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FDA puts hand sanitizers on import alert, adds more to do-not-use list

(By Maia Anderson for Becker’s Hospital Review) The FDA has placed certain brands of hand sanitizer on an import alert as more

(By Katie Adams for Becker’s Hospital Review) Drug lobbies have refused to send any representatives to a White House meeting scheduled

(By Elizabeth Cooney for STAT) Two new studies from Germany paint a sobering picture of the toll that Covid-19 takes

As we get older, many people develop age-related ailments and need more medical care and find themselves coping with increased

(Source – www.medicare.gov/blog) Hepatitis viruses cause more than 5,000 deaths each year in the U.S., and that number keeps growing.

(By Yuki Noguchi for NPR) Blake Blackmon and his fiance, Jessica Cournoyer, recently welcomed their second child, a cherubic-cheeked good

(By Morgan Haefner for Becker’s Hospital Review) RIP Medical Debt, a nonprofit organization that forgives unpaid medical bills, can now

(By Jon Hamilton for NPR) For years, public health officials have been trying to dispel the myth that people who get a

It’s important to stay on top of important dates and Medicare’s Annual Enrollment Period is no different. Every fall, Medicare

(By Molly Gamble for Becker’s Hospital Review) President Donald Trump signed four executive orders Friday aimed at lowering drug prices