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Viruses are the ultimate freeloaders. The best among them — influenza, smallpox and SARS-CoV-2 — spread easily among human hosts while delivering high mortality...

“Investigational” Is Payer Code for “Coverage Denied”

Gil Bashe, Medika Life Editor - February 18, 2021

Outside the pandemic, “investigational” remains payer code for denying reimbursement. In the case of treatment for chronic conditions, even FDA-approved digital-health and connected devices languish on waitlists for formulary inclusion.

Guns, Race, and Profit: The Pain of America’s Other Epidemic

Medika Life - August 29, 2025

BOGALUSA, La. — Less than a mile from a century-old mill that sustained generations in this small town north of New Orleans, 19-year-old Tajdryn...

Houston Methodist Hospital Will Fire Employees Who Do not Get a Covid-19 Vaccine

Dr Jeff Livingston - April 29, 2021

Houston Methodist Hospital system will terminate employees who do not get a Covid-19 vaccine

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