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STAT+: Bubble bursts: 2021 health tech IPOs and SPACs lose value, burn cash

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Accelerated by the pandemic’s forced adoption of telehealth and other digital health solutions, 2021 saw more than 30 health technology startups go public, raising hundreds of millions and in some cases billions of dollars. Today, three members of the class of 2021 have gone bankrupt.

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The Febrile Infant: Incorporating the 2021 American Academy of Pediatrics guidelines

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In the most recent 2021 Clinical Practice Guideline, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) aims to provide guidance with 3 separate age-based algorithms for the evaluation and management of the well-appearing febrile infant [4]. 2021 Apr;231:94-101.e2. Unfortunately, delayed or missed diagnosis can be devastating [1-3]. 2020.10.033.

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Survey: Nearly 3 in 5 teen girls felt persistently sad or hopeless in 2021

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Teen girls reported record levels of violence, sadness, and thoughts of suicide in 2021, experiencing distress at twice the rate of teen boys, according to new federal data released Monday. The nearly 3 in 5 teen girls who felt persistently sad or hopeless in 2021 was a 60% increase compared to a decade earlier. Read the rest…

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STAT+: Truveta enlists health systems, drugmakers to launch ambitious new genomic database

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DNA sequencer manufacturer Illumina has also invested $20 million in the project, which builds on a 2021 investment and partnership from Microsoft, which will provide the cloud infrastructure for the project. Pharmaceutical company Regeneron has invested $119.5 Continue to STAT+ to read the full story…

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STAT+: Study shows how UnitedHealth uses coding to rake in extra cash from Medicare Advantage

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Medicare Advantage insurers pulled in an estimated $33 billion in additional payment from the government in 2021 as a result of these extra diagnoses, or codes, that made their members seem sicker, relative to people in the traditional Medicare program.

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STAT+: To mitigate drug shortages, a new study suggests looking at Canada

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Between 2017 and 2021, regulators in the U.S. Of 104 reports of supply chain issues with dozens of drugs, meaningful shortages were 40% less likely to occur in Canada than in the U.S., a new study found, and the difference was largely attributed to the approach taken by the Canadian government to the problem.

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WHO member countries agree on a draft ‘pandemic treaty’ to try to avoid Covid-19 mistakes

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After the world’s  largely disastrous  response to the coronavirus, countries tasked the WHO with overseeing a  pandemic treaty  in 2021; negotiations concluded early Wednesday on an agreement expected to be adopted next month at the U.N. health agency’s annual meeting in Geneva. Read the rest…

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