Brand To Cancer Treatment Centers Of America Hospitals

City of Hope will extend its brand to the Cancer Treatment Centers of America facilities it acquired last year.

MSNBC Host Vossoughian Suffers Myocarditis After Common Cold, Yet Covid-19 Vaccine Claims Spread

NBC’s Yasmin Vossoughian told viewers why she hasn’t been on air for a few weeks and described what had happened.

The Next Covid-19 Crisis, May 11th And Our Missing Healthcare Leadership

The Biden administration just announced on May 11 it will end our Pandemic emergency declaration and this could test both health care and the economy. Crippled by vacancies in key health care leadership, what will the “end” of the Covid-19 health emerg…

Amgen Adopts A Two-Price Strategy For The U.S.’s First Marketed Humira-Referenced Biosimilar, Amjevita

In the case of Amjevita, the two-price approach highlights the lack of transparency in the healthcare system as well as the incredibly confusing way in which drugs are priced in the U.S. Rebates obfuscate an already bewildering and fragmented pricing m…

Humana Sees Growth Of ‘At Least’ 625,000 Medicare Advantage Members This Year

Humana said its individual enrollment in Medicare Advantage would jump by “at least 625,000” for 2023.