Trump Threat to Immigrant Health Care Tempered by Economic Hopes

LOS ANGELES — President-elect Donald Trump’s promise of mass deportations and tougher immigration restrictions is deepening mistrust of the health care system among California’s immigrants and clouding the future for providers serving the state’s most impoverished residents. At the same time, immigrants living illegally in Southern California told KFF Health News they thought the economy…

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Inmigrantes temen por su salud bajo Trump, pero tienen esperanzas en la economía

LOS ÁNGELES, California.— La promesa del presidente electo Donald Trump de deportaciones masivas y restricciones migratorias más severas está aumentando la desconfianza en el sistema de salud entre los inmigrantes en California, y nublando el futuro de los proveedores que atienden a los residentes más empobrecidos del estado. Al mismo tiempo, inmigrantes que viven en…

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Trump, RFK Jr. and Vaccines

The Washington Post reports on a meeting between President-elect Trump, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and a number of CEOs of pharmaceutical firms. When the topic turned to vaccines, the discussion was not about banning the products, the three people said. Kennedy spoke about the need for better study of the vaccine dosing schedule for newborns…

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Neurocrine Lands FDA Nod for First New Treatment in Decades for Rare Endocrine Disorder

Neurocrine Biosciences’ Crenessity is now FDA approved for treating classic congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH), a rare and potentially fatal endocrine disorder. The approval comes with a priority review voucher, which Neurocrine could sell for around $150 million. The post Neurocrine Lands FDA Nod for First New Treatment in Decades for Rare Endocrine Disorder appeared first…

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THCB Gang Episode 148, Monday December 16

Joining Matthew Holt on #THCBGang on Monday December 16 at 1pm PST 4pm EST are patient safety expert Michael Millenson, physician, entrepreneur and technologist Shantanu Nundy; and Digital Health and Emerging Med-Tech Practice Co-Founder at Marsh & McLennan, Beracah Stortvedt. You can see the video below live (and later archived) & if you’d rather listen than…

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Novo Nordisk Adds to Manufacturing Capacity, Pumping Billions Into New Rare Disease Site

Novo Nordisk’s new Denmark site will produce drugs for rare diseases, such as hemophilias. Separately, the pharma giant said all regulatory conditions have been met for Novo Holdings’ acquisition of Catalent, which will bring to Novo Nordisk three manufacturing sites for GLP-1 medications. The post Novo Nordisk Adds to Manufacturing Capacity, Pumping Billions Into New…

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