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By Carole Tanzer Miller HealthDay ReporterWEDNESDAY, Jan. 22, 2025 (HealthDay News) — With a sweep of the pen, President Donald Trump has ended a Biden administration effort to lower the cost of prescription drugs for people on Medicare and Medicaid.Trump’s order, signed shortly after his inauguration on Monday, targets policies …

In a recent study, risk increased 57 percent for every 10-dB increase in speech-reception threshold

Reduced risks seen for neurocognitive, coagulation, cardiometabolic disorders; increased risks seen for GI, arthritic disorders

Fractures in nonambulatory children that are not consistent with history or for which no history of injury is given are concerning for abuse

47 recommendations developed in areas relevant to primary care, including transition to community, motor therapy, mental health

Only 34 of 79 websites stated that compounded drugs were not FDA approved; 39 websites did not report adverse effects, warnings

This trend may be driven by increases in heroin and synthetic opioids coinvolvement

By India Edwards HealthDay ReporterTUESDAY, Jan. 21, 2025 (HealthDay News) — The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is awarding the pharmaceutical company Moderna $590 million to continue developing a vaccine to protect against bird flu.This funding, announced Friday by Moderna, builds on the $176 million it received …

By India Edwards HealthDay ReporterTUESDAY, Jan. 21, 2025 (HealthDay News) — For the first time, bird flu has been detected in a commercial poultry flock in Georgia.The case — confirmed in Elbert County by the Georgia Department of Agriculture (GDA) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health …

Antimicrobials, vaccines, anti-inflammatories linked to reduced risk for Alzheimer disease and dementia; antipsychotics and diabetes drugs tied to higher risk