EMCrit Project

MARCH 15, 2025

I've seen the following sequence of events several times. I can't prove the exact causality, but I have a strong suspicion about what is going on here. You can be the judge. clinical presentation A patient presents for management of a pleural effusion. A pigtail chest drain is inserted without difficulty or complication. The drain […] EMCrit Project by Josh Farkas.

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STAT

MARCH 15, 2025

In an instant, more than 1,000 patients at my health care clinic outside Nairobi lost access to lifesaving HIV treatments. Thousands more could no longer receive treatment for tuberculosis or contraception that prevents teenage pregnancies, hurting the well-being of our communities and threatening the progress we’ve made in their medical care.

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Health Care Clinics 255

STAT

MARCH 15, 2025

A U.K. government proposal to raise mandatory rebates that drug companies are required to pay to bolster the National Health Service has sparked criticism from an industry trade group, which argues the move will undermine efforts to make life sciences a key pillar of the economy. At issue is a program called the statutory scheme, which was created several years ago and is one of two initiatives in which the government uses rebates to cap the cost of brand-name medicines for the NHS.

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