High Drug Prices: Hospitals Hike Some Charges 250%
Stat examined data from 30 hospitals. Industry news is also on Mark Cuban's entry into generics, Teladoc's emergence, and more.
Archives: Morning Breakouts
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Large Studies ID Other Genes Linked To Breast Cancer
The research enables doctors to advise patients about risks associated with a half dozen genes in addition to BRCA1 and BRCA2. News about cancer also focuses on covid, gene-controlling circadian rhythms and more.
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Vaccine Skepticism: Nurses Stall Inoculation Efforts In Kansas, Maine
Also, news reports are on myths about covid vaccines and new vaccines under review.
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Vaccinating Elderly Could Take 4 to 5 Months, California Says
Meanwhile, appointments in New York, Maryland, Michigan, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida and elsewhere are being canceled or rescheduled because there aren't enough shots.
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California To Resume Using Batch Of Moderna Shots After Safety Review
Seven people had allergic reactions at a drive-through clinic last week in San Diego, but officials recommended Wednesday that providers resume using the doses given how many people nationwide received the vaccine from the same lot without similar reactions, the Los Angeles Times reports.
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Amazon Offers To Distribute Vaccine; States Cope With Freezer Snafus
Amazon said the company is willing to contribute its “operations, information technology and communications capabilities” to help President Joe Biden with his goal of vaccinating 100 million Americans within his first 100 days in the White House.
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New CDC Director, Acting CMS Head Take Over Other Health Agencies
With no Senate confirmation requirement, Dr. Rochelle Walensky immediately stepped into her new role directing the CDC. Acting chiefs will have to temporarily take over other key roles at HHS, CMS and FDA, though the Biden administration has not yet named all of those people.
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Biden’s Next Blitz Of Orders Kick Off Strategy To Battle Pandemic
The Biden administration released a 23-page covid response plan that includes 10 new executive orders to be issued Thursday. Those will invoke the Defense Production Act to require U.S. companies to manufacture more pandemic supplies and PPE, focus on reopening schools and require masks on more modes of transport. Steps to address vaccine rollout failures is also on the second-day agenda.
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US Rejoins WHO; Fauci To Head American Delegation
In more first-day orders that reversed actions of his predecessor, President Joe Biden took steps to renew ties with the World Health Organization and re-engage in a global vaccine initiative.
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Covid Czar, Global Health Directorate, Masks Make Biden’s Day One Orders
Saying "there's no time to waste," newly inaugurated President Joe Biden signed 17 executive orders Wednesday afternoon, many of which kicked off a new covid response or addressed the financial strain the pandemic has caused and the gaps in U.S. health protections it has exposed.
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Biden Calls For Unified Response To ‘Finally Face This Pandemic’
In his inaugural address, President Joe Biden focused on covid, climate change, racial injustice and the economic crisis with which the nation struggles and that will shape the health policy agenda for the next four years.
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First Edition: Jan. 21, 2021
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations.
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Viewpoints: Lessons On Getting Vaccines Into Americans’ Arms; Pros, Cons Of Biden’s Covid Plans
Opinion writers weigh in on these pandemic issues and others.
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Perspectives: Trump’s Approach To Drug Prices Was All Talk, No Action
Read recent commentaries about drug-cost issues.
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Out With Trump, In With Biden: How Will That Affect Prescription Drugs?
Read about the biggest pharmaceutical developments and pricing stories from the past week in KHN's Prescription Drug Watch roundup.
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Israel Weighs Risks, Decides To Vaccinate Pregnant Women
News is on Pfizer's disappointing announcement to Canada about a delay in vaccine manufacturing; Japan's intent to vaccinate most residents before the Summer Olympics; China's decision to control a new outbreak; and more, as well.
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Red Cross Pleas For Recovered Patients To Donate Plasma
Early trials of the treatment for covid indicated a 35% better chance of survival than those who didn't receive it. News is on high rates of covid in immigration detention centers, and more.
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More Proof That Kids Are Spreading Covid But Are Less Likely To Get Sick
Other science news is on twins who had covid, a flu vaccine road map and preemie survival rates.
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Nursing Home Workers, Mental Health Professionals In Short Supply
Low wages, limited benefits and difficult work make nursing home jobs hard to fill, experts say. Meanwhile, therapists are struggling with packed schedules.
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First In The US: Iowa Airport To Begin Screening Travelers For Covid
Anyone who fails the mandatory temperature screening will be subject to a second review, which in a few weeks could include rapid testing.
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