by Jessica Casebolt | Feb 21, 2023 | Public Health/Prevention, Tea Leaves
Deaths in state and federal prisons across America rose nearly 50 percent during the first year of the pandemic, and in six states, they more than doubled, according to the first comprehensive data on prison fatalities in the era of COVID-19. The tremendous jump in...
by Jessica Casebolt | Feb 21, 2023 | Life Sciences, Tea Leaves
The United Network for Organ Sharing, the nonprofit managing the country’s organ transplant system, is pushing for policy changes to make the transportation of organ donations more seamless. Interim CEO Maureen McBride wants organ transit via commercial air to revert...
by Jessica Casebolt | Feb 21, 2023 | Opioid/Substance Use Disorders, Tea Leaves
A new report from Millennium Health shows that nearly every person that tested positive for fentanyl last year also had signs of other substances, and more than 43 percent of fentanyl-positive tests were positive for up to three additional drugs, including...
by Jessica Casebolt | Feb 21, 2023 | D.C. News, Tea Leaves
Two House committees, and potentially several more, are getting involved in investigating the origins of COVID, setting them up for a lot of overlap and even friction. What comes out of these COVID-origin investigations could have implications for federal funding of...
by Jessica Casebolt | Feb 17, 2023 | Payers, Tea Leaves
Medicare Advantage and Medicare drug plans told the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS) that too much regulation at once could drive up costs and result in increased premiums or fewer benefits. Public comment closed this week on a proposal to crack...
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