September 2021 – Page 2 – medicarereport.org

Who Qualifies for a Covid Booster? The List Is Growing Longer

On Friday, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Rochelle Walensky said people whose jobs put them at risk of

(By Matthew Herper for STAT) Gilead’s Covid-19 drug remdesivir appeared to reduce hospitalizations by 87% in high-risk patients diagnosed early

(By Maia Anderson for Becker’s Hospital Review) The HHS Health Resources & Services Administration sent letters to six drugmakers Sept.

(By Daniel R. George and Peter Whitehouse for STAT) Billions of dollars have been spent in pursuit of a pharmaceutical

(By Alia Paavola for Becker’s Hospital Review) Less than 5 percent of the U.S. population accounted for half of healthcare

(By Scott Hensley for NPR) The Food and Drug Administration authorized a booster dose Wednesday of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine

(By Elisabeth Rosenthal for Kaiser Health News) Two of America’s toughest problems can be tempered with one solution. The baby

(By Michelle Andrews for Kaiser Health News) It took years for Elle Moxley to get a diagnosis that explained her

More than six million Americans are living with Alzheimer’s disease. By 2050, This number is projected to rise to nearly

(By Erica Carbajal for Becker’s Hospital Review) While the COVID-19 delta variant continues to fuel outbreaks across the U.S., there