Liz Dunnebacke isn’t dying, but for a recent end-of-life care workshop in New Orleans, she pretended to be. Dunnebacke lay still atop a folding table that was dressed as a bed, complaining that her legs hurt. Registered nurse Ana Kanellos, rolling up two small white towels, demonstrated how to elevate her ankles to ease the…
Elisabeth Yoder’s son, Darragh, was 15 months old in August when he developed what at first looked to his parents like hand, foot, and mouth disease. The common viral infection generally clears up in less than a week, but Darragh’s condition worsened over several days. His skin turned bright red. Blisters gave way to skin…
In short, ‘yes’. Barry Linden (2024) provides a nice overview of FDA’s approach to patient preference information (PPI): FDA is very open to doing this and they’re encouraging sponsors to use this kind of data to help them. The FDA’s desire to incorporate patient perspectives into their risk-benefit decision-making process started during the HIV/AIDS crisis,…
Las tasas de tos convulsa, también conocida como tos ferina o pertussis, están aumentando en Texas, Florida, California, Oregon y otras localidades y estados del país. Según entrevistas con funcionarios de salud estatales y federales, los brotes son impulsados por la caída en las tasas de vacunación, la disminución de la inmunidad y los retrasos…
Las máximas autoridades en estadísticas del cáncer de Estados Unidos pronto deberán clasificar el sexo de los pacientes estrictamente como hombre, mujer o desconocido, un cambio que, según científicos y defensores de pacientes, afectará negativamente la salud de la población transgénero, una de las más marginadas del país. Médicos y activistas por los derechos de…
As the federal government prepares for the next meeting of its Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has intensified his attacks on aluminum vaccine components used in many shots to boost the body’s immune response. Kennedy, a longtime anti-vaccine activist before seeking public office, claims that aluminum…
LOUISVILLE, Colo. — E-bike of Colorado sales manager Perry Fletcher said his sales and repair shop saw an increase in back-to-school sales to young riders and families this fall as the popularity of the battery-powered bicycles revs up. But the kids’ excitement for their new rides is tempered by a recurring question from worried parents:…
TALLAHASSEE, Florida. — Después de volver de lo que sintió como la mejor pasantía de su vida, Danae Daniels estaba ansiosa por relajarse y comenzar un nuevo semestre en la Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University. Pero cuando abrió la puerta de su apartamento fuera del campus, la recibió un olor insoportable y una realidad devastadora….
Impact of scope of practice laws in anesthesia.Reforming PBMs.UK COVID response: “Too little, too late”Enforcement of network adequacy requirements in Medicare Advantage.Access to orphan drugs in Central and Eastern Europe.
There are countless think tanks in the U.S. seeking to influence local, state, and national policy. A relatively new one is making its mark in President Donald Trump’s Washington: the Texas-based Brownstone Institute. Libertarian author Jeffrey Tucker created the institute in 2021, fueled by backlash against covid lockdowns and other pandemic-era policies. His institute’s covid contrarians seek to limit the government’s role in…