Category: Public Health

Breathalyzers for COVID-19? Scientists say it’s possible

By Becker's Hospital Review - Healthcare News in Becker's Hospital Review, Channels, Featured, Public Health
July 12, 2021

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Why We May Never Know Whether the $56,000-a-Year Alzheimer’s Drug Actually Works

By Elisabeth Rosenthal in Aging, Alzheimer's, Cost and Quality, fda, Health Care Costs, Kaiser Health News, mental health, Public Health
July 12, 2021

It could take years for follow-up studies to prove Aduhelm slows the disease — or doesn’t. Meanwhile, its maker will profit.

Biden Is Caught in the Middle of Polarizing Abortion Politics

By Julie Rovner, Kaiser Health News in Abortion, Biden Administration, HealthBent, Kaiser Health News, Public Health, The Health Law, women's health
July 12, 2021

The president, one of the last of a disappearing group of politicians who sought moderate compromises on abortion policy, is frustrating supporters. They wanted faster changes in federal rules. But abortion opponents — including Catholic bishops— are also taking him to task.

Government Oversight of Covid Air Cleaners Leaves Gaping Holes

By Lauren Weber and Christina Jewett in Clearing the Air, COVID-19, investigation, Kaiser Health News, Public Health
July 12, 2021

Thousands of schools have spent millions of federal covid relief dollars snapping up air cleaning technology that claims to inactivate covid-19. But the devices fall into a regulatory gap.