Help Us Investigate Medical Care for Gunshot Wounds

KFF Health News and The Trace are teaming up to take a deep look at how insurance status affects treatment for gunshot wounds. We’re looking for survivors, their friends and family, or family members of people who suffered complications or died from gunshot wounds after leaving the hospital. We want to hear about medical treatment,…

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A Small Texas Think Tank Cultivated Covid Dissidents. Now They’re Running US Health Policy.

Martin Kulldorff, chair of the Trump administration’s reconstituted CDC vaccine panel, made a shocking — and misleading — statement as the group met in September. Referring to a clinical trial, Kulldorff, a biostatistician and former professor at Harvard Medical School, said eight babies born to women who received Pfizer’s covid vaccine while pregnant had birth…

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With FDA Approval for RNAi Drug, Arrowhead Pharma Starts Price War With Rival Ionis

Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals’ RNAi drug plozasiran, brand name Redemplo, is now the second FDA-approved therapy for familial chylomicronemia syndrome, an inherited lipid disorder. Beyond its claims of safety and dosing advantages, Arrowhead set a dramatically lower price for its first commercial product, which will compete against an Ionis Pharmaceuticals drug. The post With FDA Approval for…

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