Weight loss, diabetes drug ad spending tops $1 billion
Boxes of Wegovy made by Novo Nordisk are seen at a pharmacy in London, Britain March 8, 2024. Hollie Adams | ReutersThink a friend or colleague should be getting this newsletter?...
For Red State Holdouts Like Kansas, Is Expanding Medicaid Within Reach?
As lawmakers in a nearby hearing room debated last month whether to support her legislation to expand Medicaid, Gov. Laura Kelly of Kansas dared the state’s Republican House speaker to...
$414 million appeal for Palestine refugees in Syria, Lebanon and Jordan
UNRWA on Tuesday launched a $414.4 million appeal for Palestine refugees in Syria and those who have fled the country for neighbouring Lebanon and Jordan due to the conflict.Continue the...
She’s Shaking Up Classical Music While Confronting Illness
The pianist Alice Sara Ott, barefoot and wearing a silver bracelet, was smiling and singing to herself the other day as she practiced a jazzy passage of Ravel at Steinway...
N.S. Health expands efforts to get physician assistants into primary care
An effort to place physician assistants with primary care practices around the province takes more work than assigning them to emergency departments, but Nova Scotia health officials believe the move...
Prenosis says AI tool for sepsis approved by FDA
Signage is seen outside the U.S. Food and Drug Administration headquarters in White Oak, Maryland, Aug. 29, 2020.Andrew Kelly | ReutersThe health technology company Prenosis on Wednesday announced its artificial...
Alberta creating 2 mental health and addictions organizations, including Crown corporation
The provincial government unveiled Tuesday the first plank in its plan to reshape Alberta Health Services (AHS) into four distinct entities, outlining two new organizations that will manage delivery of...
Her loved one got a $5,200 bill under the long-term care law. Ontario repeatedly said no charges were reported
For the first time, the Ontario government has confirmed seven people have been charged fees under a controversial law that says patients who refuse to move out of the hospital and into...
What Doctors Want You to Know About Beta Blockers for Anxiety
Anxious ahead of a big job interview? Worried about giving a speech? First date nerves?The solution, some digital start-ups suggest, is a beta blocker, a type of medication that can...
To Curb Bird Flu, Taxpayers Pay Millions to Kill Poultry. Is It Needed?
The highly lethal form of avian influenza circulating the globe since 2021 has killed tens of millions of birds, forced poultry farmers in the United States to slaughter entire flocks...