Healthcare News: Malaria Vaccine, COVID Drug, Ex-NBA Fraud, and Resident Protests
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1. WHO recommends Malaria Vaccine
- initially started as pilot program, reached 800K kids in Ghana, Kenya and Malawi
- now recommends for widespread use, 4 doses starting at 5 months
- not shown to impact any other vaccines kids get at that age
2. Covid Drug (good video and summary)
- Merck released interim clinical trial data for monupiravir which showed 50% decrease in mortality in covid patients
- waiting on FDA approval, first oral antiviral
- countries purchased USA, Singapore, Australia
-775 patients in Merck's study looked at hospitalizations or deaths among people at risk for severe disease. It found that 7.3% of those given molnupiravir twice a day for five days were hospitalized and none had died by 29 days after treatment. That compared with a hospitalization rate of 14.1% for placebo patients. There were also eight deaths in the placebo group.
3. 18 ex-nba charged in healthcare fraud
- Terrence william is scheme master, provided fake invoices to other players
- fake invoices for medical reimbursement
- 4 million claimed, about 2.5 million reimbursed over 3 years
Beats: Jaze Beats by John Echols
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