Category: healthcare

World Economic Forum Is Taking All These Covid-19 Precautions At Davos

The WEF has requirements such as the following: “On Forum-provided official transport, all drivers will wear masks at all times.”

U.K.’s Voluntary Scheme For Branded Medicines, Pricing, And Access (VPAS) Faces A Potential Crisis

Two large U.S.-based drug companies – AbbVie and Eli Lilly – have now exited the voluntary drug price agreement, citing the “punitive” system of revenue clawbacks, which has risen to 26.5% of branded sales in 2022. And, AbbVie and Lilly aren’t the only…

FBI Offers $25,000 Rewards For Info About Attacks On Reproductive Care Clinics

The Federal Bureau of Investigation on Thursday began offering rewards of up to $25,000 for information about a series of attacks on at least 10 reproductive health care facilities across the U.S. last year.

Gov. DeSantis Incorrectly Claims Covid-19 Boosters Makes You ‘More Likely To Get Infected’

Here are what three studies published in December showed.

Hybrid Immunity: Why It Is Highly Effective Against Covid And Hospitalization

Those with hybrid immunity are more protected against severe Covid symptoms and hospitalization than those with only infection immunity.

Virginia GOP Lawmakers Block Bill Legalizing ‘Magic Mushrooms’ For Medical Use—Here’s Why Some States And Cities Support Them

Some studies suggest the drug, which has been decriminalized in some states but remains illegal federally, could provide benefits to people suffering from mental health conditions.

What We Can Learn About Homelessness From ‘Rough Sleepers’

Here are some insights gleaned from Dr. Jim O’Connell, president of Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program and Tracy Kidder, whose book describing the years he embedded with the Boston street team, “Rough Sleepers,” was just published.

Bivalent Antibodies For Covid-19: Two Hands Are Better Than One

A certain subset of monoclonal antibodies – those that bind bivalently – are much more effective against the latest strains of Omicron.

DTC Advertising Of Prescription Drugs In The U.S. Often Promotes Products With Comparatively Low Therapeutic Value

Fewer than one-third of the most commonly advertised drugs were rated as having “high therapeutic value,” defined as providing at least moderate improvement in clinical outcomes relative to existing treatment alternatives.

InnovationRx: Final JPM Thoughts, Better Covid Antibodies And Pfizer’s Non-Profit Pricing

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