AMA Head Urges Americans To Continue Masking As CDC Relaxes Guidelines

The head of the nation’s top physicians group urged Americans to continue masking and be vigilant in confronting the unpredictable COVID-19 virus, after the Biden administration relaxed its masking guidelines Friday (Feb. 25) but also urged those with higher risk of disease to consult with their health care professionals. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention pivoted its focus from case counts to hospitalizations in a new framework that says the majority of Americans can now forgo indoor masking. Yet...
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Ex-FDA Official Petitions FDA To Stop Reviews Of Russian-Made Products

The former head of FDA’s orphan drug office petitioned the agency Friday (Feb. 25) to stop reviewing drugs and devices developed by Russian companies in light of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. “This emergency petition requests the Commissioner immediately and completely freeze all administrative actions on any regulatory requests from pharmaceutical and medical device companies headquartered in Russia or with majority Russian ownership,” the petition states . The petition, first reported by Clinical Trials Arena, was filed by Tim Coté,...
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HHS: Nearly 1M Black Americans Could Get Medicaid If States Expanded

An HHS report out this week finds the uninsurance rate for Black Americans under age 65 has declined by 40% since the Affordable Care Act’s enactment, and that nearly a million more Black Americans would be eligible for coverage if the 12 states that have not expanded Medicaid do so. According to the brief from the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, the uninsured rate for Black Americans fell from 20% (about 7.1 million people) in 2011...
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