Posted April 27, 2023 at 7:00amHouse lawmakers are kick-starting the legislative process for a number of health care bills at the same time their Senate counterparts are shaping their own package on drug pricing, and members appear to be finding common ground on pharmacy benefit managers.Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., is aiming to…
Health data is all around us. Your electronic health records (EHRs) include your medical issues, test results, vital signs, allergies, prescriptions, and surgeries. Your health insurer’s database collects the claims paid on your behalf. Your pharmacy may record your flu and covid-19 shots. Maybe a smartwatch counts your steps and measures your heart rate; perhaps…
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The pressure on pharmacy benefit managers mounts on Capitol Hill as the leaders of the Senate health committee unveiled the latest bills targeting prescription drug costs on Tuesday. Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Chair Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and ranking member Dr. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) introduced a package of measures and plan to hold a…
Key PointsA new “natural” painkiller is now available to buy in Australia.Some experts have questioned its efficacy.Here’s what you need to know.There’s a new so-called painkiller on pharmacy and supermarket shelves, but experts have doubts about its efficacy and warn it still comes with risks despite its “natural” claims.Haleon, the company behind Panadol, recently launched…
In December 2018, Celia Harms sat down in her San Mateo home to write a letter. Over the course of more than 900 words, she told a story that would become familiar to parents from San Diego to Texas to Indiana: Her son had gone to Mexico, visited a pharmacy, bought what he thought were…
The inventory is split evenly between hospitals and being made available for pharmacy sale. Published Apr 21, 2023 • Last updated 1 day ago • 2 minute read Premier Danielle Smith and Health Minister Jason Copping make an announcement about the availability of children’s medication on Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2022, in Edmonton. Photo by Greg Southam…
Forty-two-year-old businessman Chevalle Ramjattan, described by those who knew him as a “good human being”, was shot dead on Tuesday night.It was one of five killings from Tuesday night into yesterday, taking the murder toll to 176. The figure for last year was 160.Ramjattan, of Adam Street in Tacarigua, was the proprietor of Pills and…
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Two women, one inside her home, were killed in a shooting in Arima. A businessman was shot dead outside his pharmacy in Aranguez. And a Couva man was fatally wounded in a drive-by shooting at a car wash.The killings happened in separate incidents across the country on Tuesday night.And at daybreak on Wednesday, another drive-by…
