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Little Rock teachers union votes to resume in-person classes

September 29, 2020

Andrew Demillo, Associated Press

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9:47 pm PDT, Monday, September 28, 2020

FILE – In this Monday, Aug. 24, 2020, file photo, fifth-grader Marcques Haley, 10, gets his temperature checked by school nurse Rachel White before entering Stephens Elementary School in Little Rock, Ark. The Little Rock teachers union said Sunday, Sept. 27, 2020, that its members won’t show up for in-person classes due to concerns about the spread of coronavirus in schools. (Tommy Metthe/The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette via AP, File) less

FILE – In this Monday, Aug. 24, 2020, file photo, fifth-grader Marcques Haley, 10, gets his temperature checked by school nurse Rachel White before entering Stephens Elementary School in Little Rock, Ark. The … more

Photo: Tommy Metthe, AP

FILE – In this Monday, Aug. 24, 2020, file photo, fifth-grader Marcques Haley, 10, gets his temperature checked by school nurse Rachel White before entering Stephens Elementary School in Little

BrightTALK Partners with The Center for Health Affairs and CHAMPS Healthcare to Launch Global Healthcare Initiative

September 29, 2020

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COVID-19 Leadership Series begins September 29

BrightTALK, the virtual event platform that brings professionals and businesses together to learn and grow, in partnership with The Center for Health Affairs and CHAMPS, is launching the COVID-19 Leadership Series, a virtual initiative that delivers thought-provoking commentary and insights from a renowned group of global healthcare experts. The series begins on September 29 and will continue through 2021.

The COVID-19 Leadership Series marks the start of a global collaboration between BrightTALK, The Center for Health Affairs and CHAMPS, which have joined forces to create a virtual event program that fosters conversation throughout the healthcare supply chain and continuum of care, from biotech, biomed, pharma and payers, to government, policy, associations, providers and patients.

The series opener on September 29, “COVID-19’s Role in Federal Policy and the Upcoming Election,” will feature a dynamic discussion between Brian Lane, President and CEO, The Center for Health

Michael Porter of Harvard Business School has Joined the Board of Directors of ExThera Medical Corporation

September 29, 2020

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Michael Porter, Ph.D., has joined the board of directors of ExThera Medical Corporation, a privately held medical technology company focused on the therapeutic reduction of drug-resistant pathogens and sepsis mediators in whole blood. ExThera’s Seraph^® 100 Microbind^® Affinity Blood Filter (Seraph 100) has a CE Mark in Europe for the treatment of a wide range of bloodstream infections. In the USA Seraph 100 has Emergency Use Authorization from FDA, where it is being used successfully in the treatment of COVID-19 patients, many of whom are critically ill.

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Michael Porter (Photo: Business Wire)

Professor Porter, the Bishop William Lawrence University Professor at Harvard Business School, is recognized as a leading authority on competitive strategy, the competitiveness and economic development of nations and regions, and the application of competition and strategy principles to address social problems such as health

Tilray Reports Positive Results For Medical Marijuana In Chemotherapy Patients

September 29, 2020

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New research indicates that marijuana could alleviate some of the worst effects experienced by cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy. Tilray (NASDAQ:TLRY) announced Monday that a clinical trial in Australia has demonstrated positive results in reducing the nausea and vomiting common to people enduring such treatments for their illness.

The phase 2 study comprised 81 patients, who were dosed three times per day with capsules of either marijuana supplied by Tilray or a placebo, according to an entry in the Annals of Oncology. This was accompanied by dosing with antiemetics, i.e. medications that suppress nausea and vomiting. The researchers found “significant improvement” in the control of those reactions.

Tilray specified that a quarter of the study’s participants taking the marijuana experienced no vomiting or nausea at all, against 14% of those who were administered the placebo.

There were, however, side effects such as dizziness and drowsiness, which were reported in around one-third

Medical historian compares today’s outbreak to the 1918 flu pandemic

September 29, 2020

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Members of the American Red Cross remove influenza victims in 1918.

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In less than nine months, the coronavirus has quickly spread to more than 33 million people across the globe, killing more than 1 million and becoming the third-leading cause of death in the United States, behind only heart disease and cancer.

There is nothing in recent history that compares to a contagious crisis of this magnitude, according to historians who study infectious diseases and disasters. The H1N1 flu pandemic in 2009 infected an estimated 60.8 million people in its first year, but the virus wasn’t nearly as severe as Covid-19, killing between 151,700 and 575,400 worldwide, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. MERS, another coronavirus that emerged in 2012, was much deadlier than Covid but significantly less infectious with only 2,494 reported cases.

Covid-19 is “a

FDA Warns Against Taking High Doses of OTC Allergy Medications

September 29, 2020

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FDA issues health warning prompted by TikTok challenge
‘Benadryl Challenge’ on TikTok first appeared in May
Three teenagers were hospitalized, one died from taking the challenge

TikTok is in trouble with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) weeks after one of its trends, the ‘Benadryl challenge,’ led to the hospitalization of three teens in Texas.

