• The Strategic National Stockpile, the nation’s huge medicine cabinet, explained : NPR
    Medicine

    The Strategic National Stockpile, the nation’s huge medicine cabinet, explained : NPR

    One of the warehouses where stockpiled medicine, and medical supplies, are kept. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Responses hide caption toggle caption U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Responses One of the warehouses where stockpiled medicine, and medical supplies, are kept. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Responses Surges in COVID-19, the flu and other respiratory illnesses are forcing the U.S. government to do something it normally reserves for emergencies: release hoards of stockpiled Tamiflu to states in dire need of more flu medicine. The move from the Department of Health…

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  • Amazon will acquire One Medical in its latest health care endeavor : NPR
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    Amazon will acquire One Medical in its latest health care endeavor : NPR

    Amazon said it will acquire the primary care organization One Medical for $3.9 billion. Michael Sohn/AP hide caption toggle caption Michael Sohn/AP Amazon said it will acquire the primary care organization One Medical for $3.9 billion. Michael Sohn/AP Amazon plans to buy the primary care organization One Medical in a nearly $4 billion deal, adding to the growing list of the tech giant’s acquisitions and attempts to expand its reach in the health care industry. “We think health care is high on the list of experiences that need reinvention,” Neil Lindsay, senior vice president of Amazon Health Services, said in a statement last week. One Medical is a membership-based primary…

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  • A U.S. pediatricians’ group is trying to eliminate race-based medical guidance : NPR
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    A U.S. pediatricians’ group is trying to eliminate race-based medical guidance : NPR

    A pediatrician examines a newborn baby in her clinic in Chicago on Tuesday in 2019. In a new policy statement released Monday, the American Academy of Pediatrics says it is putting all its guidance under the microscope to eliminate “race-based” medicine and resulting health disparities. Amr Alfiky/AP hide caption toggle caption Amr Alfiky/AP A pediatrician examines a newborn baby in her clinic in Chicago on Tuesday in 2019. In a new policy statement released Monday, the American Academy of Pediatrics says it is putting all its guidance under the microscope to eliminate “race-based” medicine and resulting health disparities. Amr Alfiky/AP For years, pediatricians have followed flawed guidelines linking race to…

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