26.6% of Arizonans -- 3.8 million -- have received at least one vaccine dose as of Wednesday, April 7. The state has used 80% of the 4.8 million doses delivered. These follow national numbers, as 26% of the population has been vaccinated and 77% of delivered shots have been used.
This information comes from the Bloomberg COVID-19...
As has been consistently reported on throughout the 2021 Arizona Legislative Session, there are a number of bills specifically addressing reproductive healthcare and abortion that would likely put constraints on providers and patients throughout the state if they were to pass.
Senate Bill 1457, introduced by Senatory Nancy Barto...Arizona News
There were 445 new COVID-19 cases reported in the state of Arizona on Wednesday, and 12 new deaths reported. These numbers will be retroactively reassigned to the dates in which the deaths took place. With 22,777 new tests reported today, the total percent positive has now fallen to 11.1%. Adult intensive care unit beds in use by...National News
Don't count on an Election Day vaccine, said the NIH on Wednesday, a day after several drug companies developing a COVID-19 vaccine pledged to follow rigorous efficacy and safety guidelines prior to mass inoculations against the infection and AstraZeneca suspended a large clinical trial after one patient's severe adverse reaction....CMS Rules
On Aug. 31 CMS issued a proposed rule that aims to make innovative devices and breakthrough technologies more accessible to Medicare beneficiaries.
Once the Medicare Coverage of Innovative Technology final rule goes into effect, national Medicare coverage will begin on the date of a breakthrough device’s FDA market authorization and...Arizona News
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has strongly encouraged nursing homes to increase their efforts in controlling COVID-19 inside facilities after the number of residents infected reached a record high, and as new deaths have started rising once again.
Arizona is close to reopening nursing homes to visitors after...Arizona News
The healthcare industry has been swept by innovation in recent years as telemedicine has gained steam in offering solutions for lack of transportation and access to specialists. Artificial Intelligence (AI) has long been discussed as a possible solution for issues in the diagnostic and medical devices space, but as spending on AI tools...
"Everyone involved in the broken system - the drugmakers, insurance companies, distributors, pharmacy benefit managers and many others - contribute to the problem" said Trump in the Rose Garden.
The administration released a 44-page blueprint of the plan, entitled American Patients First.
Trump’s “blueprint to lower drug...
Auto-injectors containing the active ingredient epinephrine are lifesaving for allergy sufferers.
Mylan received extensive criticism for exponential price increases. As reported in Bloomberg, James Baker, chief executive officer of patient-advocacy group Food Allergy Research & Education (FARE) said more than 400 patients in 45...