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Many Older People Embrace Vaccines. Research Is Proving Them Right.

Physician's Weekly

Kim Beckham, an insurance agent in Victoria, Texas, had seen friends suffer so badly from shingles that she wanted to receive the first approved shingles vaccine as soon as it became available, even if she had to pay for it out-of-pocket. Some older people are really eager to be vaccinated. Kennedy Jr.,

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The Top 5 Minor Ailments and Pharmacist Management in Ontario: Attachment and Primary Care [Prescribing and pharmacotherapeutics]

Annals of Family Medicine

In Ontario, Canada, pharmacists were given authority to deliver service for 19 MAs as of October 1, 2023. Logistic regression analysis was conducted for the delivery of specific MA services prescribed from January 1 to December 31, 2023, by primary care attachment. 1.58]; flu/COVID-19 vaccination: 1.69 [1.68-1.70]).

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CMS Finalizes Guidance on Medicare Part D Manufacturer Discount Program

FDA Law Blog

On November 17th, CMS issued its final guidance on the Discount Program in which it responded to public comments and provided updated guidance for the Discount Program for 2025 and 2026. Below, we provide a high-level summary of the Final Guidance, focusing on the legal and regulatory updates from the May 2023 draft guidance.

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Rewiring the body clock: Deep brain imaging reveals unexpected complexity in jet lag adjustment

Medical Xpress

DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-58661-1 Journal information: Nature Communications Provided by National Taiwan University Citation : Rewiring the body clock: Deep brain imaging reveals unexpected complexity in jet lag adjustment (2025, June 16) retrieved 16 June 2025 from [link] This document is subject to copyright. Your feedback is important to us.

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Texas invests $50M in psychedelic drug research to treat addiction

Medical Xpress

The content is provided for information purposes only. Citation : Texas invests $50M in psychedelic drug research to treat addiction (2025, June 16) retrieved 16 June 2025 from [link] This document is subject to copyright. Your feedback is important to us. However, we do not guarantee individual replies due to the high volume of messages.

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CMS Final Medicaid Drug Rebate Rule Details New Misclassification Penalties and Numerous Other Changes

FDA Law Blog

Gaulkin — In May 2023, we posted about a CMS proposed regulation that sought to make a wide variety of changes to the Medicaid Drug Rebate Program (MDRP), including a new “price verification survey,” and a controversial proposal to require “stacking” of discounts to different customers when determining best price. Kirschenbaum & Sophia R.

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Preemies receive sucrose for pain relief—new research shows it doesn't stop long-term impacts on development

Medical Xpress

While many of these procedures provide critical care, we know they are acutely painful. Provided by The Conversation This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. The content is provided for information purposes only. During this time, they receive up to 16 painful procedures every day.

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