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The FTC is finally ready take on health data leaks. The problem is bigger than GoodRx

03.02.2023

The Federal Trade Commission took aim at prescription drug coupon site GoodRx this week in an early attempt to crack down on the unfettered sharing of consumers’ health data for …

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Health Tech

GoodRx leaked sensitive health information to Facebook and Google, FTC alleges

01.02.2023

The Federal Trade Commission on Wednesday accused GoodRx, the prescription drug discount platform, of sharing sensitive personal information about its users’ prescriptions and health conditions with big tech companies. GoodRx, …

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Pharma

Lawmakers again urge the Biden administration to use federal law to widen access to a cancer drug

11.01.2023

For the third time in less than a year, a group of lawmakers is urging the Biden administration to use a controversial provision of federal law to widen access to …

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Health

Biden administration unveils dashboard to track nonfatal drug overdoses

08.12.2022

The Biden administration is rolling out a new tool meant to help prevent drug deaths: a nationwide database that tracks nonfatal overdoses. The dashboard, known as the Non-Fatal Opioid Overdose …

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Health

Top U.S. addiction researcher calls for broad deregulation of methadone

17.11.2022

BOSTON — The U.S. government’s top addiction researcher is calling for broad deregulation of methadone, a key drug used to treat opioid use disorder. American doctors should “absolutely” be allowed …

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Coronavirus / Health

‘I pushed back’: Fauci on how his response to Trump on Covid turned him into ‘public enemy No. 1’

15.11.2022

As he faces the possibility of increased scrutiny from what is likely to be a Republican-controlled House, Anthony Fauci on Tuesday signaled he is willing to go to the mat …

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Health

New CDC opioid guidelines emphasize flexibility in treating pain

03.11.2022

Federal health officials on Thursday updated their recommendations for using opioids to treat pain, removing specific dose and duration targets that pain experts said had caused unintended harm. The new …

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Coronavirus

Biden officials search for backup for key Covid therapy for immunocompromised people

18.10.2022

WASHINGTON — Biden health officials are bracing for the prospect that the country’s sole preventive Covid-19 treatment for immunocompromised people could be ineffective this winter. AstraZeneca’s Evusheld, the only monoclonal …

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Health

A minuscule new HHS office has a mammoth goal: tackling environmental justice

11.10.2022

WASHINGTON — Ask 10 people how a federal health care agency might tackle “environmental justice,” and you’ll get 10 answers. For Jackson, Miss., residents, it is ensuring potable water after …

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