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The end of the covid public health emergency could limit virtual prescribing Jan 13, 2023

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The Covid public healthemergency, which looks likely to end as soon as April, could curtail access to drugs used to treat substance use disorders and mental illnesses. Ben Leonard talks with Ruth Reader about what's holding the DEA back from setting up a special registration process.

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What Maine’s prisons taught Washington about fighting opioids Jan 12, 2023

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Federal officials are paying attention to promising programs emerging on the frontlines of the opioid epidemic — in prisons and jails. Krista Mahr talks with Ben Leonard about her report out of the Maine State Prison.

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Biden navigates the end of the Covid public health emergency Jan 11, 2023

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Alice Miranda Ollstein talks with Adam Cancryn about his report that senior Biden officials are targeting an end to the Covid-19 emergency designation, which would trigger a complex restructuring of major elements of the federal response.

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The fight over how to deliver bad news to patients Jan 10, 2023

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Ben Leonard talks with Lauren Gardner about the debate over HHS's directive requiring doctors to send patients test results before they have a chance to explain them.

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FDA approves second Alzheimer’s treatment Jan 09, 2023

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On Friday, the FDA granted accelerated approval to Leqembi, previously known as lecanemab, made by Eisai and Biogen. The drug is the second that targets amyloid proteins in the brain, which are thought to cause progressive dementia. Katherine Ellen Foley talks with Megan Messerly about the future of the drug.

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The state of mental health and substance use in the U.S. Jan 06, 2023

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According to the latest data from the HHS’ Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration annual survey, one in three Americans had a substance abuse disorder or mental illness in 2021. Lauren Gardner talks with Daniel Payne. Plus, Ben Leonard talks with Amy Abernethy, the former No. 2 at the Food and Drug Administration and now president of Verily’s clinical research business, about barriers to improving trials, the new Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health and more.

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The latest on XBB.1.5 Jan 05, 2023

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The coronavirus Omicron strain XBB.1.5, which has become the dominant strain in the U.S. in just a matter of weeks, could drive a new wave of cases, a World Health Organization official told reporters Wednesday. Lauren Gardner talks with Carmen Paun about what the WHO knows and what it doesn't — yet.

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Anti-abortion groups give House GOP a list of their demands Jan 04, 2023

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Katherine Ellen Foley talks with Alice Miranda Ollstein about the influx of new demands that anti-abortion groups have presented to the 118th Congress.

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What's next on the AI front in health care Dec 23, 2022

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Katherine Ellen Foley talks with Ruth Reader about the state of artificial intelligence in health care and why it hasn’t reached its promise yet.

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What we learned from the mpox outbreak Dec 22, 2022

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Carmen Paun talks with Daniel Payne about the trajectory of the mpox outbreak in 2022 and what lessons we can learn from it.

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