While insulin is the poster child for outrageous prescription costs, patients are paying ever more to treat depression, asthma, HIV, cholesterol and more. And the pandemic has overtaken efforts to force the issue in Congress.
Category: Public Health
HHS secretary blocks health agencies from signing new rules
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CDC revises guidance on COVID-19 transmission, reverses testing guidelines: 3 updates
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Positive COVID-19 tests rise in 2 regions: 4 CDC findings
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Half of physicians report anger, anxiety over pandemic: 5 survey findings
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Parents sent Massachusetts teen to school after he tested positive for COVID-19
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COVID-19 response efforts could reduce flu toll, CDC says
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HHS changed testing guidelines despite CDC experts’ objections; health workers account for 14% of global cases — 5 COVID-19 updates
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Wildfires’ Toxic Air Leaves Damage Long After the Smoke Clears
As fires burn longer and closer to cities throughout the West, researchers are trying to understand the lasting health impacts by studying a Montana town previously smothered by wildfire smoke.
A Pandemic Upshot: Seniors Are Having Second Thoughts About Where to Live
More than 70,000 residents and staff members at nursing homes and assisted living facilities have died of COVID-19, and others are under strict rules designed to keep the disease from spreading. That has evoked concern that living in a communal facility could be dangerous.
