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Opinion: The Biden administration should not support a WTO petition to strip IP protections from Covid-19 treatments

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In 2022, it supported a petition before the World Trade Organization to gut intellectual property protections for Covid-19 vaccines. The Biden administration may soon double down on one of its gravest mistakes.

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Mexico’s activist ‘companion networks’ quietly provide abortion pills and support to U.S. women

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The procedure was illegal in her home state of Baja California and so deeply stigmatized that even Pérez Lira supported the procedure only for those who were raped. TIJUANA, Mexico — Just over a decade ago, when Crystal Pérez Lira needed an abortion, she had to leave Mexico. Until she unexpectedly got pregnant.

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Survey: A majority of Americans support banning all tobacco products

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WASHINGTON — A majority of Americans support banning all tobacco products, according to a new poll published by researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. ” A little over 57% of respondents said they would support such a policy. Read the rest…

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Opinion: Bashing accelerated approval isn’t supported by the data

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The Food and Drug Administration’s accelerated approval program aims to speed “approval of drugs that treat serious conditions, and fill an unmet medical need based on a surrogate endpoint” of overall survival (progression-free survival).

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5 Reasons to Upgrade Your Pharmacy Management Software

Streamline pharmacy operations and improve clinical performance with automated processing, real-time data exchange, and electronic decision support. To achieve peak performance, it's time to explore other options for specialty and infusion pharmacy software.

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Nurses and health care support workers at higher risk of suicide, study finds

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Jobs in health care are known to be challenging for workers’ mental health. million employed people (both within the health care field and outside) observed from 2008 to 2019.

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Opinion: Why isn’t there any enforcement of the ACA mandate to support breastfeeding?

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Eleven years ago, the Affordable Care Act codified a critical aspect of postpartum care: breastfeeding support. The hard part — the legislation — was done. Yet so far, no meaningful implementation and enforcement of this policy has occurred. Read the rest…

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