by Jordana Choucair | Apr 22, 2022 | Public Health/Prevention
The CDC issued an alert about a mysterious cluster of hepatitis cases in young children amid an investigation with the Alabama Department of Public Health. The state reported that nine previously healthy kids ages 1 to 6 ended up in the hospital with liver injuries,...
by Jordana Choucair | Apr 21, 2022 | Inequities and SDOH
The Commonwealth Fund released a new issue brief examining experiences of racial discrimination in health care settings among Latinx/Hispanic and Black older adults. The brief found that almost 25 percent of Black and Latino adults ages 60 and older say health care...
by Jordana Choucair | Apr 21, 2022 | Life Sciences
Several members on a panel of advisers to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) suggested that most U.S. adults under 50 can hold off on a fourth booster shot until later this year. The members noted that the goal of the additional doses should be to...
by Jordana Choucair | Apr 21, 2022 | M&A
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released its first quarterly report of hospital and nursing home mergers and acquisitions from 2016 through 2022. According to the analysis of 347 hospital transactions, hospitals in urban areas and with lower profit...
by Jordana Choucair | Apr 21, 2022 | Opioid/Substance Use Disorders
The White House is set to unveil President Joe Biden’s first National Drug Control Strategy today. The director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy, Dr. Rahul Gupta, said that the document prioritizes harm reduction, access to substance use...
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