by Jordana Choucair | Apr 28, 2022 | Public Health/Prevention
Dr. Anthony Fauci said that the U.S.is in a “transition phase” of the COVID-19 pandemic. He noted that while COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations are trending up again, it’s not anywhere near the rise we saw over the winter with the Omicron wave and that fewer...
by Jordana Choucair | Apr 27, 2022 | D.C. News
Senator Joe Manchin said health care policy priorities pushed by Democrats won’t go anywhere without changes to the tax code, but cited prescription drug pricing as an area of opportunity if lawmakers “fix the financial situation.” Manchin said he...
by Jordana Choucair | Apr 27, 2022 | Health IT
According to a new study in JAMA Network Open, telehealth generally didn’t lead to duplicative care in late 2020. The study found that patients treated for most acute conditions via telehealth were as likely or slightly more likely to need a follow-up visit as...
by Jordana Choucair | Apr 27, 2022 | Life Sciences
Pfizer and BioNTech requested Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authorization of a booster dose of its COVID-19 vaccine for children 5 through 11. The companies have said that a third vaccine dose raised Omicron-fighting antibodies by 36 times in this age group....
by Jordana Choucair | Apr 27, 2022 | M&A
A new report from KPMG found that the health care sector completed 34 percent fewer deals in the first quarter of 2022 compared to the fourth quarter of 2021. The firm said that deal activity fell because of business disruptions from the COVID-19 omicron surge early...
by Jordana Choucair | Apr 27, 2022 | Payers
The Kaiser Family Foundation released a new interactive providing key facts and trends about spending on Medicare. In 2020, Medicare benefit payments totaled $769 billion, representing 12 percent of the federal budget and 20 percent of national health care spending....
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