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(MedPage Today) -- A two-drug regimen was noninferior to a three-drug regimen as initial antiretroviral therapy (ART) for adults with HIV, a phase IIIb trial showed. At week 48, an HIV-1 RNA level of less than 50 copies/mL was achieved by 89...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- Note that some links may require registration or subscription. Anthony Fauci, MD, on Wednesday invoked the 5th Amendment and declined to answer questions from senators in a Republican-led committee hearing about his handling...
Read full article →Many employers are considering the coverage arrangements, but worries about the ACA marketplaces — including potentially high costs for workers — are making them hesitant to move forward, according to a survey.
Read full article →“Virtually everyone” losing Affordable Care Act coverage is going insured, one UHS executive said. The hospital operator expects to lose $10 million more than expected as a result this year.
Read full article →The insurer is laser-focused on reaching margin targets, and will sacrifice some plans with lower returns next year to do so, CFO Celeste Mellet said.
Read full article →Included is hoping that Firefly’s offerings will help set it apart in a crowded employee benefits space, especially as employers become increasingly open to alternative health plan arrangements.
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- Initiation of antipsychotic medications, even for short durations, was linked to an increase in the prevalence of pharmacologically treated type 2 diabetes in youths, according to a Dutch cohort study. Among nearly 90,000 youths...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- The Trump administration is looking into alternatives to the current fee-for-service-based payment system for physicians who treat Medicare patients. The request for information issued on July 14 by the Centers for Medicare...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- Kidney transplant recipients with COVID-19 who received remdesivir (Veklury) early had a lower risk of graft loss, a target trial emulation study found. Compared with no remdesivir, initiation of the antiviral within 7 days...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- Ahead of Anthony Fauci, MD, testifying before Congress on Wednesday, a group of 155 scientists, physicians, and public health advocates signed an open letter calling on elected officials to end the "vilification and harassment...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- Incidental coronary artery calcium (CAC) scores extracted from nongated chest CT scans accurately predicted cardiovascular risks, a cohort study showed. Patients with moderate nongated CAC had significantly higher risks of cardiovascular...
Read full article →(MedPage Today) -- HHS delayed this week's Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee meeting after advocates voiced concerns that the public had only 4 days to comment on a 300-page plan to shape the government's autism research, services, and...
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