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Population immunity is required in order to beat COVID-19. According to an opinion piece by Michael Criqui and Robert M. Kaplan on NPR, a quicker end to the pandemic requires two policy changes: delaying inoculation of those with prior COVID-19 infections, and temporarily widening the interval between the vaccine doses.

Preliminary results from a safety clinical trial show an increased risk of serious heart-related problems and cancer with the rheumatoid arthritis and ulcerative colitis medicine Xeljanz.

Payer strains now top the list of stressors facing oncologists, with prior authorization as the most-cited source of that payer stress.

The COPD Foundation is calling for a change in clinical trial design that would test experimental therapies in subsets of patients.

Employees of Kroger Co. who receive a COVID-19 vaccine will be rewarded with a $100 bonus, according to the supermarket giant.

Mobile Healthcare Services has launched in Massachusetts, offering a variety of customized COVID-19 testing program options and conducting more than 30,000 mobile COVID-19 tests per month to help mitigate the spread of the novel coronavirus.

Johnson & Johnson formally requested an emergency use authorization for its one-dose vaccine, AstraZeneca reports data that show its vaccine is protective against the B.1.1.7 variant and other COVID-19 vaccine news last week.

Johnson & Johnson submitted its single-shot COVID-19 vaccine to U.S. regulators recently for emergency use authorization after the vaccine was shown to be effective against illness and preventing severe disease and death.

Dorit Rubinstein Reiss and Arthur L. Caplan contributed a recent editorial to Health Affairs discussing how healthcare workers with temporary, unpleasant side effect from COVID-19 vaccines deserve appropriate time off without having to use up their regular sick leave or paid time off.

She helped launch the ACA as a top Obama administration official.

Based on results of the VISION study, the FDA has granted accelerated approval to tepotinib for MET exon 14 skipping altered metastatic non–small cell lung cancer.

Greater investment in AI and data security are among the keys.

Costs for electronic processing have decreased as costs for manual and partially electronic transactions have increased, resulting in opportunities to save $16.3 billion in the future.

In this episode of Tuning In to the C-Suite, MHE Associate Editor Briana Contreras spoke with Associate Dean for Equity Inclusion and Research Professor in the College of Nursing at Penn State University, Dr. Sheldon Fields. He is also the first Vice President for the National Black Nurses Association. In celebration of Black History Month, the two discussed racial equity in healthcare and what is being done for patients and nurses of color toward the improvement of the racial and health disparities that take place in care.

The findings suggest patients with HIV should be recategorized to "increased risk" when looking at COVID-19 underlying medical conditions.

Managed care organizations must ensure that all of their members—including their youngest—receive the most equitable start in life. Here’s how to get started.

Sports have been impacted by the pandemic from professional leagues, to youth and school activities, and even sports medicine. According to Aaron Smith, CEO of orthopedic medtech company, Artelon, sports medicine has become less about bones and muscle, and more about epidemiology.

CVS Health will begin to offer COVID-19 vaccinations February 11 to eligible populations, specifically those in underserved populations, at a limited number of CVS Pharmacy locations across 11 states in the United States.

The pandemic has led to the adoption of telehealth and greater access to care through apps.

Aurinia’s Lupkynis, used in combination with a background immunosuppressive therapy regimen, is available now.

Biosimilars may reduce healthcare costs.

Generic drugs account for 90% of the prescriptions filled in the United States. They are the backbone of healthcare providers’ treatment protocol and they are remarkably cost effective: despite being 90% of the prescriptions filled, generics account for only 20% of drug spending.

Commercial health insurance plan enrollees are more likely to take glucose-lowering medications.

Potential ACA marketplace enrollees are younger and likely to be healthier on average

Johnson & Johnson and a Maryland biotech company announced phase 3 results. Other COVID-19 vaccine news: WHO changes its advice for pregnant women, unofficial websites for looking up where you can get vaccinated, a call to stop hospital board members and donors from jumping the queue.

In this second part of a two-part video series, MHE Senior Editor Peter Wehrwein and Associate Editor Briana Contreras speak with Perry Cohen, Pharm. D., CEO of The Pharmacy Group. Perry has been on MHE's Editorial Advisory Board for over 25 years and has contributed a number of interviews and guest articles toward the publication. In this discussion, Briana, Peter and Perry talked about Sweden, Japan and the United States' response to COVID-19 and Cohen addresses the U.S.'s response under the new President Joe Biden Administration.