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Drug Pricing Legislation Fades Into Background As Coronavirus Dominates Lawmakers’ Attention
Read about the biggest pharmaceutical development and pricing stories from the past week in KHN's Prescription Drug Watch roundup.
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Perspectives: Government Can’t Wait Any Longer To Get Supplies For Hospitals; Who Needs Most Help From Stimulus Packages?
Editorial pages focus on these health care topics and others.
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Italy’s Staggering Death Toll Is Dipping But Doctors Distraught Over Decisions To Send Sickest Patients Home
"This what I'm seeing everyday,'' a doctor in Italy says. If odds of surviving are stacked against a patient on a ventilator, doctors have to make tragic decisions to remove them from the machine for younger, healthier patients. Other news on COVID-19 is on South Korea's success at flattening the curve, China's aims to lift its lockdown, Britain's plans a virtual lockdown, and a slowdown on security clearances in the U.S., as well.
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Thalidomide Crisis: Decades Later, Survivors Demand Justice, Recognition For Severe Defects
A New York Times special report looks at efforts under way to help thousands of Americans who say they were harmed during trials for a drug used as sedative to help treat morning sickness in the 1950s and 1960s.
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N.J. ICE Detainees Are Only Allotted One Bar Of Soap A Week. If They Want More, They Have To Buy It.
As fears of the coronavirus spreading like wildfire inside detention facilities mount, inmates are demanding more supplies like soap and toilet paper.
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Olympics Postponed Until 2021 Amid Outcry Over Public Health Dangers
Countries had begun announcing they wouldn't participate in Tokyo's 2020 games.
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Chinese-Americans Scared About What’s To Come As Xenophobic Rhetoric, Hate Crimes Increase Amid Outbreak
In interviews with The New York Times nearly two dozen Asian-Americans across the country said they were afraid — to go grocery shopping, to travel alone on subways or buses, to let their children go outside.
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Health Law Turns 10 In Midst Of Global Pandemic
For a legislation that's had a rocky journey from the start, it is almost fitting that it marks its 10-year anniversary in the middle of a pandemic. The New York Times and KHN look back on how far it has come and where it's headed next. Meanwhile, as states re-open their marketplaces, Democrats are calling on the federal government to do the same.
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Business Is Booming For Gun Sellers But They Could Be Shut Down As Nonessential
The gun industry is asking states to classify gun sellers as essential businesses amid fears that they'll be closed by shut down orders. Meanwhile, their sales so far have been skyrocketing amid Americans' fears.
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Courts Try To Keep Crippled Justice System Moving With Video Hearings, Home Detentions
As the coronavirus outbreak disrupts and delays most court proceedings, federal and state judicial and prison officials take steps to institute solutions and technological workarounds to try to restart criminal and civil cases.
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Desire To Track And Stop Pandemic Could Open Door For Surveillance That May Stick Around After Crisis
It's a lesson Americans learned after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001: privacy violations done in the name of a crisis have a way of lingering after threat has passed. In other technology news: hackers target WHO and rural communities struggle to access tele-education options.
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Advocates Balk After Texas, Ohio Categorize Abortions As Nonessential Procedures
The states say they are trying to protect public health, but abortion rights advocates say the leaders are capitalizing on a crisis to further their own political agenda.
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Biden’s Challenge: Highlighting Flaws In Trump’s Crisis Management While Not Undermining Government’s Efforts
Former Vice President Joe Biden, the 2020 Democratic front-runner, has a tricky tightrope to walk, and some critics wonder if he's managed to be effective as he tries to step back into the public spotlight. Meanwhile, the outbreak continues to upend the elections, from questions on what to do abut the Democratic National Convention to the debate over main-in voting.
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As New Data Emerges On Hospitalization Rates, Young Americans Start To Understand They Can Get Sick Too
Although the mortality rates among young people are still low, they are being hospitalized in rates that some might not have realized because of early messaging around the demographics of patients.
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Understanding Architecture Of This Particular Coronavirus Can Help Scientists Destroy It
This coronavirus is sneaky and deadly, utilizing some of the most effective weapons in viruses' toolbelts. For example, it had a proofreading mechanism that allows it to fix mutations before they grow out of control and effect the spread of the virus. In other news: early symptoms to watch for, what it's like to be infected, scientists scramble to find answers, and social distancing.
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CMS To Halt Routine Nursing Home Inspections In Favor Of Directing Resources To Most Dangerous Situations
The move follows a recent inspection of the Life Care Center of Kirkland, a nursing home near Seattle, which is tied so far to 35 coronavirus deaths. CMS said the inspection found three major violations at the facility that put residents in imminent danger.
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Wide-Spread Testing Is Effective At Curbing Outbreak, Yet Some Hotspots Are Ordering Doctors To Save Supplies
Health experts say at this point, locality should be taken into account. For health care systems like New York City and Seattle, they know the surge is coming. For other places, it might be worthwhile using supplies to help identify where the virus is going to spike next. Meanwhile, the California medical board is investigating doctors who offered rich clients a test in the early days of the outbreak.
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‘A New Reality’: NYC Mayor Warns About Potential Longevity Of Disruptions; Other States Find Novel Ways To Deal With Infections
The state of New York already has nearly 60% of the confirmed cases in the country and warns the peak won't come for another month and a half. The state with the second most cases is neighbor New Jersey. Media outlets report on efforts under way to contain COVID-19 in these and other states.
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Vaccine May Be Available In Limited Supply To Some Health Care Workers As Early As The Fall
Experts have consistently said it will likely take at least a year before any vaccine could be deployed widely, but Moderna officials said their version might be available under emergency-use authorization sooner than that. And after President Donald Trump touted the promising results of a malaria medication, there was a run on the drug and those who need it for reasons other than the coronavirus are facing shortages. Meanwhile, a man in Arizona died after taking the drug, highlighting the risk of promising miracle cures.
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