- The US government has reinstated funding to EcoHealth Alliance, the agency that collaborated on bat research with the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) in China.
- Krguman on how Pharma avoids paying income taxes. Answer: tax people, not corporations
- Food Stamps: “We find the fastest-growing groups of the adult caseload suffer from low employment levels and poor health outcomes.”
- Top 20 hospitals and their CEOs racked up huge pandemic profits.
Category: John C. Goodman
Friday Links
- Over-the-counter birth control decision is a small step in the right direction – many more steps are needed.
- At $3.5 million for a one-time dose, Hemgenix (which cures hemophilia) is now the most expensive drug in the world.
- Gender bias in academia? A lot less than you might think.
- Michael Drummond on high US drug prices: “My hope as a European is that US never gets its health system in order.”
- British babies born with DNA from three people.
Wednesday Links
- Jeff Singer proposes a new Hippocratic Oath.
- Critique of a new code of medical ethics based on the “Tavistock Principles.”
- NEJM op ed: medical students should be segregated by race.
- The Chevron precedent explained.
- Congress appropriated $4.6 trillion for pandemic response and recovery in six Covid-19 relief laws enacted between March 2020 and March 2021. More than two years later, $444 billion of the total remains unspent. (WSJ)
Monday Links
- Data show that sizable portions of SNAP (food stamp) dollars purchase non-nutritious foods, such as sugary beverages and ultra-processed foods, which can lead to poor health.
- The solution to anorexia: No one seems to know.
- Looking at three years’ worth of data, researchers found nurse-led care increases lengths of stay by 11%; raises 30-day preventable hospitalizations by 20%; and increases the cost of emergency department care by about $66 per patient and $74 million annually.
- Doctors against giving nurses more authority to practice medicine.