Medicare Surprise: Drug Plan Prices Touted During Open Enrollment Can Rise Within a Month
Yet another Medicare grift. And there’s little you can do to get out of its way.
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Fresh Signs of Mosquito Insecticide Resistance in South Africa
South Africa could soon join the list of countries that have relegated malaria to history – although this post highlights the worrying possibility that a spike in malaria cases might occur, as a consequence of insecticide resistance
Read more...Assisted Suicide Laws Increase Suicide Rates, Especially Among Women
A study on an important new legal right in some states, assisted suicide, suffers from a glaring methodological flaw.
Read more...Will Pfizer’s Paxlovid Be the Game-Changer that Saves Biden’s “Test to Treat” Program?
First we had “shots in arms.” Now we have “pills in mouths.”
Read more...Complex Eligibility Requirements, Much-Beloved of Liberal Democrats, Are Lethal When They Take the Form of Medicare Co-Pays and Deductibles
Small increases in cost cause patients to cut back on drugs with large benefits, ultimately causing their death.
Read more...Various Covid Updates
Some Covid news, not encouraging but not yet alarming.
Read more...DOJ Files Perfunctory Appeal to Revive Travel Mask Mandate
The CDC, which requested the mask mandate appeal, said “an order….remains necessary for the public health.”
Read more...Beer and Spirits Have More Detrimental Effects on the Waistline and on Cardiovascular Disease Risk than Red or White Wine
More evidence that moderate wine drinking is not harmful and can confer some health benefits.
Read more...Book Review: An Urgent Plea for Mental Health Care Reform
In “Healing,” psychiatrist and former NIMH head Thomas Insel argues for a more nuanced plan to fight mental illness.
Read more...Abortion Foes Played the Long Game, And They Are Winning
The U.S. is sliding toward a future where abortion is criminalized. This “new normal” disproportionately hits low-income people of color
Read more...The Impact of Fox News on the US COVID-19 Vaccination Campaign
Is Fox responsible for America’s low vaccination rate?
Read more...Financial Times Screeches at China’s “Propaganda” for Sticking to Zero Covid Policy
A new article on how China is sticking to its zero Covid guns is revealing, and not in a good way.
Read more...Healthcare Expert Greg Travis Speaks About the Official Disappearing of COVID-19 Pandemic
Healthcare and technology expert Greg Travis gives a detailed account of how the officialdom has lied about Covid in the interest of profit.
Read more...Refurbished Walkers and Wheelchairs Fill Gaps Created by Supply Chain Problems
Yet more signs of commodity shortfalls: scarce walkers and other assistative devices, due to a shortage of aluminum
Read more...Speculating About the Botched Shanghai Lockdown
The Chinese have not given up on zero Covid, despite the continuing outbreak in Shanghai.
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