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.