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FDA sets COVID vaccine formula as RFK Jr. narrows guidance for shots
The agency recommends manufacturers update their vaccines to target the JN.1 strain. At the same time, HHS head Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is removing guidance that healthy children and pregnant women receive COVID shots.
By Delilah Alvarado • Updated May 27, 2025 -
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Deep DiveA public health grant provides a lifeline for pregnant and postpartum women in Colorado. Federal cuts threaten its stability.
The abrupt end of $11 billion in public health grants nationally disrupted a program in Colorado that provides residents critical access to behavioral health and substance abuse support.
By Sydney Halleman • May 7, 2025 -
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States sue Trump administration over $11B cuts to public health funding
A coalition of 23 states and Washington, D.C., sued the HHS on Tuesday, arguing the cuts put states “at greater risk for future pandemics and the spread of otherwise preventable disease."
By Susanna Vogel • April 2, 2025 -
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Hospitals are more packed post-pandemic
Hospital occupancy rates were higher in 2024 than 2019. If occupancy rates trend up, the nation could face a bed shortage by 2032, according to researchers.
By Susanna Vogel • Feb. 19, 2025 -
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OpinionWhen managing a healthcare practice, what’s the value of prevention?
Here are the legal issues providers need to know as litigation increases around healthcare fraud and abuse, according to two experts.
By Nadia de la Houssaye and Donald W. Washington • Oct. 10, 2024 -
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Pfizer launches DTC service for migraine, COVID drugs
The platform is similar in concept to a service launched this year by Eli Lilly, and aims to give consumers easier access to Pfizer’s migraine, COVID-19 and flu treatments.
By Delilah Alvarado • Aug. 27, 2024 -
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Updated COVID shots from Pfizer, Moderna cleared by FDA
The approval of both vaccines, designed to better match the coronavirus strains currently circulating, comes just ahead of the fall and winter seasons.
By Ned Pagliarulo • Aug. 22, 2024 -
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Mental telehealth services have declined since end of pandemic emergency: study
The JAMA study comes as lawmakers debate whether to permanently expand telehealth flexibilities in Medicare this year.
By Sydney Halleman • July 30, 2024 -
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US hikes tariffs on medical products from China
The rate hikes focus on areas where the Biden administration has sought to boost domestic production, such as medical supplies that were essential to the COVID-19 pandemic response.
By Elise Reuter • May 14, 2024 -
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AstraZeneca withdraws COVID-19 vaccine, citing declining demand
The move ends a turbulent saga for AstraZeneca, which successfully developed a coronavirus shot but struggled to sell it amid competition and the emergence of rare but serious side effects.
By Delilah Alvarado • May 8, 2024 -
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Lawmakers mull telehealth quality, reimbursement as extension deadline looms
Legislators worked to hash out details about Medicare telehealth policy as a deadline to continue pandemic-era flexibilities draws closer.
By Emily Olsen • April 11, 2024 -
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One year, 19M disenrollments: A look at Medicaid redeterminations so far
Threats of fines, procedural errors and more: Here are the major headlines from the past year of states unwinding Medicaid.
By Sydney Halleman • April 2, 2024 -
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Q&ABeMe’s CEO Nicki Tessler on digital behavioral health programs and payer partnerships
Depression and anxiety climbed among teens during the COVID-19 pandemic. Nicki Tessler, CEO and cofounder of BeMe Health, breaks down solutions.
By Brian T. Horowitz • Feb. 5, 2024 -
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Healthcare labor churn increased through 2021, study finds
To keep up with elevated COVID-19 turnover, healthcare organizations hired more workers who were unemployed or hadn't previously worked in the industry, according to a study published in JAMA.
By Susanna Vogel • Jan. 29, 2024 -
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Mask mandates return to health facilities amid soaring COVID, flu cases
New York City yesterday joined Chicago, Los Angeles, Massachusetts and other communities in reinstating mask mandates to reduce the spread of viruses.
By Nish Amarnath • Jan. 4, 2024 -
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Research flags ‘concerning’ employment losses at nursing homes amid Biden administration staffing push
As employment continues to decline in skilled nursing facilities, regulators, healthcare industry leaders and workers’ unions are split on how to make roles more attractive.
By Susanna Vogel • Nov. 6, 2023 -
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Physicians spend more time after hours on EHR tasks post-COVID, report finds
The switch to virtual care has increased documentation burden for physicians, according to a new analysis in JAMA.
By Susanna Vogel • Nov. 2, 2023 -
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Calling healthcare burnout a crisis is an ‘understatement,’ CDC says
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is sounding the alarm on increasing levels of burnout and harassment in the healthcare industry.
By Susanna Vogel • Oct. 25, 2023 -
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How 4 health system executives are tackling supply chain challenges
After the COVID-19 pandemic caused worldwide disruptions, executives at four major health systems shared how they’re innovating supply chain tactics.
By Sydney Halleman • Oct. 23, 2023 -
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Healthcare worker exodus continued through 2022, new data shows
Physicians accounted for nearly half of departures from 2021 through 2022, with staffing shortages putting care quality at risk, according to a new report from Definitive Healthcare.
By Susanna Vogel • Oct. 17, 2023 -
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Sponsored by PHC Corporation of North AmericaThe future of vaccine storage: Why cold chain innovation is critical
From vaccines protecting against the varicella-zoster virus or Hepatitis B to those used to safeguard our pets against rabies, many widely-used immunizations are sensitive to overheating, freezing or both.
Oct. 16, 2023 -
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Tennessee BCBS sued by former employees over COVID vaccine mandate
The new lawsuit alleges the nonprofit health plan violated employees' religious rights by not granting them an exemption to its inoculation requirement.
By Rebecca Pifer • Sept. 18, 2023 -
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CDC endorses new COVID boosters as focus turns to rollout
Agency advisers voted 13-1 to recommend the updated shots for everyone over the age of 6 months, greenlighting the vaccines’ rollout one day after the FDA’s approval.
By Delilah Alvarado • Sept. 13, 2023 -
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More than 80% of healthcare executives say recruiting talent is a top business risk, report finds
Healthcare executives are more likely than those in other industries to label staffing shortages a business risk, according to a report from business services firm PwC.
By Susanna Vogel • Aug. 28, 2023 -
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Mental health service utilization and spending increased during the pandemic, study finds
Telehealth options helped providers meet increased patient demand for mental healthcare services during the pandemic, according to a new report.
By Susanna Vogel • Aug. 28, 2023
