Rep. Jake Auchincloss, D-Mass., has been one of a growing number of lawmakers introducing bills … More
Despite bipartisan support,…
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Pharmacy Benefit Manager Reform Scuttled, Despite Bipartisan Support
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Frozen front: Why Norway sees Ukraine as its Arctic security shield
Why would Norway – a wealthy, stable Nordic nation – commit an extraordinary $7.83 billion to Ukraine’s defense? The answer emerges from the icy depths of the Barents Sea, where Russian nuclear submarines now patrol with tactical weapons aboard for the first time in three…
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A New Era Of Hope
Scientists Andrew Stewart, Esra Karakose, and Peng Wang, who are advancing research on a potential … More
As a venture investor in healthcare, I am privileged to witness the remarkable advances being made in the treatment and management of diabetes, a…
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A brief history of Medicaid and America’s long struggle to establish a health care safety net
The Medicaid system has emerged as an early target of the Trump administration’s campaign to slash federal spending. A joint federal and state program, Medicaid provides health insurance coverage for more than 72 million people, including low-income Americans and their children and people…
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‘Microlightning’ Could Help Solve a Crucial Question on How Life Began : ScienceAlert
Life’s building blocks may not have been crafted in the lightning flashes of a tempest, a new study suggests, so much as in the ceaseless glow of rolling ocean mists.
Researchers from Stanford University have demonstrated a phenomenon they call ‘microlightning’ is able to generate organic…
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How GLP-1 Policy Fits Into Trump’s Greenland Strategy, And 5 Other Health Tech Developments
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What does a pharmaceutical company have to do with U.S. national security? Perhaps more than meets the eye, based on President Trump’s negotiating style, which often involves utilizing leverage to weaken the other side’s bargaining position. In the case at…
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The NP And PA Will See You Now
Nurse practitioners and physician associates are providing an increasing proportion of care.
Physicians dominated 20th-century American medicine, but not from the start. In his landmark book, Paul Starr explained how a ragtag, “weak traditional profession of minor economic importance”…
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Nicotine pouch flavours may make them more addictive, study claims
The addictiveness of nicotine pouches and other oral products may depend on their flavourings, according to a new rat study published in the peer-reviewed journal Nicotine & Tobacco Research.
Nicotine pouches – small sachets placed between the gum and lip, delivering nicotine without tobacco…
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Hospital-At-Home Startups Medically Home And DispatchHealth To Merge
DispatchHealth and Medically Home – two providers of advanced medical care at home – have agreed to … More
DispatchHealth and Medically Home – companies that work with health systems to provide hospital-level care at home – have agreed…
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Baltic states and Poland propose exit from anti-landmine agreement
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The three Baltic states and Poland have proposed withdrawing from an international agreement banning landmines as the frontline Nato countries respond to the rising threat…
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