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Researchers say that the condition is undercounted as symptoms are not always recognized as long covid. Other news stories report on covid immunity, the XBB.1.5 subvariant, and more.
“The public interest would be dramatically harmed by effectively withdrawing from the marketplace a safe and effective drug that has lawfully been on the market for twenty-two years,” the FDA wrote in a filing to District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk arguing that the lawsuit from the Alliance Defending Freedom has no merit or standing. A separate FDA decision allowing pharmacies to dispense abortion pills is also expected to be challenged in the courts.
The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases said Wednesday that Johnson & Johnson's experimental vaccine does not effectively prevent HIV infections and that the Phase 3 clinical trial was closing. This development follows the failure of a similar vaccine candidate in 2021.
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The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that "after years of Republican resistance," Missouri will launch a statewide prescription drug monitoring program to tackle the opioid addiction crisis. Other health news is from North Carolina, Colorado, Maryland, South Dakota, Ohio and elsewhere.
A new study identifies a surprise culprit as the most contaminated spot in the kitchen: the spice drawer. Other news stories report on dry January, weight loss strategies, sleep, and more.
The effort is targeting inappropriate prescriptions, where antipsychotic drugs are being abused to sedate patients. Inaccurate coding for schizophrenia will reportedly see nursing homes "negatively impacted." Meanwhile, in St. Louis, nursing home workers strike over low-pay claims and bed bugs.
The move would expand abortion access by loosening what the Bangor Daily News calls "Maine's already liberal set of abortion laws." Separately, New York City will offer free abortion pills at four city-run sexual health clinics as early as today, to boost abortion access in low-income communities.
News outlets report on the decision of the No. 1 ranked medical school for research, Harvard Medical School, to withdraw from the U.S. News rankings — a decision reportedly made in part because the rankings result in the creation of "perverse incentives for institutions to report misleading or inaccurate data."
Bloomberg spotlights an invention that creates an "air shield" by clipping on to air vents — but flyers have returned back to the skies regardless of concerns over cabin air quality. Other pandemic news is on the dangers of dual RSV-covid infections, state actions, China, and more.
Data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show medical debt hit fewer American families in 2021 than in 2019, due in part to relief measures enacted to soften the economic blow of covid. Separately, a survey finds that a record level of patients delayed health care over costs in 2022.
Moderna announced that its experimental shot was nearly 84 percent effective at preventing respiratory syncytial virus symptoms in a large study of adults 60 years and older. The drugmaker plans to ask for FDA approval of the vaccine this year, while other pharmaceutical companies are also working on RSV vaccines.
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Read about the biggest pharmaceutical developments and pricing stories from the past week in KHN's Prescription Drug Watch roundup.
Floods in Pakistan, cyclones in Mozambique, and other climate change-influenced events have driven malaria infections up, reports say, as well as changing where mosquitoes flourish. Also in the news: Ebola Sudan and Marburg virus vaccines; children left behind by a push to treat HIV, and more.
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Athena Health Care Systems is one of the biggest long-term care providers in Connecticut, according to the CT Mirror, but "consistent complaints" about conditions in its homes have led to lawsuits and fines. Also: children's care in Illinois and Arizona, and stories from Texas and Minnesota.
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