by Jordana Choucair | Jun 16, 2022 | Life Sciences
A committee of advisers to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) voted unanimously to recommend that the agency authorize COVID-19 vaccines from Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech for children as young as 6 months. The agency is expected to authorize the vaccines soon. A...
by Jordana Choucair | Jun 16, 2022 | Life Sciences
Moderna Inc. is planning to test its COVID-19 vaccine in babies 3 months to 6 months old, the youngest age group studied to date. The biotech company said it is in the final stages of planning the “BabyCove” study and expects to begin enrolling as many as 700 babies...
by Jordana Choucair | Jun 16, 2022 | Mental Health
Mental health advocates are cautioning that expanding access to mental health treatment won’t have a significant impact on gun violence. The experts note that most people with mental illness never become violent – approximately 4 percent of community violence can be...
by Jordana Choucair | Jun 16, 2022 | Payers
An investigative report by Kaiser Health News and NPR found that more than 100 million Americans have medical debt. According to a Kaiser Family Foundation poll, a quarter of those with debt owe $5,000 or more and approximately 13 percent owe $10,000 or more – 18...
by Jordana Choucair | Jun 16, 2022 | Providers
The U.S. Supreme Court unanimously sided with the American Hospital Association in a clash over drug reimbursement rates for facilities that serve low-income communities. The justices noted that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) did not survey...
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