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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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Pharmacy Owner Pleads Guilty to Federal Charges for Illegally Administering COVID-19 Vaccines to Children Under 12

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Richardson — On September 24, 2021, the owner of a pharmacy in Puerto Rico pleaded guilty to participating in a felony conspiracy to convert government property and to commit health care fraud in connection with the illegal vaccination of minors between the ages of 7 to 11 with the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine.

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

Medical Xpress

This region governs essential behaviors like the circadian clock, sleep, energy balance , and feeding. The content is provided for information purposes only. But technical limitations have made it hard to understand how neurons in this area form functional circuits."

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CMS Publishes Grab Bag of Proposed Changes to the Medicaid Drug Rebate Program

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Kirschenbaum — Last Friday, May 26, CMS published in the Federal Register an assortment of proposals to change the regulations governing the Medicaid Drug Rebate Program. The preamble provides an example of reporting an incorrect baseline AMP, which reduces the unit rebate amount. Sheldon, v.

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US ends funding for thousands of global health programs

Medical Xpress

government has ended funding for some 5,800 global health programs, cutting off critical support for projects that provide vaccines, life-saving medications and emergency health care to millions of people globally.

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Episode 169: Antiracism in Medicine Series – Episode 7 – Antiracism, Global Health Equity, and the COVID-19 Response

The Clinical Problem Solvers

The Global COVID-19 Response Must Be Anti-Racist An anti-racist COVID-19 response means that quality care, quality vaccines, and quality public health information must be provieded to all. From social distancing to contact tracing to vaccin distribution, every step should be considered through an anti-raicst framework.

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Landmark Drug Pricing Bill Set to Become Law; HP&M Releases Summary Slide Deck

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The negotiations will result in a Maximum Fair Price (“MFP”) that the manufacturer must make available to providers furnishing the drug under Medicare Part B or pharmacies dispensing the drug under Part D. The same will be required under state Medicaid and CHIP programs by October 1, 2023.