by Jordana Choucair | Feb 9, 2022 | Health IT
Amazon announced it will offer its telehealth service, called Amazon Care, nationwide and expand its in-person care to 20 additional cities. Amazon launched Amazon Care in 2019 and said it’s capitalizing on the surge in demand for in-home care, both virtually and in...
by Jordana Choucair | Feb 9, 2022 | Mental Health
Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden announced the committee is working on a comprehensive bipartisan legislative package tackling mental health. The legislation, which Wyden hopes to have ready by the summer, was originally introduced last June to help states...
by Jordana Choucair | Feb 9, 2022 | Public Health/Prevention
CDC Director Rochelle Walensky urged officials against dropping their school mask mandates. Her remarks come as a handful of states – including California, Oregon, New Jersey, Delaware, and Connecticut – say they will drop mask mandates in indoor spaces, including...
by Jordana Choucair | Feb 8, 2022 | Providers
CVS Health announced it is partnering with Medable to extend clinical trial access and engagement for patients at chosen MinuteClinic locations through Medable’s clinical trials software platform. Launched in May, CVS Health Clinical Trial Services has been working to...
by Jordana Choucair | Feb 8, 2022 | Opioid/Substance Use Disorders
A bipartisan congressional commission released a report outlining a multi-pronged strategy to combat the opioid epidemic. The report states that the drug overdose epidemic in the U.S. costs the nation roughly $1 trillion a year and recommends five “pillars” for...
by Jordana Choucair | Feb 8, 2022 | Opioid/Substance Use Disorders
Texas reached a $225 million settlement with Teva Pharmaceuticals to resolve claims the drugmaker fueled an opioid epidemic in Texas by improperly marketing addictive pain medications. The settlement will provide needed resources to local law enforcement and the...
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