Health
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PublishedJuly 13, 2021
Medicare evaluating coverage for $56,000 Alzheimer’s drug
Although pricey drugs are now fairly commonplace, the recent approval of Aduhelm prompted an unusually intense backlash.
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PublishedJuly 13, 2021
National coalition says health workers should be required to get coronavirus vaccine
Federal officials have balked at instituting national requirements on health-care workers, and many health-care organizations have said they do not plan to require their staff members to get vaccinated against the coronavirus.
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PublishedJuly 11, 2021
Fauci says there should be more coronavirus vaccine mandates at the local level
'The virus doesn't know whether you're a Democrat, a Republican or an independent,' the nation's top infectious-disease expert said Sunday.
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PublishedJuly 7, 2021
Iceland tested a 4-day workweek. Employees were productive – and happier, researchers say
Some of the trials' key findings showed that a shorter week translated into increased well-being of employees among a range of indicators, from stress and burnout to health and work-life balance.
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PublishedJune 24, 2021
Nearly all COVID deaths in U.S. are now among unvaccinated
Only about 150 of the more than 18,000 COVID-19 deaths in May were in fully vaccinated people.
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PublishedJune 22, 2021
Almost 900 Secret Service employees were infected with COVID
More than half of them worked in the division responsible for protecting the president and the vice president, as well as the families of these leaders and other government officials.
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PublishedJune 22, 2021
Biden pushes COVID-19 shots for young adults as concerns grow over new variant
The delta variant, first identified in India, has come to represent more than 20% of coronavirus infections in the U.S. in the last 2 weeks.
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PublishedJune 21, 2021
Pandemic, rule change helped swell Medicaid enrollment to a new high
The spike means the size of the public insurance program for low-income Americans now significantly eclipses the nearly 63 million older Americans covered last year through Medicare.
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PublishedJune 20, 2021
Controversial new Alzheimer’s drug gives patients in Maine hope
The treatment developed by Biogen could slow its progression, but health professionals and researchers are divided on whether the FDA was right to approve it.
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PublishedJune 10, 2021
U.S. officials extend expiration dates on J&J vaccine doses
A Food and Drug Administration review concluded the shots remain safe and effective up to four and a half months. The shots were originally approved for just three months.
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