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Opinion: There is no epidemic of autism. It’s an epidemic of need

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This is a significant increase from the 2021 estimate of 1 in 44 , which was a big jump from 1 in 110 in 2006. In a pair of new reports — one focused on 8-year-olds and one on 4-year-olds — the CDC found that 1 out of every 36 children has autism. This increase may sound scary. There is no “epidemic of autism.”

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STAT+: Drug may make chemotherapies less effective in cancer patients with obesity — but many doctors are in the dark

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At issue is a medicine called posaconazole that was approved in 2006 in the U.S. The information, however, is not in the label because the drug — originally manufactured by Merck — was never fully tested in this population. And the company has refused to update the language. but is now also sold by generic companies.

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Opinion: What the public might learn from Kate Middleton, the latest ‘famous patient’

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By the time I wrote my book , “When Illness Goes Public: Celebrity Patients and How We Look at Medicine” in 2006, there were hundreds of stories of famous patients I could have told. But things began to change in the early 20th century.

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STAT+: Dana-Farber retracts string of studies in systematic review of data integrity

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An ongoing investigation into data integrity at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute has resulted in a string of retractions, the latest of which is a 2006 Science paper co-authored by institute president and CEO Laurie Glimcher.

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STAT+: New NIH head says government has fallen behind pharma on clinical trials

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Industry-sponsored trials increased 43% from 2006 to 2014, while newly registered NIH-funded trials decreased 24% over the same period. ” A Johns Hopkins University study published in 2015 showed that the pharmaceutical industry funds six times more clinical trials than the government. Continue to STAT+ to read the full story…

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STAT+: Teva agrees to pay $450 million to settle kickback and price-fixing allegations

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The kickback case began four years ago when the Department of Justice accused Teva of using the foundations to ensure that, from 2006 through 2017, Medicare patients did not have to make a copayment or deductible for the Copaxone multiple sclerosis drug. At the same time, Teva steadily raised the price of its drug by thousands of dollars.

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STAT+: Congress extends some pandemic preparedness programs, but not all

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The Pandemic All-Hazards Preparedness Act was a Bush administration priority that Congress passed in 2006 to help the government respond to nuclear and biological attacks and naturally occurring threats, such as pandemics. That temporary funding measure also extended a few programs that are part of the Pandemic All-Hazards Preparedness Act.

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