Pharma funded more than 2,400 state lawmaker campaigns in 2020, new STAT analysis finds
WASHINGTON — State lawmakers in Oregon have tried to lower high drug prices from nearly…
Month: June 2021
Can Schools Require COVID-19 Vaccines For Students Now That Pfizer’s Shot Is Authorized For Kids 12 And Up?
The Food and Drug Administration on May 10, 2021, granted the first emergency use authorization…
Falmouth Chamber Of Commerce: Highfield Hall & Gardens Introduces Yoga At Highfield – Patch.com
Falmouth Chamber Of Commerce: Highfield Hall & Gardens Introduces Yoga At Highfield Patch.com Read Original Article:…
This Weeks Nyack-Piermont Area Events – Patch.com
This Weeks Nyack-Piermont Area Events Patch.com Read Original Article: This Weeks Nyack-Piermont Area Events – Patch.com…
How to Find Free or Low-Cost Prenatal Care – Healthline
How to Find Free or Low-Cost Prenatal Care Healthline Read Original Article: How to Find Free…
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Prenatal supplements may impact breast milk microbiome – Healio
Prenatal supplements may impact breast milk microbiome Healio Read Original Article: Prenatal supplements may impact breast…
Scientists can predict which women will have serious pregnancy complications – Science Daily
Scientists can predict which women will have serious pregnancy complications Science Daily Read Original Article: Scientists…
Flu Shot in Pregnancy Doesn’t Harm Kids’ Health Years Later – MedPage Today
Flu Shot in Pregnancy Doesn’t Harm Kids’ Health Years Later MedPage Today Read Original Article: Flu…
Drinking alcohol is linked to reduced chances of pregnancy – EurekAlert
Drinking alcohol is linked to reduced chances of pregnancy EurekAlert Read Original Article: Drinking alcohol is…
A Dental Student on TikTok Says She Knows if Someone Is Pregnant by Looking in Their Mouth-Is This Possible? – Health.com
A Dental Student on TikTok Says She Knows if Someone Is Pregnant by Looking in…
Testing placental hormone levels can help identify candidates for pregnancy complications – News-Medical.Net
Testing placental hormone levels can help identify candidates for pregnancy complications News-Medical.Net Read Original Article: Testing…
Salvadoran woman who says she lost pregnancy in fall freed after serving 9 years on abortion sentence – The Washington Post
Salvadoran woman who says she lost pregnancy in fall freed after serving 9 years on…
Pregnant women should avoid use of certain anti-inflammatory drugs: Health Canada – CTV News
Pregnant women should avoid use of certain anti-inflammatory drugs: Health Canada CTV News Read Original Article:…
News in Brief 8 June 2021
Chilly Spring, cold comfort for planet as emissions rise again Ocean blues, as CO2 spike threatens…
Keeping a closer eye on seabirds with drones and artificial intelligence
Drones and artificial intelligence can monitor large colonies of seabirds as well as traditional on-the-ground…
Peace accord in Colombia has increased deforestation of biologically-diverse rainforest
Since the end of the long-running conflict in Colombia, large areas of forest have been…
How Indigenous Wisdom Impacts Community Well Being – Healthline
How Indigenous Wisdom Impacts Community Well Being Healthline Read Original Article: How Indigenous Wisdom Impacts Community…
Central Remedy to hold grand opening for alternative medicine office – Tallahassee Democrat
Central Remedy to hold grand opening for alternative medicine office Tallahassee Democrat Read Original Article: Central…
COVID-19 has your employer clients looking for alternative health plan options – BenefitsPro
COVID-19 has your employer clients looking for alternative health plan options BenefitsPro Read Original Article: COVID-19…
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STAT+: Regeneron shareholders urged to boot board member over executive pay practices
Two prominent shareholder advisory firms are urging Regeneron Pharmaceuticals (REGN) shareholders to remove the board…
Member of FDA’s expert panel resigns over controversial Alzheimer’s therapy approval
Following the Food and Drug Administration’s polarizing authorization of the Alzheimer’s therapy Aduhelm on Monday,…
STAT+: Biogen, FDA at odds over timing of crucial confirmatory trial of Alzheimer’s drug
Biogen and the Food and Drug Administration are at odds over the timing of a…
Opinion: Bad medicine: aducanumab is a lackluster drug with a high price tag
Controversy has swirled around aducanumab, an experimental drug developed by Biogen, long before the FDA…
