Category: healthcare

Fake Eli Lilly Twitter Account Claims Insulin Is Free, Stock Falls 4.3%

This week showed what can happen after Elon Musk instituted a new pay $8 and you can get a blue verified check mark from Twitter policy.

Tripledemic Update: RSV, Covid And Flu

Three viruses are leading to a rise in hospitalizations in children. Covid-19, flu and RSV have combined to create a tripledemic.

CDC Warning: Listeria Outbreak Linked To Deli Meat, Cheese, 13 Hospitalized, One Dead

There’s also been one pregnancy loss in an outbreak that has spanned six different states.

China Eases Covid-19 Travel Rules, But They Are Still Onerous

International visitors will still be required to jump through plenty of hoops.

Key Democratic Goal Could Harm The “Well-Being Of The Rest Of The World”

Democrats are pushing for a government takeover of healthcare. Their success would be bad for American medicine.

England’s Hospital Procedure Wait List Edges Up To 7.07 Million

Officials said the actual number of people waiting for care was likely to be around 5.5 million.

EQRx No Longer Seeks To Disrupt Prices In Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Space

The biotechnology company EQRx no longer seeks to disrupt prices in the non-small cell lung cancer space. This is disappointing news for those who had hoped for lower prices in a therapeutic category that, for the most part, has been sorely lacking rea…

If Pharma Companies Don’t Overhaul Their R&D Model Quickly, Cancer Patients In Desperate Search For New Cures Will Be Left Behind

The pharma industry’s global reach and scale is unparalleled. What’s at stake here isn’t just corporate profitability, but access to trials to improve the quality and duration of life for patients desperately in search of new cures.

Covid Reinfections May Boost Chances Of Death And Organ Failure, Study Finds — And The Risk Increases Each Time You Catch It

People with Covid reinfections were twice as likely to die and three times more likely to be hospitalized compared to people with just one infection, researchers found.

The Best Reason To Keep Up To Date With Boosters: Covid-19 Protection From Infection, Hospitalization And Death All Wane Over Time

Until the development of long-lasting, “universal” coronavirus vaccines, our best strategy for protection against infection, hospitalization, and death is staying up to date with our booster shots.