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Biden HHS Hits Wuhan Lab With 10-Year Funding Ban Amid Mounting Evidence Of Leak
The Biden administration's Department of Health and Human Services announced on Wednesday that it has officially banned the Wuhan Institute of Virology from receiving US funding for a decade, based on mounting…#bidenhhshits #wuhanlab #xavierbecerra #wiv #yanyiwang #anthonyfauci #nypost #hhs #nih #coronavirus
Source: Reuters: Health - September 21, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Biden Administration Announces $600M to Produce No-Cost COVID Tests
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration announced Wednesday that it is providing $600 million in funding to produce new at-home COVID-19 tests and is restarting a website allowing Americans to again order up to four free tests per household — aiming to prevent possible shortages during a rise in coronavirus cases that has typically come during colder months. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] The Department of Health and Human Services says orders can be placed at COVIDTests.gov starting Sept. 25, and that no-cost tests will be delivered for free by the United States Postal Service. Twe...
Source: TIME: Health - September 20, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Associated Press Tags: Uncategorized Biden Administration Source Type: news

What Happens When Private Equity Buys Your Doctor ’ s Office?
Private equity ownership of American health care facilities has grown massively in the last few decades. A 2021 study of U.S. hospice agencies found private equity ownership more than doubled, to 7%, between 2011 and 2019 while in 2021, 63% of deals in hospice and home care were with private equity. Twice as many companies providing fertility care were bought between 2017 and 2019 than in the previous seven years combined, according to a 2020 study. The trend of accelerating acquistion stretches overseas, as well, with international health care buyouts by private equity firms totaling $240 billion in 2021 and 2022, compare...
Source: TIME: Health - July 31, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Haley Weiss Tags: Uncategorized healthscienceclimate Source Type: news

Dr. Mandy Cohen Selected As New CDC Head
NEW YORK — Dr. Mandy Cohen, a former North Carolina official, will be the new director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the White House announced Friday. Unlike the last two people to serve as head of the nation’s top federal public health agency, Cohen has prior experience running a government agency: She was secretary of the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services from 2017 until last year. Before that, she held health-related jobs at two federal agencies. “Dr. Cohen is one of the nation’s top physicians and health leaders with experience leading large and complex ...
Source: TIME: Health - June 16, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Mike Stobbe/AP Tags: Uncategorized healthscienceclimate Public Health wire Source Type: news

Myocarditis update from Sweden
BY ANISH KOKA The COVID19/vaccine myocarditis debate continues in large part because our public health institutions are grossly mischaracterizing the risks and benefits of vaccines to young people. A snapshot of what the establishment says as it relates to the particular area of concern: college vaccine mandates: Dr. Arthur Reingold, an epidemiology professor at UC-Berkeley, notes that UC also requires immunizations for measles and chickenpox, and people still are dying from COVID at rates that exceed those for influenza. As of Feb. 1, there were more than 400 COVID deaths a day across the U.S. “The arg...
Source: The Health Care Blog - February 27, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Ryan Bose-Roy Tags: Medical Practice Anish Koka covid19 myocarditis Sweden Source Type: blogs

Stocks making the biggest moves midday: World Wrestling Entertainment, Bed Bath & Beyond, Costco and more
Shoppers line up outside a Costco to buy supplies after the Hawaii Department of Health on Wednesday advised residents they should stock up on a 14-day supply of food, water and other necessities for the potential risks of novel coronavirus in Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S. February 28, 2020. Check out…#streetaccount #akoyabiosciences #lorietekorius #silvergate #keybanc #stifel #honolulu #akoya #lasvegas #jpmorgan
Source: Reuters: Health - January 6, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

What to Do If Your Child Gets COVID-19 Between Shots
In June, children as young as six months finally became eligible for COVID-19 vaccines when infant- and toddler-sized options from Pfizer and Moderna were authorized. But now that the highly contagious BA.5 Omicron subvariant is driving increased transmission around the country, some children who have started their vaccination course may get infected before they can complete it. This is particularly true for children ages six months to four years old who are receiving the Pfizer vaccine, which requires three doses—with the third dose coming two months after the second. Kids ages six months to five years old who get M...
Source: TIME: Health - August 1, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Betsy Ladyzhets Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 freelance healthscienceclimate Source Type: news

