Can’t see the audio player? Click here to listen on SoundCloud. The high cost of prescription drugs is a top health issue for the public and politicians, but concerns raised by a group of moderate Democrats threaten to derail a bill being ... [Continue Reading]
Democrats Disagree About How to Spend Potential Prescription Drug Windfall
One of the few surprises in President Joe Biden’s social safety-net proposal, the American Families Plan, was something that didn’t make it into the final version: any mention of reining in the price of prescription drugs. ... [Continue Reading]
Detecting Rare Blood Clots Was a Win, But US Vaccine Safety System Still Has Gaps
The quick detection of an ultra-rare blood clotting reaction in some covid-19 vaccine recipients showed the power of a federal warning system for vaccine safety issues, but experts worry that blind spots in the program could hamper detection of other ... [Continue Reading]
Journalists Track Biden’s First 100 Days
Chief Washington correspondent Julie Rovner discussed Biden’s first 100 days on WAMU/NPR’s “1A” on Wednesday. She also joined Wisconsin Public Radio’s “Central Time” to talk about why hospitals aren’t ... [Continue Reading]
Doctors More Likely to Prescribe Opioids to Covid ‘Long Haulers,’ Raising Addiction Fears
Covid survivors are at risk from a separate epidemic of opioid addiction, given the high rate of painkillers being prescribed to these patients, health experts say. ... [Continue Reading]
Peligran avances contra el VIH por la lucha contra covid, en especial en el sur del país
Ante el asedio del coronavirus durante un año, las defensas de otra guerra más antigua están bajando. Durante las dos últimas décadas, el VIH/Sida se ha mantenido a raya gracias a potentes fármacos antivirales, agresivas ... [Continue Reading]