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Measles cases rose 20% worldwide in 2023, per new report

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Measles vaccination coverage globally has still not recovered to pre-Covid levels, a fact that contributed to a 20% increase in measles cases in 2023 over the previous year, according to a new report from the World Health Organization and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that was released Thursday.

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STAT+: Health care CEOs dialed back their pay in 2023. They still made $3.5 billion

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Health care stocks stumbled compared with the rest of the market in 2023. Even in a down year, the median health care CEO made 51 times the median American household income, which was around $81,000 in 2023. Companies missed their profit targets. Some CEOs even lost their bonuses. But the biggest names in health care still made $3.5

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Here are the worst biopharma CEOs of 2023

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If David Ricks is the best biopharma CEO of 2023 , then Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla is, unfortunately, the worst. Pfizer is this year’s anti-Eli Lilly. My annual Worst Biopharma CEO list is typically populated with blockheads and scoundrels. That’s not why Bourla is here. The reason is accountability.

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Substance use stayed at high levels in 2023, while vaping increased and smoking fell

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Rates of mental illness and substance use remained largely stable in 2023, according to federal data, underscoring the severity of the long-running U.S. mental health crisis and worst-in-the-world rates of illicit drug use. And while overall rates of nicotine use also remained roughly even, the way people consumed it shifted slightly.

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ALiEM AIR Series | Trauma 2023 Module

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2023.02.011 , PMID 36967275 Author information Chris Belcher, MD Editor, ALiEM AIR Series Assistant Professor and Assistant Program Director Department of Emergency Medicine University of Kentucky College of Medicine | Twitter | The post ALiEM AIR Series | Trauma 2023 Module appeared first on ALiEM. Ann Emerg Med. 2023;82(1):55-65.

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Health data breaches hit an all-time high in 2023

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It’s the standard notice many health care organizations are required to provide when your protected health information gets exposed — and in 2023, data leaks, hacks, and mishandling led more of them to be delivered than ever before.

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STAT+: The biggest health care deals of 2023

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That trend of vertical integration was on full display in 2023, a year when the country’s biggest pharmacy chain bought a primary care provider, and the biggest private insurer branched further into home health. Companies that were once just insurers or just pharmacies are tacking on new business lines.

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