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COVID-19 hospitalizations could result in high out-of-pocket spending for commercially insured consumer-directed health plan enrollees

Costs for COVID-19 High With Consumer-Directed Health Plans

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Out-of-pocket costs high for consumer-directed health plan enrollees, especially younger individuals
Safety climate perceptions are associated with care practitioner-reported stress and job satisfaction

Safety Climate Perceptions Linked to Health Provider Stress

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Nurses have poorest safety perceptions, lowest job satisfaction, and highest reported stress
An inhaled version of the antiviral drug remdesivir will soon be tested outside a hospital setting

Inhaled Remdesivir May Allow COVID-19 Patients to Be Treated at Home

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Currently, the drug has to be given intravenously through daily infusions in the hospital
Two lots of Children's Robitussin Honey Cough and Chest Congestion DM and one lot of Children's Dimetapp Cold and Cough have been recalled because they have incorrect dosing cups that could put children at risk for an overdose.

Children’s Robitussin Honey Cough and Chest Congestion DM Recalled

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Dosing cups missing some graduation markings
The National Institutes of Health announced Saturday that a clinical trial evaluating hydroxychloroquine for the treatment of COVID-19 has been stopped because the drug likely provides no benefit.

NIH Stops Hydroxychloroquine Trial

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Although there was no harm, data and safety monitoring board found the drug 'very unlikely to be beneficial'
Sugar-sweetened beverage tax designs are expected to generate substantial health gains and cost savings

Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Tax Will Generate Health Gains

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Volume tax would prevent 850,000 CVD and 269,000 diabetes cases, save $53.2 billion in net costs
Metabolic traits associated with adult diabetes risk may be detectable by age 8 years

Adult T2DM Susceptibility May Be Identifiable in Children

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Subtle differences in metabolic features of young people seen from 8 to 25 years of age
Social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic has not led to an overall increase in loneliness among Americans

No Big Increase Seen in Loneliness During U.S. COVID-19 Outbreak

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Overall, older adults reported less loneliness compared with younger age groups
COVID-19 should be suspected when patients present with a severe reduction of taste and smell in the absence of severe nasal obstruction

Taste, Smell Dysfunction With COVID-19 Can Be Severe

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Reduced taste and/or smell without severe nasal obstruction may be early sign of COVID-19 infection
For patients with chronic low back pain

Tanezumab Improves Pain, Function in Chronic Low Back Pain

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Low back pain intensity at week 16 was improved with tanezumab 10 mg versus placebo