Latest Healthcare Policy news from across the web.
Kids' screen use goes way up in the summertime. And just as the movie Toy Story 5 portrays, that can be problematic for children. Here are tips for parents to help their kids manage screens and have fun IRL this summer.
Read full article →Ticks can cause serious diseases, but the tools for controlling them lag decades behind mosquitoes. In the northeast, health officials and researchers hope that efforts to control deer populations -- which serve as "party buses" for mating ticks -- along with new experimental approaches, can start to reverse the tide of ticks and the illnesses they cause.
Read full article →The Food and Drug Administration's top vaccine advisory committee voted Thursday to recommend an mRNA influenza vaccine. It's the first flu vaccine that uses the same technology as COVID-19 shots.
Read full article →Medicare Advantage plans that receive four out of five stars or better get bonus payments, which have ballooned to $16 billion this year.
Read full article →A panel of advisers to FDA gave its endorsement to a seasonal mRNA flu vaccine that was developed by Moderna and that earlier this year became the subject of controversy.
Read full article →All nine members of the committee unanimously voted to recommend Moderna's new mRNA influenza vaccine for adults 50 and over.
Read full article →Making good on its threat, Eli Lilly has begun eliminating mandated price breaks to a few dozen hospitals that participate in a federal drug discount program.
Read full article →This week on "The Readout LOUD" podcast: new hope in treating Huntington's disease and a report card on RFK Jr.'s promises. Listen now.
Read full article →Ebola cases have increased almost 40% in a week in the current outbreak in Congo and Uganda as the death toll passes 200.
Read full article →In this edition of STAT Health Tech: A look at what researchers found about if using wearables help people with cardiovascular diseases, and more.
Read full article →We asked half a dozen skin care experts: Which products do you really need to keep your skin healthy and attractive? Here's what they said.
Read full article →What Soon-Shiong has delivered, Encanta's RSV antiviral, and other biotech news from The Readout
Read full article →