The ‘Benadryl challenge’ encourages audiences to take high doses of over-the-counter (OTC) allergy medications to induce hallucinations. The FDA issued a statement, citing deaths and mishaps with teenagers due to the TikTok trend. The trend first appeared on the app in May.

“The U.S. FDA is warning that taking higher-than-recommended doses of the common OTC allergy medicine diphenhydramine (Benadryl) can lead to serious heart problems, seizures, coma or even death. We are aware of news reports of teenagers ending up in emergency rooms or dying after participating in the Benadryl challenge,” the

BrainStorm Appoints William K. White as Senior Vice President, Head of Market Access & Pricing

September 29, 2020

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Company continues building its executive team and commercial capabilities prior to ALS Phase 3 clinical trial completion and topline data readout in Q4 2020

NEW YORK, Sept. 29, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — BrainStorm Cell Therapeutics Inc. (NASDAQ: BCLI), a leading developer of adult stem cell therapies for neurodegenerative diseases, announced today the appointment of William K. White as senior vice president, head of market access and pricing. Mr. White has more than 25 years’ experience in leading successful product commercialization and securing market access for innovative new medicines.

“Bill has an extensive track record working with public and private payers to help secure patient access to innovative therapies, and brings an important skill set to BrainStorm. His appointment is part of a strategic initiative to build a senior team with proven commercial capabilities,” commented Chaim Lebovits, BrainStorm’s Chief Executive Officer. “Bill’s experience will help us develop market access,

Could Your Medical Bills Make You Sick?

September 29, 2020

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Devin Barrington-Ward was doubled over with stomach pain. His chest hurt, too. Though his family urged him to call an ambulance and he was terrified that his condition was serious, Barrington-Ward had another concern on his mind: the expense. Uninsured, he knew he couldn’t afford the ambulance ride.

So his mother raced him to a hospital near his home in suburban Atlanta that day in January earlier this year. After several hours in the emergency room, where he saw numerous physicians and got a CT scan and other tests, Barrington-Ward was diagnosed with colitis. Not long after came the bill: almost $10,000. Though his health is better today, he says he’s still saddled with debt, and the side effects of that are significant.

I want to have a family and own a home.

DEVIN BARRINGTON-WARD, GEORGIA
Uninsured and facing almost $10,000 in ER bills, he had to reorder priorities.

For

White House reportedly pushed CDC hard to fall in line on sending kids to school, sought alternate safety data

September 29, 2020

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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention began working in early summer on guidance for sending children back to school, and the White House then “spent weeks trying to press public health professionals to fall in line with President Trump’s election-year agenda of pushing to reopen schools and the economy as quickly as possible,” The New York Times reported Monday night, citing documents and interviews with current and former government officials.

This “strikingly political intervention in one of the most sensitive public health debates of the pandemic” included searching for “alternate data” that suggested children were at little or no risk from the coronavirus, the Times reports, and trying to swap in guidance from a little-known Health and Human Services Department agency, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).

SAMHSA was focused on the emotional and mental health toll remote school could have on children, but CDC scientists

Nine in Ten Recovered COVID-19 Patients Experience Side-Effects, Study Shows | World News

September 29, 2020

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SEOUL (Reuters) – Nine in ten coronavirus patients reported experiencing side-effects such as fatigue, psychological after-effects and loss of smell and taste after they recovered from the disease, according to a preliminary study by South Korea.

The research comes as the global death toll from COVID-19 passed 1 million on Tuesday, a grim milestone in a pandemic that has devastated the global economy, overloaded health systems and changed the way people live.

In an online survey of 965 recovered COVID-19 patients, 879 people or 91.1% responded they were suffering at least one side-effect from the disease, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) official Kwon Jun-wook told a briefing.

Fatigue was the most common side-effect with 26.2% reading, followed by difficulty in concentration which had 24.6%, Kwon said.

Other after-effects included psychological or mental side-effects and loss of taste or smell.

Kim Shin-woo, professor of internal medicine at Kyungpook

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Category: Health News

Little Rock teachers union votes to resume in-person classes

BrightTALK Partners with The Center for Health Affairs and CHAMPS Healthcare to Launch Global Healthcare Initiative

Michael Porter of Harvard Business School has Joined the Board of Directors of ExThera Medical Corporation

Tilray Reports Positive Results For Medical Marijuana In Chemotherapy Patients

Medical historian compares today’s outbreak to the 1918 flu pandemic

FDA Warns Against Taking High Doses of OTC Allergy Medications

KEY POINTS

BrainStorm Appoints William K. White as Senior Vice President, Head of Market Access & Pricing

Could Your Medical Bills Make You Sick?

White House reportedly pushed CDC hard to fall in line on sending kids to school, sought alternate safety data

Nine in Ten Recovered COVID-19 Patients Experience Side-Effects, Study Shows | World News