FDA authorized the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID booster for children aged 5 to 11 five months after they have finished the first two-shot vaccination series.
Author: Ken Alltucker, USA TODAY
Government watchdog: 1 in 4 older Americans on Medicare harmed during hospital stays
The report said 12% of patients had adverse events that led to longer hospital stays, permanent harm, death or required life-saving intervention.
More than 107,000 Americans died from overdoses last year. This drug is behind most deaths.
While prescription painkillers and heroin drove an overdose epidemic last decade, the powerful synthetic opioid fentanyl now causes most drug deaths.
Report: 5 to 14 million Americans could lose Medicaid coverage when COVID-19 pandemic ends
The federal government has sent billions in federal aid to states for Medicaid coverage during the pandemic. Millions are at risk of losing coverage.
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More than a half-dozen blood tests are being developed and tested to detect signs of Alzheimer’s disease in older patients.
‘Values of our society’: Nursing homes shut down, close wings amid COVID-19 staffing crunch
More than 300 nursing homes closed during the COVID-19 pandemic as worker shortage, money pressures mount. Other homes won’t take new residents.
Millions of people could lose health insurance coverage when the COVID-19 emergency ends
Congress authorized robust federal aid to states as long as they agreed to not remove people from Medicaid until the COVID-19 emergency ends.
Aided by many states, nursing homes fend off lawsuits filed by families over COVID deaths
Nursing homes are seeking legal protections from states to shield liability. Still, families of lost loved ones press ahead with dozens of lawsuits.
Alzheimer’s patients ‘devastated’ at Medicare limits on drug critics say needs more testing
Biogen, other drug companies are challenging Medicare’s preliminary decision to pay for Aduhelm and other Alzheimer’s drugs only in clinical trials.
In a reversal, Medicare will cover 8 free COVID-19 home tests per month beginning this spring
The Biden administration cited the “importance of expanding access to testing” in extending free home tests to Medicare recipients