SARASOTA, Florida — Florida planea eliminar casi medio siglo de vacunas infantiles obligatorias contra enfermedades que han causado muertes y dejado secuelas en millones de niños. Muchos críticos, incluidos profesionales de salud, temen hablar públicamente en contra de esta decisión. Con el apoyo del gobernador republicano Ron DeSantis, Joseph Ladapo, cirujano general del estado, anunció…
The expiration of ACA tax credits could drive up premiums across marketplace and commercial insurance plans, a Cigna executive warned. The post How the Expiration of ACA Tax Credits Will Impact Commercial Insurance, Per a Cigna Exec appeared first on MedCity News.
The Trump administration took another step Tuesday to weaken protections for Americans with medical debt, issuing new guidance that threatens ongoing state efforts to keep that debt off consumers’ credit reports. More than a dozen states, including Washington, Oregon, California, Colorado, Minnesota, Maryland, New York, and most of New England, have enacted laws in recent…
GSK paid $85 million up front for global rights to a small-interfering RNA therapy discovered and developed by startup Empirico. The pharmaceutical giant said this drug candidate could be used as a monotherapy and as part of drug combinations for treating COPD and other inflammatory respiratory diseases. The post GSK’s Respiratory Pipeline Adds an Early-Stage…
With the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, deaths due to drug overdose among adolescents more than doubled, primarily driven by the synthetic opioid, fentanyl.
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The ACA Marketplace Open Enrollment season begins November 1, and with it comes looming changes to the enhanced premium tax credits, increases in out-of-pocket premiums, and changes to Marketplace enrollment and eligibility rules. Here are eight things to know about the 2026 Open Enrollment period.
Here are some key insights to help unlock the viability of PDTs to address unmet needs throughout the healthcare ecosystem — for patients and providers alike — and how to take meaningful steps to improve the health experience. The post When Healthcare Meets People Where They Are: How PDTs Are Reshaping Mental Health Treatment appeared…
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Medical educators and health professionals warn that new federal student loan caps in President Donald Trump’s tax cut law could make it more expensive for many people to become doctors and could exacerbate physician shortages nationwide. And, they warn, the economic burden will steer many medical students to lucrative specialties in more affluent, urban areas…