by Jessica Casebolt | Mar 6, 2023 | Public Health/Prevention, Tea Leaves
California, Washington, and Oregon are dropping mask requirements in health care settings. California health officials on Friday unveiled plans to relax guidance on masking in high-risk settings and to end vaccination requirements for health care workers. On April 3,...
by Jessica Casebolt | Mar 6, 2023 | Mental Health, Tea Leaves
Nearly a quarter of physicians reported clinical depression in a new Medscape survey, while 9 percent admitted to suicidal thoughts. Medscape surveyed 9,100 physicians across 29 specialties last year. Two-thirds of doctors reported colloquial depression, according to...
by Jessica Casebolt | Mar 6, 2023 | Access & Coverage, Tea Leaves
A common asthma drug is in short supply after one of the last major manufacturers shut down operations. Albuterol is used to treat asthma, along with conditions like Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), which surged earlier in the year. Akorn Pharmaceuticals, one of the...
by Jessica Casebolt | Mar 3, 2023 | M&A, Tea Leaves
Iowa-based UnityPoint Health and New Mexico-based Presbyterian Healthcare Services announced Thursday that they have signed a letter of intent “to explore the formation of a new health care organization,” a merge that would create an organization with roughly $11...
by Jessica Casebolt | Mar 3, 2023 | D.C. News, Tea Leaves
The Federal Trade Commission has fined digital mental health care provider BetterHelp $7.8 million for sharing the personal health information of millions of consumers with advertisers like Facebook, Snapchat, Criteo, and Pinterest during a seven-year period. Under...
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