Epidemics
U.S. uninsured rate fell during Covid pandemic as Medicaid and Obamacare coverage grew
The number of people in the U.S. without health insurance declined during the Covid-19 pandemic even as millions of people lost coverage through their employers due to layoffs. The uninsured rate in the U.S. for people under age 65 dropped from 11% in 2019 to 10.5% in 2021, according to a report released Friday by […]
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Nearly 250,000 kindergarteners in U.S. are vulnerable to measles due to slide in vaccination rates, CDC says
Nearly a quarter of a million kindergartners are potentially vulnerable to measles due to a dip in vaccination coverage during the pandemic, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The CDC, in a report published Thursday, found that 93% of kindergartners were up to date with state-required vaccines during the 2021-2022 school year, […]
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Biden administration will select first 10 drugs for Medicare price negotiations by September
The Health and Human Services Department plans to publish in September a list of 10 drugs covered by Medicare that it will target for price negotiations, the first phase in a long awaited effort to cut costs for seniors. HHS officials, in a call with reporters on Wednesday, laid out the federal government’s road map […]
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Omicron XBB.1.5 does not have mutations known to make people sicker, WHO says
A man is getting a Covid-19 test at a Covid-19 mobile testing site as people lined up at the Times Square in New York City, on Dec 6, 2021. Tayfun Coskun | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images The omicron XBB.1.5 subvariant does not have any mutations known to make people sicker when they catch the […]
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Watch stay: Nassau County GOP officers simply call on Rep. George Santos to ‘immediately resign’ around campaign lies
(The press conference is scheduled to begin at 11:30 a.m. ET. Please refresh the site if the over online video won’t get started at that time.) Top Republicans in Nassau County, New York, called on GOP Rep. George Santos to right away resign Wednesday for fabricating main details of his resume, blasting the freshman lawmaker […]
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Biden administration extends Covid public health and fitness emergency as really infectious omicron XBB.1.5 spreads
Folks wearing masks stroll subsequent to coronavirus sickness (COVID-19) tests site in New York Metropolis, New York, U.S., December 12, 2022. Eduardo Munoz | Reuters The Biden administration has prolonged the Covid-19 public wellbeing emergency until finally April as a very transmissible omicron subvariant stokes concern that the U.S. may facial area a further wave […]
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Sen. Bernie Sanders urges Moderna not to hike price of Covid-19 vaccines
Sen. Bernie Sanders on Tuesday urged Moderna not to quadruple the price of its Covid-19 vaccine once distribution of the shots moves to the commercial market. In a letter to Moderna CEO Stephane Bancel, Sanders called the price increase “outrageous.” The independent senator from Vermont and incoming chair of the Senate’s health committee said such […]
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Most Alzheimer’s patients would pay up to $26,500 per year for new treatment Leqembi
Few seniors with early Alzheimer’s disease will have access to the new treatment Leqembi due to its high cost and very limited coverage by Medicare. The Food and Drug Administration on Friday granted accelerated approval to Biogen and Eisai’s monoclonal antibody after the treatment appeared to modestly slow the progression of Alzheimer’s disease in clinical […]
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Fda approves Alzheimer’s drug that slowed cognitive decrease in medical demo
MRI picture of mind showing region of Alzheimer affected individual. Getty Illustrations or photos The Food items and Drug Administration on Friday granted accelerated approval for the Alzheimer’s drug lecanemab, formulated by Biogen and the Japanese pharmaceutical firm Eisai. The FDA’s approval will come immediately after scientific trial benefits published in November indicated that lecanemab […]
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Omicron XBB.1.5 is rising in U.S. though revised CDC data shows slower increase than previously reported
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday revised downward its estimate of how much the omicron XBB.1.5 subvariant is circulating across the U.S., though it continues to spread at a faster pace than other versions of Covid-19. XBB.1.5 made up 27.6% of sequenced Covid cases nationally for the week ending Jan. 7 compared […]
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