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Data breaches on the rise: What you need to know
If it seems as if you’ve been reading more about data breaches of hospitals and health care organizations lately, you’re…
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Wednesday NIH webinar on women and alcohol highlights obscured problem
While recent headlines have pointed out the disastrous rise in opioid use during the pandemic, less attention has focused on…
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STAT health tech reporter says speed in the sector is a double-edged sword
Erin Brodwin is a San Francisco-based health tech reporter at STAT. Since 2019, she’s covered artificial intelligence in health care,…
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Stories to cover before the ACA’s special enrollment period ends
The Biden administration reported on July 14 that 2.1 million Americans had signed up for health insurance coverage on the…
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Pandemic, closed clinics drove rise in drug overdoses and STDs, data show
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on July 16 published data showing drug overdose deaths soared 30 percent in…
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Health Disparities 2021 Report documents health inequities by state
Disparities by race, ethnicity, gender, socioeconomic status and geographical regions persist in the U.S., despite significant public health advancements, medical…
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New federal mandate should allow freer flow of medical information
April 5 marked the official start of a federal mandate meant to allow consumers easier access to their medical records…
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Another Alzheimer’s treatment takes a different route than the rest
Editor’s Note: This is part 2 of a two-part package on the pipeline for Alzheimer’s disease drugs. Check out part…
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Aside from Eli Lilly’s drug, what else is in the Alzheimer’s pipeline?
Eli Lilly recently announced that the FDA had granted a breakthrough therapy designation for donanemab, its investigational antibody therapy for…
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Expect more pushback from insurers and hospitals over rules to limit surprise bills
On July 1, the nation’s largest health insurer, UnitedHealthcare (UHC), stopped paying out-of-network claims when its fully insured members seek…