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Tuesday, November 24, 2020
TODAY ON THE BLOG

COVID-19

Factors That Shape Notification Of Health Care Outbreaks Of COVID-19
By Martha Ngoh, Kate Heyer, Maureen Tierney, Dawn Terashita, and Moon Kim

Collaborative and coordinated efforts between public health agencies and health care facilities to manage notification of COVID-19 outbreaks in health care facilities can help prevent and control the spread of the virus. Read More >>


DISPARITIES

Ten Urgent Reforms To Protect The CDC And FDA From Harmful Political Interference
By Peter Suwondo, Timothy Westmoreland, and Howard P. Forman

Confidence in our health agencies is key to saving lives, and we have seen the damage that comes from their politicization. The time has come to ensure that nothing similar ever happens again. Read More >>


PHARMACEUTICALS & MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY

Balancing Lower US Prescription Drug Prices And Innovation—Part 1
By Steven M. Lieberman, Paul B. Ginsburg, and Kavita Patel

An expert panel convened by the USC-Brookings Schaeffer Initiative for Health Policy recently explored the implications of lower US drug prices on pharmaceutical innovation and ways to minimize adverse effects. Read More >>
IN THE JOURNAL

FAST TRACK AHEAD OF PRINT: COVID-19

Ensuring Equitable Access To COVID-19 Vaccines In The US: Current System Challenges And Opportunities
By Angela K. Shen, Richard Hughes IV, Erica DeWald, Sara Rosenbaum, Amy Pisani, and Walt Orenstein

Angela Shen of Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and coauthors offer recommendations to public and private leaders to help ensure equitable access to all who are recommended for COVID-19 vaccination, regardless of ability to pay, where people live, or historic or systemic limitations to health care. Read More >>
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A CLOSER LOOK—Drug Importation

 This week Florida’s governor formally asked the Department of Health and Human Services to allow the state to import prescription drugs from Canada. In a September blog post, Rachel Sachs reviewed the Trump administration’s final rule, which promised to make importation possible. But, she explained, legal questions about its implementation remain before the courts.
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