by Jordana Choucair | Jan 26, 2023 | Access & Coverage
A record 16.3 million people signed up for health insurance plans through the Affordable Care Act (ACA) marketplace in the 2023 enrollment period. The record mark, boosted by extended pandemic-era subsidies, represents a 13 percent year-over-year increase. According...
by Jordana Choucair | Jan 26, 2023 | Life Sciences
New research from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) found that updated COVID-19 boosters are cutting the risk that a person will get sick from the coronavirus by about half. For adults between the ages 18 and 49, the studies showed COVID-19 boosters...
by Jordana Choucair | Jan 26, 2023 | Life Sciences
Frank Yiannas, Food and Drug Administration (FDA) deputy commissioner for the Office of Food Policy and Response, is resigning less than two months after a report criticized the structure and culture of the FDA’s food program and recommended a major overhaul....
by Jordana Choucair | Jan 26, 2023 | M&A
Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. is considering a sale of its pharmacy automation business, which could be valued at as much as $2 billion. According to people familiar with the matter, the company has engaged advisors for the sales process, which could start next month...
by Jordana Choucair | Jan 25, 2023 | Inequities and SDOH
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the NYU Grossman School of Medicine launched a new dashboard that aims to help policymakers examine and eliminate disparities. The tool compiles 36 key measures of health (e.g., deaths from cardiovascular disease and breast...
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