Medicare officials say costly Alzheimer’s drug to blame for large monthly jump in premium

Medicare officials say costly Alzheimer’s drug to blame for large monthly jump in premium

The increase guarantees that health care will gobble up a big chunk of the recently announced Social Security cost-of-living allowance, a boost that had worked out to $92 a month for the average retired worker, intended to help cover rising prices for gas and food that are pinching seniors.

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Virginia pharmacy is no longer allowed to administer COVID-19 vaccines after MORE THAN 100 children were given the wrong dose

Virginia pharmacy is no longer allowed to administer COVID-19 vaccines after MORE THAN 100 children were given the wrong dose

‘If you give a full adult dose of [a drug] to a very small child, their liver or kidneys may not be able to manage that full dose,’ Dr Stanley Spinner, chief medical officer at Texas Children’s Hospital, told NBC.

Why won’t the US medical establishment “believe women”? Covid-19 vaccines do not warn about menstrual disruption

Why won’t the US medical establishment “believe women”? Covid-19 vaccines do not warn about menstrual disruption

As the National Institute for Health (NIH) stated in May 2021: “While anecdotal first person reports of menstrual changes in response to SARS-CoV-2 vaccines exist, these associations, and their long-term consequences, have not been investigated in a rigorous or systematic manner. Clinical trials for the Pfizer, Moderna, and Johnson & Johnson SARS-CoV-2 vaccine seem to have collected last menstrual period (LMP) data (to exclude current pregnancies), but have not collected menstrual cycle outcomes post-vaccine.”