by Jessica Casebolt | May 10, 2023 | Public Health/Prevention, Tea Leaves
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force released new guidance Tuesday advising that women begin receiving annual breast cancer screenings at age 40 instead of its previous recommendation of 50, citing updated science. The independent volunteer panel of physicians’...
by Jessica Casebolt | May 10, 2023 | Life Sciences, Tea Leaves
Some of the world’s biggest drugmakers are laying legal groundwork to fight the U.S. plan to negotiate drug prices for its Medicare health coverage, including the argument that a ban against speaking about these talks violates constitutional rights, according to six...
by Jessica Casebolt | May 10, 2023 | Opioid/Substance Use Disorders, Tea Leaves, Uncategorized
Marijuana and other products containing THC have grown more potent and more dangerous as legalization has made them more widely available. Although decades ago, the THC content of weed was commonly less than 1.5 percent, some products on the market today are more than...
by Jessica Casebolt | May 10, 2023 | D.C. News, Tea Leaves
The White House isn’t quite ready to launch its new pandemic response office for a neat handoff at the end of the Covid-19 public health emergency, White House Covid-19 Response Coordinator Ashish Jha told reporters Tuesday. Jha said White House officials are in the...
by Jessica Casebolt | May 9, 2023 | Providers, Tea Leaves
Telehealth rules created during the pandemic that allowed for the prescribing of controlled substances without an in-person visit will stay in place as is until November 11. The Drug Enforcement Administration filed the rule to extend telehealth flexibilities, which...
by Jessica Casebolt | May 9, 2023 | Opioid/Substance Use Disorders, Tea Leaves
The U.S. government will pay more than $5 million for a large study measuring whether overdoses can be prevented by supervised injection sites, places where people can use heroin and other illegal drugs and be revived if they take too much. The grant funding will be...
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