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<乌鸦传媒>FTC Sues Top Pharmacy Benefit Managers Over Insulin Prices

The three companies process about 80% of prescriptions in the U.S.

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<乌鸦传媒>A Georgia Woman's Death After Delayed Abortion Care Was Preventable. Who's to Blame?

Physicians need more clear guidance and protocols from their healthcare systems

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<乌鸦传媒>U.S. Will Let More People Take Methadone at Home

This is the first update to methadone regulations in 20 years

<乌鸦传媒>Exposure to Air Pollution Linked to Increased Risk of Parkinson's Disease

Risks observed for the akinetic rigid form of the disease, as well as dyskinesia

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<乌鸦传媒>House Staff Unionization Has Come in Waves

Residents' efforts to organize date back some 90 years

Legal Break over a blindfolded Lady Justice statue holding scales.

<乌鸦传媒>Docs Accused of Treating Fatal COVID With Peroxide; Cardiologists' Defamation Suit

A weekly roundup of healthcare's encounters with the courts

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<乌鸦传媒>Is Wegovy Shrinking Bariatric Surgery, Too?

GLP-1 drugs have the potential to reduce healthcare costs in unexpected ways

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<乌鸦传媒>RFK Jr. Helping Trump Pick CDC Chief; Excess COVID Death Lingers; Turmoil at 23andMe

Health news and commentary gathered by 乌鸦传媒 staff

<乌鸦传媒>California Pledges to Halve Maternal Mortality By Late 2026

But how will the state with the lowest maternal mortality rate do it?

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<乌鸦传媒>California Clarifies Role of CRNAs Amid Scope-of-Practice Clash

Letter says CRNAs can administer anesthesia that's ordered by a physician

A screenshot of Rena Conti, PhD speaking during this hearing.

<乌鸦传媒>Experts Debate Whether IRA Provisions Stifle Pharma Innovation at Senate Hearing

Law already caused some drug development programs to be halted, one Senator says

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<乌鸦传媒>Metal Exposure Also Linked to More Coronary Artery Calcium

Impact of contaminant exposure considered on par with traditional risk factors

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<乌鸦传媒>Abortion Ban Deaths; Trans Paper Retraction Fallout; The Payout That Drained Steward

This past week in healthcare investigations

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<乌鸦传媒>Senate Republicans Again Block Legislation to Guarantee Women's Rights to IVF

Democrats say Republicans who insist they support IVF are being hypocritical

<乌鸦传媒>Decades of National Suicide Prevention Policies Haven't Slowed the Deaths

National experts and government officials agree strategies simply haven't been embraced widely

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<乌鸦传媒>Are Regulators the Root of the Problem of Serious Device Recalls?

Study lays out common gaps in evidence both before and after approval

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<乌鸦传媒>Reproductive Rights Central to Wisconsin Ob/Gyn's Run for Congress

Medicare physician pay, healthcare-for-all also central to Kristin Lyerly's campaign

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<乌鸦传媒>Approved Liver Disease Drug Has No Clinical Benefit, FDA Panel Says

Agency advisors put their foot down on shaky science for Ocaliva in primary biliary cholangitis

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<乌鸦传媒>HHS Proposes Rule to Increase Access to Kidney, Liver Transplants in HIV Patients

Rule would streamline criteria for organ donation from donors with HIV to recipients with HIV

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<乌鸦传媒>CDC: U.S. Falls Short in Improving QoL for Older People With HIV

Addressing shortcomings will require moving "beyond clinical care," agency says

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<乌鸦传媒>Feds Rarely Punish Hospitals for Turning Away Pregnant Patients

Inquiries are "slow, insufficiently staffed," and get pushback from hospitals, said one expert

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<乌鸦传媒>Direct-to-Consumer Drugs: Big Pharma's Digital Health Play

Regulators will need to closely watch this new frontier

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<乌鸦传媒>MedPod Today: Med Board Snubs New Law; Is Ketamine Addictive? AMR the Musical

乌鸦传媒 reporters offer further insights into these recently covered topics

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<乌鸦传媒>Mental Health Parity Rule Lauded by Healthcare Groups

Plans will be barred from using more restrictive prior authorization rules for mental health care

A photo of a group gathered to protest abortion restrictions at the State Capitol in Austin, Texas.

<乌鸦传媒>More Women Had Their Tubes Tied After Roe v. Wade Was Overturned

Biggest increases were in states that ban abortion

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<乌鸦传媒>Common-Ground Healthcare Policies Both Trump and Harris Can Support

Can our future leaders place public health ahead of politics?

Legal Break over a blindfolded Lady Justice statue holding scales.

<乌鸦传媒>Cardiologist Gets 4 to 8 Years; Nurse's Accused Killer Charged; Spine Surgery Suit

A weekly roundup of healthcare's encounters with the courts

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<乌鸦传媒>Threats to Whistleblowers, Rampant Fraud Plague Transplant System, Lawmakers Told

Attempts to recover organs from live donors "absolutely terrifying," House member says

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<乌鸦传媒>Doc Travels for Abortion Training; Families Wrongly Separated; Jail Opioid Success

This past week in healthcare investigations

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<乌鸦传媒>What to Know About the Investigation Into Florida's Abortion Ballot Initiative

Visits from state police are part of a probe into alleged petition fraud

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<乌鸦传媒>The Invisible Epidemic of Childhood Food Insecurity

We can help ensure our pediatric patients have adequate nutrition to thrive

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<乌鸦传媒>Go After the Big E-Cigarette Makers, Not Vape Shops, House Members Tell FDA

Lawmakers also queried officials about a menthol cigarette rule and labeling of milk alternatives

<乌鸦传媒>How Cannabis Laws and Mental Health Prescription Drugs Are Linked

Study points to a decrease in benzodiazepine dispensing following cannabis legalization

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<乌鸦传媒>Experts Want FDA to Do More to Ensure Food Safety

New food ingredients are a "complete black box," one expert says

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<乌鸦传媒>Dobbs Has Fundamentally Changed Obstetric Care, Study Finds

Report details real examples of how abortion bans have led to poor medical care

<乌鸦传媒>Did Oregon's Drug Decriminalization Policy Increase Overdose Deaths?

Study sheds new light on impact of drug decriminalization policy

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<乌鸦传媒>Tennessee Medical Board Refuses to Enforce New IMG Law

Members skeptical of verification process, concerned about patient safety

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<乌鸦传媒>Clinicians Star in Off-Broadway Musical About Antimicrobial Resistance

Past and present collide in a show with an important public health message

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<乌鸦传媒>Diversity Action Plans for Clinical Trials: Evaluating FDA's Draft Guidance

A critical analysis reveals opportunities and challenges prior to finalization

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<乌鸦传媒>Insurer Will Launch 'Gold Card' Program to Skip Prior Authorization

Prior authorization has remained a significant source of administrative burden, physicians say

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