Bad flu season reaches a record high 

Click for more news from The Hill {Beacon} Health Care The Big Story The bad flu season has reached record levels, with other respiratory illnesses like COVID-19, RSV and whooping cough, along with more serious flu strains, the percentage of people visiting their doctors for flu-like illnesses has reached … Source link

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U.S. opens tariff probe targeting Germany’s drug pricing policies

The U.S. has launched an investigation into Germany’s pharma policies over what it referred to as “persistent underpayment” for medicines as the European country looks to limit spiraling healthcare costs, including spending on drugs.  “President Trump has made clear that American patients should not be shouldering a disproportionate share of global pharmaceutical research and development,”…

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Lawmakers dig in heels as shutdown deadline looms

The MPs of both the parties dug in their heel shoes on the demands of government funding before a meeting between President Trump and Congress leaders this week, the purpose of a shutdown this week. During various interviews on Sunday political affairs programs, Republican and Democratic leaders indicated that the health care subsidies set for…

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