Through investments made by the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act (BSCA), the grants will be awarded to 20 states of up to $2.5 million to support the implementation, improvement and expansion of school-based health services through Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP).
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Antiretroviral Therapy Tamed the HIV/AIDS Epidemic. The Mortality Stats Show It.
January 28th 2024Data from 17 longitudinal studies of adults with HIV treated with antiretroviral therapy how that proportion of deaths caused by AIDS has fallen from nearly 50% to 16% and that all-cause mortality has been sliced in half.
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Trodelvy Falls Short As NSCLC Treatment, Taking Some of the Shine Off Antibody-Drug Conjugates
January 23rd 2024Gilead's share price fell 10% today after it announced that Trodelvy, an antibody-drug conjugate, failed to meet its overall survival end point in a trial testing it as treatment for metatstatic non-small cell lung cancer.
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Vtama Is Getting Ready to Elbow Its Way Into the Crowded Field of Atopic Dermatitis Medications
January 19th 2024The FDA approved Dermavant Science's Vtama (tapinarof cream) last year as a treatment for plaque psoriasis. Sales have been disappointing, according to press reports. Will Vtama, which has a different mechanism of action than the current batch of topical medications for atopic dermatitis, fare better in the atopic dermatitis market?
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