Medicare Advantage Plans Often Deny Coverage for Eligible, Necessary Care: Report
About 28 million older Americans have Medicare Advantage plans
Food Insecurity Tied to Delayed, Forgone Medical Care
Food insecurity during the pandemic disproportionately affected non-White and low-income individuals
Asthma, Atopy Risks Up in Offspring Born Via Infertility Treatment
Long-term follow-up of children shows increased asthma/allergy risk, independent of parental history of asthma and atopy
Use of Extrapolation Common in FDA New Drug Approvals
Extrapolation of the findings from pivotal clinical trials to the approved indication most common for disease severity
Health Care Employee Turnover Recovering
However, recovery is uneven, particularly among historically marginalized racial and ethnic groups
Less Than Half of U.S.-Based Clinical Trials Report Race/Ethnicity
Median combined enrollment of minority race/ethnicity groups was below corresponding population demographics based on census estimates
Despite Improvements, Disparities in Faculty Diversity Persist
Compared with U.S. demographic characteristics, female representation increased among clinical faculty, but URM representation decreased
CDC Director Walensky Announces Sweeping Review of Agency
Revamp would focus on improving the nation's public health workforce, data modernization, laboratory capacity, rapid response to outbreaks
Commercial-to-Medicare Hospital Price Ratios Stable 2012 to 2019
Trends in ratios varied considerably across hospital referral regions
WHO: 99 Percent of Planet’s Population Breathes Dirty Air
Air quality is the worst in WHO Eastern Mediterranean and Southeast Asia regions
