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‘They Won’t Help Me’: Sickest Patients Face Insurance Denials Despite Policy Fixes

In 2023, Sheldon Ekirch was diagnosed with small fiber neuropathy, which makes her limbs and muscles feel as if they’re on fire. Specialists recommended a series of infusions to ease her pain, but her insurer refused to pay for the expensive treatment, which it says is “not considered medically necessary.”

What Does It Say About Your Neighborhood If the Supermarket Isn’t So Super?

This story is authored by By Chaseedaw Giles and appeared on KHN News. It appeared originally in The Boston Globe and is republished with permission. Though...

An Ageing Population Underlines Need for New Strategies to Improve Uptake of Adult Pneumococcal Immunisation

The following article is based on expert discussions taken from the MSD Pneumococcal Vaccination Policy Roundtable that took place in Cape Town, South Africa...

Kennedy’s Biggest Challenge Isn’t Vaccines, It’s Medical Indoctrination

The health impacts of the mandated 16 vaccines (spread over 72 doses, before the age of 18) have never enjoyed close scrutiny.