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Medicare Coverage of Major Pain Procedures May End
One in five Americans with chronic pain could soon lose access to evidence-based interventions that have been around for decades. Impending changes in Medicare coverage threaten access to local anesthetic blockade or “peripheral nerve block” procedures. Medicare administrative providers across the country have recently proposed eliminating coverage of these minimally invasive, non-opioid treatment options for […]
The FDA approves the Novavax coverage vaccine after delay
Helen Branswell covers questions largely linked to infectious diseases, including epidemics, preparation, research and the development of vaccines. Follow it on Mastodon and Bluesky. You can reach Helen on signal at Hbranswell.01. The Food and Drug Administration finally approved the COVVI-19 Novavax vaccine, but in doing so, this imposed restrictions on its two competitors on […]