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(MedPage Today) -- On hot afternoons, DeAnna Brandon's three dogs zag around while she splashes in a backyard kiddie pool with her grandkids. These are the moments the 48-year-old blood cancer survivor cherishes -- and wonders if she'll get to...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- Neurologic manifestations in Ebola survivors persisted more than 7 years after acute infection, data from the prospective PREVAIL III study showed. Compared with controls, people who survived the 2014-2016 epidemic in West Africa...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- Note that some links may require registration or subscription. Health officials sounded the alarm on the presence of tularemia, or "rabbit fever," in northern Colorado. (USA Today via Yahoo!) The number of confirmed...
Read full article →The trust fund underpinning Medicare’s hospital benefit is set to run out of money one quarter earlier than previously expected as tax cuts in the GOP’s reconciliation legislation shrink Medicare’s revenue.
Read full article →Despite major financial struggles, some providers at a physician group in Washington, D.C., say the contract terms from its new, and much larger, parent is not the lifeline they want.
Read full article →A spokesperson said the layoffs were primarily in non-clinical or member facing roles.
Read full article →The insurer is offloading its interest in the massive end-of-life care provider to an undisclosed group of investors, amid widespread concern about private investors’ activity in healthcare.
Read full article →Public comments submitted this week rule skewered a proposed 2.4% net rate increase as insufficient in light of substantial financial headwinds. An accompanying mandatory expansion of a tested episode-based payment model, the CJR-X Model, was also flatly opposed.
Read full article →Alongside decreased workplace injuries, the case study found increased reporting of verbal escalations and the connected safety platform system’s successful use in medical emergencies.
Read full article →Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Wednesday slammed a New York Times report alleging that some say he appears to be “checked out” from official duties during department meetings and has surrounded himself with political appointees who share his viewpoint. In a post on X, Kennedy said his day-to-day actions are publicly...
Read full article →The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday granted emergency use authorization to a generic over-the-counter tablet to treat New World screwworm in dogs and cats, the first generic animal drug authorized for use against the parasite. The authorization comes as officials in Texas and New Mexico confirmed at least seven cases of screwworm in cattle,...
Read full article →The acting director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) denied Wednesday that the Trump administration’s cuts to foreign aid negatively impacted the global response to the ongoing Ebola outbreak. Dr. Jay Bhattacharya said on NewsNation’s “Elizabeth Vargas Reports” that he has “never met a more competent, committed group of professionals” than the...
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