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  • Improving Liver Health for People Who Inject Drugs

    data from 2006 to 2019, found a particular value to participants in low-barrier access to care – a mainstay It’s also important to recognize a particular failure in federal funding focuses in entities that may For example, most “good Samaritan” laws maintain a carve out of exception for drug dealers in reporting backlash by way of moralizing substance use rather than viewing substance use as a health condition), many still maintain paraphernalia laws which means patients engaging with syringe exchange programs can be

  • Payer-Denied PrEP Fails Black Women and Marginalized Communities

    However, this critical protection remains alarmingly out of reach for many, especially Black women, due uncovered costs represent tangible hurdles, keeping potentially life-saving medication inaccessible for many Alexis Perkins' story is not unique; it reflects the experiences of many individuals navigating a healthcare Will we maintain a system that actively undermines the health and futures of its most vulnerable?

  • The Promise of a Cure - Why Are We Still Failing People with HCV

    Historically, the high cost of DAAs led many state Medicaid programs to implement restrictive coverage of 966 DAA treatment courses per 100,000 Medicaid beneficiaries per quarter compared to states that maintained While many states have eased restrictions on DAAs, the JAMA Health Forum study revealed that these policy However, even in states that do have syringe exchange programs, access can vary widely, with many programs Biden Administration's proposed HCV elimination plan offers a transformative framework for addressing many

  • Influenza, and Bird Flu, and TB, Oh My!

    Many hospitals have implemented temporary visitor restrictions in response to rising influenza cases, As we face multiple concurrent disease threats, maintaining public confidence in science-based interventions community must grapple with several pressing questions: How can state and local health departments maintain What role should professional organizations and academic institutions play in maintaining disease surveillance As federal expertise drains, alternative networks may need to fill critical gaps.

  • Federal Antitrust Retreat Threatens Patient Access

    His May 12, 2025 "Most Favored Nation" executive order declared "We're going to totally cut out the famous FTC Chair Andrew Ferguson reversed his initial recusal in April 2025 to maintain quorum, with evidentiary People living with chronic conditions may find robust protections in California or New York while facing Hospital Corporation of America, despite $7 billion in profits, maintains staffing ratios 30% lower than intensive state-level engagement while supporting targeted federal initiatives like PBM reform that maintain

  • Patients Still at Risk - The State of Copay Accumulator Adjustment Policies in 2025

    However, the high cost of these medications—even for those with insurance—has prompted many to seek assistance individual market health plans in all 50 states and D.C. found that in 39 states, at least one insurer maintains This enforcement gap means many insurance plans continue to include CAAPs in 2025, leaving patients exposed

  • CROI 2026: The Tools Are Here. The Infrastructure Is Not.

    ARTISTRY-1 trial results at CROI 2026, showing that a bictegravir/lenacapavir single-tablet regimen maintained Merck's once-monthly oral PrEP candidate MK-8527 selected an 11 mg dose maintaining protective drug levels and ARTISTRY-2 trials demonstrated that a bictegravir/lenacapavir (BIC/LEN) single-tablet regimen can maintain neutralizing antibody, or bNAb) given as an IV infusion every four months plus monthly cabotegravir maintained to switch from daily pills to bimonthly long-acting cabotegravir/rilpivirine (CAB+RPV LA), with 95% maintaining

  • The Great American Recovery Needs More Than a Slogan

    These drugs target the brain's mesolimbic reward pathways, and emerging research indicates they may modulate As Penn Medicine researchers have observed, "many who struggle with addiction are multiply marginalized In May 2020, HHS Office for Civil Rights Director Roger Severino secured an agreement with West Virginia The FY2026 appropriations bill maintains Section 525, the longstanding prohibition on using federal funds The Bipartisan Policy Center notes this approach may invite Fair Housing Act lawsuits, since conditioning

  • The Last Clean Snapshot: What the CDC's 2024 HIV Data Tells Us About What Comes Next

    Control and Prevention (CDC) released its National HIV Prevention and Care Objectives: 2026 Update on May On May 20, 2026, the House Appropriations Committee released its FY27 Transportation, Housing and Urban adults opted to switch from daily pills to bimonthly long-acting cabotegravir/rilpivirine, with 95% maintaining

  • Community Roundtable Defines the Shape of Public Health Advocacy Amid COVID-19

    rulings and legislators’ willingness to consider the crucial role “legacy” public health programs play in maintaining monitoring of COVID transmission metrics when planning in-person events, regardless of how big or small they may Katie also briefly discussed how the Dobbs (abortion) ruling may impact domestic public health programs

  • The Future is Now: Welcome to the Age of Injectables

    The excitement extended from a sense of no longer needing daily tablets (pills) in order to maintain FDA approval of Cabenuva.ViiV Healthcare understands the transformative nature of Cabenuva and the many We will be educating HCPs on how to identify appropriate patients who may prefer or benefit from an option miss a monthly injection by more than 7 days, once daily oral tablets of cabotegravir and rilpivirine may Barger and Brakebill pointed out that for many rural counties, the health department may be the only

  • Beyond Medication: Tech Advances in Care Delivery

    tool, much hope and concern rests on the horizon of health-in-your-hand-and-on-demand.In this, as with many Garfield Benjamin gives a deeper dive into the history and context of these concerns, many already experienced , the possibility of delivery to your door within the hour of an appointment is deeply appealing to many proprietary App functions and into the broadest approach to this space to ensure consumer trust is maintained developments, and ensure our technology reflects our values as communities, not just that of those who may

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