Dive Brief: The HHS is ramping up efforts to distribute vaccines that can protect against monkeypox as outbreaks in the U.S. continue. The department said this week it plans to send out 1.6 million doses by the end of the year. The distribution will take place on a four-tier basis with areas that have the highest case rates coming first. Within […]
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) offers subsidies to offset the cost of health insurance, capping how much people signing up on the ACA Marketplaces pay at a certain percent of their income. These subsidies work on a sliding scale, with people whose incomes are just above poverty receiving the most generous subsidies while those with incomes of three to four […]
President Biden on Thursday said the Senate should carve out an exception to the 60-vote filibuster to codify abortion rights after the Supreme Court overturned the precedent set by Roe v. Wade. “The most important thing to be clear about is I believe we have to codify Roe v. Wade in the law, and the way to do that is […]
The federal government has reached a deal to pay $3.2 billion to secure a new supply of the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine that includes shots specifically adapted to the omicron variant that is now dominant. The agreement announced late Wednesday covers the purchase of 105 million doses. The government also has the option to buy up to 300 million more […]
A recent webinar by Medable discussed steps it’s taking to improve clinical trial design through decentralized clinical trials (DCT). The Covid-19 public health crisis has accelerated the adoption of DCT. But life science companies are taking steps to do more to increase diversity in clinical trial recruitment. Part of that effort involves figuring out how to make people feel more […]
BROWNING, Mont. — Kenneth Cook used a mallet and a chisel to crack into a pig’s skull in the gravel driveway outside his home on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation in northwestern Montana. Cook planned to use the pig’s brains in brain tanning, practiced by Indigenous people for thousands of years. The brains are mushed up in water and worked into […]
Mari, you talked to one of the executives at the American Medical Women’s Association and they went through a hypothetical scenario where eventually the Texas resident may have an OB-GYN that has never done an abortion. Take us through some of the potential impacts on training when it comes to abortion services and how that could impact health outcomes. Mari […]
The relationship between Medicare Advantage plans and home health care agencies has not changed much over the last few years. They are often filled with bitterness, yet and lack communication. What has changed is how vocal home health providers have been about the issue. Providers went from shying away from the topic, to discussing it on background, to taking the […]
THCB Gang Joining Matthew Holt (@boltyboy) on #THCBGang on Thursday June 30 will be THCB regular writer and ponderer of odd juxtapositions Kim Bellard (@kimbbellard); Principal of Worksite Health Advisors Brian Klepper (@bklepper1); futurists Ian Morrison (@seccurve); and fierce patient activist Casey Quinlan (@MightyCasey). I suspect a couple of political issues may just come up given the last week or so in Washington DC. […]
Heads up drivers in D.C.: A section of a major road into the city will be closed through the morning because of a so-called work zone fail; cars were getting stuck in wet tar. Republicans are celebrating the Supreme Court’s ruling to overturn Roe v. Wade, but it may not be the massive political win some hope. Welcome to Overnight Health […]