Last week President Joe Biden called on U.S. lawmakers to enact legislation aimed at lowering drug prices, including allowing Medicare to negotiate drug prices and imposing penalties on drugmakers that hike prices faster than inflation.
Biden said that U.S. prescription drug costs were higher than any other nation in the world by two to...Open
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the United States as a whole is currently at a community transmission level of “high”. 71.3% of adults have received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. The seven-day moving average deaths from COVID-19 is currently 452 per day with 664 deaths reported to the...Arizona News
There were 769 new cases of COVID-19 in Arizona on Wednesday, bringing the state total to 894,875. There were six new deaths, the total is now 17,936. Almost 46% of Arizona residents are vaccinated against COVID-19. Only 8% of intensive care unit beds are in use by COVID-19 patients and 15% of ICU beds are available.
This...Open
On Wednesday, June 16, the Arizona Department of Health Services logged 436 new cases of COVID-19 and 12 new deaths. The cases total is now at 888,005 and deaths are now at 17,791 total. The percent positives for COVID-19 tests is 9.9%. Statewide, there are 554 inpatient COVID-19 patients and 120 intensive care unit beds in use by...
On Wednesday, Arizona reported 433 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total to 885,042 since recording cases began. There were two new deaths, creating a pandemic total to date of 17,715. Nearly half (47.5%) of eligible Arizonans are now fully vaccinated and 42.8% of Americans nationwide. Intensive care unit beds in Arizona are 9%...
Last Monday, the Food and Drug Administration approved a breakthrough new treatment for Alzheimer's disease. The treatment is the first of its kind in decades but many in the scientific community remain skeptical of the new drug's effectiveness.
Aduhelm -- the brand name of aducanumab -- is designed to eliminate clumps of a toxic...Open
There were 915 new cases of COVID-19 reported in Arizona on Wednesday and 20 new COVID-19 related deaths. The total number of deaths is now 17,648. Nine percent of intensive care unit beds are occupied by COVID-19 patients statewide and 18% of ICU beds are available. 46.5% of eligible Arizonans have received at least one dose of the...Arizona News
There were 540 new cases of COVID-19 reported in Arizona today, bringing the state total to 874,605. There were 17 new COVID-19 related deaths, the state total is at 17,497. 44.1% of Arizonans have received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.
This information comes from the Arizona Department of Health Services COVID-19 data...CMS Rules
Medicare's older adults still like their coverage and report fewer cost-related problems than privately insured adults ages 50 to 64, despite receiving similar care to that age bracket.
The study from Kaiser Family Foundation said that rapidly growing healthcare spending is of concern for consumers and the relatively high prices from...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that Arizona has administered 5,408,077 doses of vaccine and 3,076,913 people have received at least one dose of vaccine. This means that 42.8% of the state has now been vaccinated. Nationally, 46.4% of people have been vaccinated and 35.4% of people are fully...
President Joe Biden gave a public address to Congress last Wednesday and highlighted a number of items in his healthcare agenda, including the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and drug prices. The Biden administration has also signaled that it intends to begin work on banning menthol cigarettes.
One major highlight of the president's speech...National News
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Farxiga (dapagliflozin) oral tablets to reduce the risk of kidney function decline, kidney failure, cardiovascular death and hospitalization for heart failure in adults with chronic kidney disease (CKD) who are at risk of disease progression.
The efficacy of Farxiga to improve kidney...Arizona News
There were 603 new cases of COVID-19 reported in Arizona today, bringing the state total to 860,772. There were six new COVID-19-related deaths, for a total of 17,282. There are 11% of intensive care unit beds currently in use by COVID-19 patients and 14% of ICU beds remain available.
This information comes from the Arizona Department...Arizona News
There were 649 new cases of COVID-19 reported in Arizona Wednesday, bringing the state total to 855,804. Six new deaths were reported, and will be retroactively reassigned to the dates on which the deaths took place. COVID-19 patients occupy 10% of intensive care unit beds and 14% of available hospital beds.
This information comes...
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...
