Pharmacy
Each year opioid overdose, misuse and dependence account for $35 billion in healthcare costs.
One dose every 12 hours for five days reduces the rate of hospitalization or death due to COVID-19 by nearly 90%, Pfizer says.
New data submission requirements include information on average monthly premiums and drug spending for patients.
Workplace transmission is high and vaccination is the most effective mitigation measure, physician group says.
Pfizer and BioNTech are seeking an amended EUA to give the booster vaccine to all individuals 18 and older.
The lawsuit calls the mandate unconstitutional and unlawful, while the administration sees it as necessary to combat the spread of COVID-19.
Many of the healthcare provisions are in the Build Back Better Act, which will go to a vote the week of November 15.
Emergency regulation pertains to the 76,000 providers which receive Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement.
Distribution of the pediatric vaccinations started this week, with plans to scale up to full capacity starting the week of November 8.
Vaccines may be distributed as early as this week after the CDC signs off on their use.