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Rates of long-term major adverse cardiovascular events (CVEs) fell after the COVID-19 pandemic began in early 2020 and remained lower over the next year among commercially insured New England patients seeking care, and the incidence of congestive heart failure (CHF) and angina (chest pain) remained lower than expected.

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US FDA to allow Florida to import cheaper drugs from Canada, but opposition looms

Submitted by mike kraft on Mon, 2024-01-08 09:56

FDA approves first state request to import drugs from Canada | CNN Politics The Food and Drug Administration has approved Florida’s request to import certain drugs from Canada, marking the first time a state has been authorized to buy lower-cost medications in bulk from abroad. Tami Luhby CNN

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Paxlovid Cuts Covid Death Risk. But Useage is Low --studies

Submitted by mike kraft on Fri, 2024-01-05 10:22

As Covid rises again, killing about 1,500 Americans each week, medical researchers are trying to understand why so few people are taking Paxlovid, a medicine that is stunningly effective in preventing severe illness and death from the disease.

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Hydroxychloroquine, touted by then President Trump, could have caused 17,000 deaths during Covid -- study

Submitted by mike kraft on Fri, 2024-01-05 09:58

Hydroxychloroquine could have caused 17,000 deaths during Covid, study finds Former US President Donald Trump said: ‘What do you have to lose? Take it.’ POLITICO

Nearly 17,000 people may have died after taking hydroxycholoroquine during the first wave of Covid-19, according to a study by French researchers.

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Opinion: COVID-19 has tested us. Will we be ready for the next pandemic?

Submitted by mike kraft on Tue, 2024-01-02 18:02

COVID-19 has tested us. Will we be ready for the next pandemic? An infectious disease expert with insider access gives his take on what we did well, what we need to fix, and how to prepare for future outbreaks. Science

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Long covid still confounds us. Here’s what is now known.

Submitted by mike kraft on Tue, 2024-01-02 10:40

Four years on, long covid still confounds us. Here’s what we now know. As many as 7 percent of Americans report having suffered from a slew of lingering symptoms after enduring covid. Frances Stead Sellers The Washington Post

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Lack of trauma care in rural American hospitals puts gunshot victims at risk

Submitted by mike kraft on Tue, 2024-01-02 10:07

As gun violence increases, a lack of trauma care in rural America puts millions at risk A crash course in treating trauma patients at smaller hospitals aims to save lives. NBC News

Gun violence in America is increasing, not only on crowded city streets, but in small towns in remote parts of the country that lack resources to save people from life-threatening gunshot wounds. ...

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