Updated Covid-19 booster shots could be available in early fall
Moderna and Pfizer booster shots updated to target new coronavirus variants are expected to be available in early fall, the US Department of Health and Human Services said Friday.
Source: CNN.com - Health - July 29, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Managing waste unused coronavirus (COVID-19) PPE: RPS C30, Environment Agency
When you can store, de-package and dismantle unused waste COVID-19 personal protective equipment (PPE) at a facility designated by the Department of Health and Social Care.
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - June 1, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Biden Administration Is Making the COVID-19 Antiviral Pill Paxlovid Easier to Get
(Washington D.C.) — President Joe Biden’s administration is taking steps to expand availability of the life-saving COVID-19 antiviral treatment Paxlovid, as it seeks to reassure doctors that there is ample supply for people at high risk of severe illness or death from the virus. Paxlovid, produced by Pfizer, was first approved in December. Supply of the regimen was initially very limited, but as COVID-19 cases across the country have fallen and manufacturing has increased it is now far more abundant. The White House is now moving to raise awareness of the pill and taking steps to make it easier to access. [time...
Source: TIME: Health - April 26, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Zeke Miller / AP Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 healthscienceclimate Source Type: news

The New $10 Billion COVID-19 Deal Leaves Uninsured People at Risk
When Senators announced on Monday that they reached a deal for $10 billion in additional funding for the coronavirus response, many public health experts were dismayed that the package will not include aid for vaccines abroad. But another area that is likely to get shorted is the program that has covered the costs of coronavirus tests, treatments and vaccines for uninsured Americans. That lack of funding could not only hurt the most vulnerable Americans, experts say, but also fuel future outbreaks of COVID-19. The program for uninsured people began winding down late last month. The Biden Administration repeatedly asked la...
Source: TIME: Health - April 5, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Abigail Abrams Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 Source Type: news

Virginia Drops Covid Workplace Rules
The rules required employers to mandate indoor masking in higher-risk areas and to report Covid outbreaks to the state ’s Department of Health.
Source: NYT Health - March 23, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Emma Goldberg Tags: Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Workplace Environment Accidents and Safety Virginia Northam, Ralph S Youngkin, Glenn A Source Type: news

Johnson & Johnson and Distributors Finalize Landmark $26 Billion Opioid Settlement
(Camden, N.J.) — Drugmaker Johnson & Johnson and three major distributors finalized nationwide settlements over their role in the opioid addiction crisis Friday, an announcement that clears the way for $26 billion to flow to nearly every state and local government in the U.S. Taken together, the settlements are the largest to date among the many opioid-related cases that have been playing out across the country. They’re expected to provide a significant boost to efforts aimed at reversing the crisis in places that have been devastated by it, including many parts of rural America. Johnson & Johnson, Amer...
Source: TIME: Health - February 25, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Geoff Mulvihill / AP Tags: Uncategorized Addiction Drugs healthscienceclimate News Desk wire Source Type: news

What the Pandemic Taught Us About Value-based Care
By RICHARD ISSACS You’ll recall that we ran a long piece (pt 1, pt 2) about Medicare Advantage from former Kaiser Permanente CEO George Halvorson earlier this year. Here’s a somewhat related piece from the current head of the Permanente Medical Group about what actually happened there and elsewhere during the pandemic–Matthew Holt The COVID-19 pandemic has provided important lessons regarding the structure and delivery of health care in the United States, and one of the most significant takeaways has been the need to shift to value-based models of care. The urgency for this transformation was cle...
Source: The Health Care Blog - February 17, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: matthew holt Tags: Health Policy Medical Practice Physicians Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Pandemic Richard Isaacs value-based care Source Type: blogs

Scammers are preying on people desperate for COVID-19 tests. How to protect yourself
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services last week issued an alert about coronavirus testing and vaccination scams.
Source: L.A. Times - Health - January 12, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Christian Martinez Source Type: news