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Governor’s 2025-26 May Revision Proposes Major Cuts to Healthcare and Undermines Medi-Cal Expansion Commitments

California Academy of Family Physicians (CAFP)

This expansion would enable the state to: Secure an affordable and stable supply of both generic and brand-name drugs, Respond effectively to supply chain disruptions or politically motivated access restrictions, Protect access to medications such as mifepristone and other drugs threatened in other states.

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Palliative Care in A Conflict Zone: Help Us Support Our Hospice and Palliative Care Colleagues in Ukraine

GeriPal

Staff has been working overtime with fewer resources, as programs accommodate internally displaced persons and deal with shortages of supplies, medications, and staff. Families are unable to visit their loved ones and patients suffer from limited access to care and medications.

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Baby Formula Shortages

Georgetown Pediatrics & Family Medicine

Current shortages have been largely caused by supply chain issues and the recent recall of several baby formula products over concerns about contamination. The post Baby Formula Shortages appeared first on Georgetown Pediatrics & Family Medicine.

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This Thanksgiving, Be Thankful for Family and Food(borne Illness Prevention)

FDA Law Blog

But as noted above, identifying points in the food supply chain, the source of the product, and where contamination may have occurred can be a long and difficult process. What information firms must maintain and share under the rule depends on the type of activities they perform in the supply chain with respect to an FTL food.

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Analysis of primary care prescription trends in England during the COVID-19 pandemic compared against a predictive model

BMJ

By John Scott Frazer, Glenn Ross Frazer Reference : Frazer JS , Frazer GR, Analysis of primary care prescription trends in England during the COVID-19 pandemic compared against a predictive model, Family Medicine and Community Health 2021; 9: e001143.

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Hospital-at-Home: Bruce Leff and Tacara Soones

GeriPal

But as we talked to patients and providers, there was, really, this need for patients who wanted services, like IV antibiotics and IV fluids, but wanted to be able to spend that time at home, with their family, even if it meant it was their last days or weeks. Just one last comment there. We did our initial pilot study. Eric: Yeah.

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