Business of Medicine News

• Police Arrest, Allegedly Target Medics at Twin Cities Protests Police shot rubber bullets into a medic station in Minneapolis and arrested volunteers providing first aid in St. Paul.
  Medscape Medical News, June 04, 2020
• ASCO 2020A Bumpy Virtual #ASCO20; Returning to Chicago in 2021? The world's largest oncology meeting went online to mixed reviews. Doubts and hopes coexist about an in-person meeting next year.
  Medscape Medical News, June 04, 2020
• WHO Pushes to Keep Ties With 'Generous' US Despite Trump's Exit Move The head of the WHO on Monday praised the United States' 'immense' and 'generous' contribution to global health in a push to salvage relations after President Donald Trump said he was severing ties with the UN agency.
  Reuters Health Information, June 01, 2020
• Wildlife Groups Up Pressure on Big Pharma to Curb Crab Blood Addiction Wildlife advocates are pushing drugmakers to curb the use of horseshoe crab blood by switching to a synthetic alternative for safety tests, including those needed before a COVID-19 vaccine can be used on humans.
  Reuters Health Information, June 01, 2020
• COVID-19 Update: HCQ Trial Resumes, Virus Not Weakening These are the coronavirus stories you need to know about today.
  Medscape Medical News, June 03, 2020
• The Push-Pull of Industry in Interventional Cardiovascular Trials While industry dollars are needed to push research forward, patients going into studies, often risking their lives, would be 'horrified' that people are spinning the results, one expert says.
  Medscape Medical News, June 03, 2020
• Out-of-Pocket Costs for Diabetes High, Not Always Due to Insulin Americans with diabetes who have private health insurance pay less out of pocket for insulin than for other diabetes-related supplies. Still, out-of-pocket costs average $2500 a year.
  Medscape Medical News, June 03, 2020
• COVID-19 Update: Protecting Against Retaliation, Fighting Injustice These are the coronavirus stories you need to know about today.
  Medscape Medical News, June 02, 2020
• US EPA Moves to Curb State Powers to Deny Permits for Energy Projects The US EPA chief signed on Monday a rule limiting state powers to block energy infrastructure projects, setting up a fight with some Democratic governors who say Washington is stripping their ability to combat climate change.
  Reuters Health Information, June 01, 2020
• US Court Refuses to Shield VW in Diesel Scandal Lawsuits A US appeals court ruled on Monday that Volkswagen AG cannot escape potential financial penalties from two counties in Florida and Utah that may amount to a 'staggering' additional liability arising from the German automaker's diesel emissions scandal.
  Reuters Health Information, June 01, 2020
• COVID-19: New Group Stands Up for Clinicians Facing Retaliation The new nonprofit, named Beacon, aims to highlight and protect the legal rights of medical professionals who speak out about PPE supply and other matters of public concern related to COVID-19.
  Medscape Medical News, June 02, 2020
• Third Lawsuit Filed in Deaths at West Virginia VA Hospital Lawsuits filed on patient deaths over wrongful insulin injections at a W.Va. veterans hospital. Federal prosecutors are probing up to 11 patient deaths at the hospital; two deaths ruled homicides.
  Associated Press, June 02, 2020
• What Are the Options for Training Contact Tracers? Hundreds of thousands of people — both clinicians and laypeople — have leapt at the chance to sign up for training.
  Medscape Medical News, June 02, 2020
• Gilead Trades That Made Millions on COVID-19 Drug News Raise Eyebrows Well-timed trades in Gilead Sciences Inc's options ahead of good news on the biopharmaceutical company's COVID-19 drug treatment may draw regulatory scrutiny, experts said.
  Reuters Health Information, June 01, 2020
• Docs' Group Confronts ICE Over 'Dangers of Detention' From COVID-19 Members of Doctors for Camp Closure have been protesting at ICE detention facilities around the country to draw attention to the plight of detainees during the time of COVID-19.
  Medscape Medical News, June 01, 2020
• CMSC 2020Telerehabilitation May Be Effective in MS Telerehabilitation is safe, may offer functional benefits comparable to those of outpatient rehabilitation for patients with MS and impaired mobility, and also saves time and travel costs.
  Medscape Medical News, June 01, 2020
• Trump Says Terminating US Relationship With World Health Organization Over Virus US President Donald Trump on Friday said he is terminating the US relationship with the World Health Organization over its handling of the coronavirus, saying the WHO had essentially become a puppet organization of China.
  Reuters Health Information, May 29, 2020
• COVID-19: Where Doctors Can Get Help for Emotional Distress Many physicians say the traumatic experiences of being on the front line leave them mentally exhausted, guilt-ridden, and depressed. Here's where to find resources to help your mental health at this time.
  Medscape Medical News, June 01, 2020
• ASCO 2020Oncology Care Model Reduces Costs but Savings Are Modest The Oncology Care Model was associated with lower costs for certain cancers, but these savings were offset by the administrative costs of the program.
  Medscape Medical News, June 01, 2020
• COVID-19 Daily: Curve Flattened, Earlier Community Spread These are the coronavirus stories you need to know about today.
  Medscape Medical News, May 29, 2020