Taking short breaks may help our brains learn new skills
In a study of healthy volunteers, researchers have mapped out the brain activity that flows…
Step up HIV fight, to end AIDS ‘epidemic of inequalities’ by 2030
Although the world has made “great strides” since the first case of AIDS was reported,…
Preclinical study suggests new approach to reduce COVID-19 death among the elderly
New research reveals a possible new approach to preventing death and severe disease in elderly…
Covid-19: Aspirin does not improve survival for patients admitted to hospital, trial reports
Aspirin does not improve survival for patients in hospital with covid-19, the UK Recovery trial1…
UNICEF and celebrities appeal to G7 countries: Donate COVID vaccinations ‘now’
From David Beckham to Whoopi Goldberg and Angelique Kidjo, Ambassadors for the UN Children’s Fund…
STAT+: Biogen isn’t worried about backlash to ‘bewildering’ price of Alzheimer’s drug
Amid a firestorm of controversy around its decision to charge $56,000 a year for an…
Facemasks block expired particles, despite leakage at edges, study finds
A new study confirms that surgical masks effectively reduce outgoing airborne particles from talking or…
STAT+: STAT+ Conversations: Discussing Biogen’s Alzheimer’s drug
Editors note: A livestream of the conversation will be embedded below at 1:00pm ET. Every…
How COVID-19 wreaks havoc on human lungs
Scientists have published the first detailed atomic-level model of the SARS-CoV-2 ‘envelope’ protein bound to…
STAT+: Pharmalittle: FDA rewrites rulebook in approving Alzheimer’s drug; Biogen’s price for the drug will strain Medicare
Top of the morning to you. And a steamy one, it is. In fact, there…
Staff burnout: MPs demand “total overhaul” of NHS workforce planning
Staff burnout across the NHS and social care in England has reached an “emergency level”…
Rehabilitation after critical illness: how to facilitate a successful return to work
I welcome the recent articles on the need for rehabilitation after critical illness and the…
FDA conditionally approves controversial Alzheimer’s drug despite uncertainty over effectiveness
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved aducanumab (Aduhelm)—a drug which aims to…
Dying at home during the pandemic
Data from the Office for National Statistics show that covid-19 was responsible for most of…
New ways of working will help patients and sustain our profession
Salisbury asks whether additional roles could reduce pressure on general practice and how we can…
Delirium and long term cognition in critically ill patients
AbstractDelirium, a form of acute brain dysfunction, is very common in the critically ill adult…
Childhood vaccination: Access problems in UK began way before covid-19
As the UK came out of its first lockdown back in July 2020, the World…
Partha Kar: Imposter syndrome is no cause for shame
How much of a problem for doctors is imposter syndrome? Is it just a term…
Accelerating population health improvement
As the covid-19 pandemic shines a bright light on longstanding health equity gaps,1 concerted action…
Opinion: Scientific publishing’s new weapon for the next crisis: the rapid correction
Some observers have hailed the response to Covid-19 as a triumph for science. A hesitant…
CPR coaching over the phone can save lives. A new model makes it easier for people who speak limited English
New research finds that a Los Angeles program to coach 911 callers through providing CPR…
STAT+: Despite its high price tag, the new Alzheimer’s drug isn’t reigniting the drug pricing debate
WASHINGTON — It has all the makings of a bombastic drug pricing debate: a highly…
Elation, pride, and a slew of questions: Clinical trial participants reflect on their own complicated reactions to Aduhelm approval
For the roughly 3,500 people who volunteered as clinical trial participants for the Alzheimer’s therapy…
How Virus Detectives Trace The Origins Of An Outbreak – And Why It’s So Tricky
The prevention of future pandemics requires examining viral family trees. Read Original Article: How Virus…
Herd Immunity Appears Unlikely For COVID-19, But CDC Says Vaccinated People Can Ditch Masks In Most Settings
Achieving herd immunity to the extent of totally blocking new infections is not easily achievable,…
Clever biomolecular labelling enables identification of immune cells
Biomolecules regulate the biological functions inside every living cell. If scientists can understand the molecular…
News in Brief 7 June 2021
Condemnation for brutal Burkina Faso attack Belarus a ‘black hole’ for media freedoms Haiti: aid…