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States Target School Cell Phone Use At least four states have banned or severely restricted the use of smart phones in schools in the current legislative biennium. Florida became the first state to do...
Compounded Weight-Loss Drugs Creating Headaches for State Regulators With popular weight-loss drugs like Mounjaro, Ozempic and Wegovy in short supply, many doctors, pharmacies and other providers have...
In their seminal book on the American health care system, legendary investigative reporters Donald L. Barlett and James B. Steele offered a disturbing metaphor for the illogical nature of medical pricing...
PA Lawmakers Pass Bill Regulating PBMs The Pennsylvania legislature passed a bill ( HB 1993 ) aimed at increasing oversight of pharmacy benefit managers. If signed by Gov. Josh Shapiro (D), the measure...
In a sign of the times, states have begun pursuing bills that require disclosure of the use of artificial intelligence. In March, Utah Gov. Spencer Cox (R) signed SB 149 , making the state the first...
In spite of a 2016 federal law requiring child-resistant packaging on bottles of liquid nicotine used in e-cigarettes, or vapes, reported cases of vaping-related nicotine exposure reached an all-time high last year.
U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), co-sponsor of the 2016 measure, said he aims to expand the child-resistant packaging requirement to include disposable and pod-based e-cigarettes. The current law doesn’t require protective packaging on e-cigarette devices themselves.
Several states, including California, New York and Utah, have also banned some or all flavored e-cigarettes. A study published in 2021 showed that e-cigarette sales overall declined 25 percent to 31 percent in states that imposed such bans. (KFF HEALTH NEWS)
The number of shares of company stock held by medical device companies’ CEOs has a bearing on the speed at which the companies issue recalls, according to a new study. The larger the CEO’s ownership stake, the slower the recalls are in coming. (WALL STREET JOURNAL)
Loans issued to nursing homes during the COVID-19 pandemic under the federal Paycheck Protection Program may have helped the facilities deal with staffing shortages, according to a new study. The study didn’t indicate if the loans resolved such shortages, but it did show that staffing hours increased at the facilities that used them. (19TH NEWS)
—Compiled by SNCJ Managing Editor KOREY CLARK
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