Category: pharma

Peeps Easter Candy Has Potentially Cancer-Causing Red Dye 3, Warns Consumer Reports

Consumer Reports is also co-sponsoring with the Environmental Working Group a bill in California that would ban Red Dye No. 3 from being put into food products.

Competition In Medicare Advantage Is Broken: Here’s How To Fix It

Instead of attracting seniors with shiny objects that distract people from the moments that matter, we should standardize Medicare Advantage benefits and compel payers to compete on the basis of health outcomes—not gaudy changes in year-to-year benefit…

Getting Ozempic And Other Drugs From Canada? Not Likely.

Clearly, Canada would find such a situation untenable and the steps now being taken by British Columbia for Ozempic would be adopted across Canada.

CDC Issues Raw Dough, Cake Batter Warning As Salmonella Outbreak Sickens 12

The outbreak has spanned 11 different states and left 3 people hospitalized so far.

Joint Commission: Patient Falls Rose At Hospitals As ‘Sentinel Events’ Increased In Pandemic

Patient falls at U.S. hospitals rose more than 20% as potentially deadly “sentinel events” increased during the Covid-19 pandemic, The Joint Commission says.

Joint Commission: Patient Falls Rose At Hospitals As ‘Sentinel Events’ Increased In Pandemic

Patient falls at U.S. hospitals rose more than 20% as potentially deadly “sentinel events” increased during the Covid-19 pandemic, The Joint Commission says.

As Walgreens Melds Doctors And Pharmacies, Prescription Business Takes Off

Walgreens multi-billion dollar investment in VillageMD doctor-staffed clinics attached to drugstores is paying off with a boost to the pharmacy chain’s prescription business.

Cake-Seeking Iguana Bites 3-Year-Old Girl, Leading To Mycobacterium Marinum Infection

This unusual case showed what can happen when you stand between an iguana and some cake.

Frozen Strawberries Recalled As Hepatitis A Outbreak Has Left 2 Hospitalized

This includes frozen organic strawberries sold at Costco, Aldi, KeHE, Vital Choice Seafood, PCC Community Markets, and Trader Joe’s.

Cano Health’s Board Drama Comes As Primary Care Firms Try To Attract Buyers

Primary care provider Cano Health has been forced to defend the resignation of board members including billionaire Barry Sternlicht who publicly criticized the company’s CEO and operating performance.