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Pharma
A Technicality Could Keep RSV Shots From Kids in Need
The CDC is now assessing whether nirsevimab would be eligible for the Vaccines for Children program.
Covid-19
FDA Experts Are Still Puzzled Over Who Should Get Which COVID Shots and When
Panel disagrees with FDA proposal that everyone get at least one shot a year, saying more information is needed.
Pharma
Peptilogics CEO Jonathan Steckbeck Targets Deadly Prosthetic Infections
Personal tragedies involving family and friends motivated this CEO to launch Peptilogics.
Pharma
What Older Americans Need to Know About Taking Paxlovid
Seek treatment with antiviral therapy, which remains effective against new COVID variants.
Pharma
Bernie Blasts 'Unacceptable Corporate Greed' As Moderna Mulls 4X Price Hike for COVID Vax
Quadrupling the price of COVID-19 vaccine would make it too expensive for millions of Americans, the Vermont Independent says.
Post-Acute
UVA Health Granted $1.2M to Prevent Infection in Long-Term Care Facilities
The health system?s goal is to create a ?one-stop shop? for facilities to access resources to protect their patients and...
Covid-19
Medicare Keeps Spending More on COVID-19 Testing. Fraud and Overspending Are Partly Why.
Medicare's COVID-19 testing costs reached over $2 billion in 2022. The growing costs concern some experts, who say financial incentives...
Clinical Care
Flu Patients at Risk of Developing Sepsis
Sepsis can develop as the result of any kind of infection, including influenza.
Clinical Care
COVID-19 Vaccinations Have Avoided Millions of Hospitalizations and Deaths, Study Finds
The study's computer model included age-stratified demographics, risk factors, and immunological dynamics of infection and vaccination.
Payer
Paxlovid has been free so far. Next year, sticker shock awaits.
The U.S. government has so far purchased 20 million courses of Paxlovid, priced at about $530 each.
Covid-19
Researchers Link 266K Avertable Deaths to COVID Vaccination Rates
The U.S. saw 111 deaths per 100,000 population, more than double the COVID mortality rate of other wealthy nations.
Technology
Employee Contact Tracing Helps Mount Sinai Control COVID-19 Spread
Officials at the New York health system say future pandemic tracking will benefit from this digital framework.