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Long List of Tasks Awaits New CDC Director, Experts Say

Combatting new or re-emerging disease threats, agency reorganization could be on the agenda

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Drug Prices Negotiated by Medicare Still Higher Than Other Countries'

All drugs except one remained more expensive in the U.S.

1 Hr Ago
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Fauci Facepalms Won't Cut It in the Second Trump Administration

Consider what's at stake when leaders in medicine simply watch from the sidelines

4 Hrs Ago
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Opinion
Worried About Healthcare Worker Well-Being?

Contact members of Congress to reauthorize the Lorna Breen Act

Nov 30, 2024
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Opinion
Time to Act on What We See in the Mirror

The U.S. ranks poorly on healthcare compared to other countries; maybe we can learn from them

Nov 29, 2024
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AI Teaches Surgery; AI Quality Registry; AI Matches Patients With Trials

A monthly roundup of healthcare-focused AI news and research

Nov 29, 2024
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ASCVD Mortality Linked to Specific Air Pollution Sources

Pollution-mortality relationship evidenced at the level of PM2.5 source type

Nov 27, 2024
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Doc Admits Owning Explosives; Doc Says He Was Fired for Sounding Alarm on Procedures

A weekly roundup of healthcare's encounters with the courts

Nov 27, 2024
Legal Break over a blindfolded Lady Justice statue holding scales.
Third Death Under TX Abortion Ban; Insurer Pays Its Own Docs More; CME Questioned

This past week in healthcare investigations

Nov 27, 2024
INVESTIGATIVE ROUNDUP over an image of two people looking at computer screens.
Texas Governor Scolds Hospital After Doctor Goes Viral on TikTok

Tony Pastor, MD, said patients didn't have to respond to citizenship question on intake forms

Nov 26, 2024
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Medicare Advantage Plans' Prior Auth Rules Would Be Made Public Under CMS Proposal

Rule would also make provider directories easier to compare

Nov 26, 2024
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Biden Proposes Coverage of Obesity Drugs in Medicare, Medicaid

Federal government would pick up about three-fourths of the cost for Medicaid coverage

Nov 26, 2024
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Make America Healthy Again: An Unconventional Movement That May Be Having Its Moment

Experts raise concern that Trump will parrot untested and unproven public health ideas

Nov 26, 2024
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CDC Director Urges Focus on Health Threats as Agency Confronts Political Changes

Mandy Cohen, MD, MPH, will be leaving office in January after about 18 months in the job

Nov 26, 2024
CDC director Dr. Mandy Cohen speaks during an interview with The Associated Press.
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