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☆ The best cooling mattress toppers for hot sleepers
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-03 | by ( James Brains | Jaclyn Turner | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +25 min

The best cooling mattress topper for hot sleepers take it a step further; they're specially designed with cooling properties that promote airflow with moisture-wicking and temperature-regulating features. For this guide, I slept on 15 mattress toppers and interviewed experts to find the best cooling mattress topper. The best cooling mattress toppers for hot sleepersBest overall: Ghostbed Memory Foam Mattress Topper -See at GhostBedBest heat dissipation: Bear Pro Mattress Topper - See at BearBest budget: Lucid Bamboo Charcoal Memory Foam Mattress Topper - See at AmazonBest for back pain: Tempur-Pedic TEMPUR-Adapt Mattress Topper - See at Tempur-PedicBest overallGhostBed Memory Foam Topper The GhostBed Memory Foam Topper, with its unique airflow-promoting design, did an outstanding job of dissipating heat in our tests while providing soothing comfort for side sleepers. Best heat dissipationBear Pro Mattress Topper (Queen) The Bear Pro Mattress Topper is your best bet if you're looking for a plush topper that offers support, pressure relief, and a cool, comfortable night's sleep. Best budgetLucid 3-inch Bamboo Charcoal Memory Foam Mattress Topper The Lucid Bamboo Charcoal Memory Foam Mattress Topper incorporates bamboo and charcoal for its moisture-wicking and odor-neutralizing properties.

Persons: James Brains, it's, Topper, Pedic, Rebecca Robbins, Robbins, you'll, I've Organizations: Business, Bear, Amazon, Shop, Cal, Brigham, Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Garmin Locations: RVs, Tempur, California

☆ Amgen wants in on the booming weight loss drug market — and it's taking a different approach
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-24 | by ( Annika Kim Constantino | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +9 min

Mario Tama | Getty ImagesAmgen is taking a new approach as it tries to stand out in a crowded field of drugmakers racing to develop the next blockbuster weight loss drug. It's too early to say how competitive Amgen will be in the budding weight loss drug space, which Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly have so far dominated. Goldman Sachs also projects that between 10 million and 70 million Americans will be taking weight loss drugs by 2028. The sustained weight loss in Amgen's study appears to contrast with results seen in clinical trials on Zepbound and Wegovy. An injection pen of Zepbound, Eli Lilly’s weight loss drug, is displayed in New York City, U.S., December 11, 2023.

Persons: Mario Tama, Eli Lilly, Goldman Sachs, Zepbound, Eli Lilly's, Amgen's MartiTide, Caroline Apovian, Apovian, Joe Buglewicz, MariTide, Holly Lofton, Eli Lilly’s, Brendan McDermid, Reuters Amgen's, William Blair, Matt Phipps, Phipps Organizations: Getty, Novo Nordisk, Pfizer, Viking Therapeutics, Therapeutics, Zealand Pharma, Boehringer, Center, Weight Management, Wellness, Brigham, Women's, Washington Post, NYU Langone Health, Reuters, William Blair & Company, CNBC Locations: Thousand Oaks , California, Oaks , California, Novo, New York City, U.S

☆ The 10 safest US states for women in 2024, ranked
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-07 | by ( Erin Mcdowell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

WalletHub ranked states for women based on access to good healthcare and general safety. The ranking looked at factors like the number of uninsured women and the female homicide rate. AdvertisementSome states are better than others when it comes to providing quality healthcare and protections for women. WalletHub ranked the best states for women in terms of healthcare, which is a major part of women's overall well-being, and safety, based on factors like the number of uninsured women, the quality of women's hospitals, and the female homicide rate. Here are the 10 safest states for women in 2024, ranked from worst to best, according to WalletHub's report.

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☆ Exclusive: Astarte Medical is shutting down. Here's why the infant tech startup decided to close its doors.
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-05 | by ( Rebecca Torrence | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Tracy Warren cofounded Astarte Medical in 2016 to improve care for premature babies. Astarte, which sells software to standardize nutrition for babies in intensive care units, had raised $14 million in venture funding to date and landed contracts with four hospitals. Last year, the startup wasn't able to land as many new contracts as it hoped, with hospitals struggling to manage their slim margins. But Astarte ultimately decided not to make the promise to build AI into its tech for clinical decision-making. The startup is hoping to find a buyer by the end of the first quarter of the year.

Persons: Tracy Warren, Warren, Astarte, Tammi Jantzen, Katherine Gregory, Gregory, Warren didn't, Nenov, Jantzen, —, we've, we're, Medical's Organizations: Business, Brigham, Women's, Viking Global, Ben Franklin Technology Partners, Children's, Gillette Children's Hospital, Children's Hospital, Arkansas Children's Hospital Locations: Virginia, Minnesota, Arkansas

☆ Alan Garber is Harvard's interim president after Claudine Gay's resignation. Here's what we know about him.
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-03 | by ( Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Read previewFollowing Harvard President Claudine Gay's resignation Tuesday, the prestigious university announced its current provost will take on the role of interim president as the search begins for a new leader. Alan M. Garber, an economist and physician, has served as Harvard's provost and professor of economics, public policy, and healthcare policy for over 12 years. AdvertisementSince joining Harvard's faculty in 2011, Garber has been involved in Jewish clubs and events on campus, including Harvard Chabad and Hillel. Garber's interim stint as Harvard President comes after weeks of controversy surrounding the school's now-former president, Claudine Gay. "It is with a heavy heart but a deep love for Harvard that I write to share that I will be stepping down as president," Gay wrote in her resignation letter.

Persons: —, Claudine Gay's, Alan M, Garber, Alan Garber, Anne Yahanda, Brigham, Harvard Chabad, Hillel, I've, we've, Claudine Gay, Gay, Elizabeth Magill, Sally Kornbluth, Magill, Elise Stefanik, Bill Ackman Organizations: Service, Gay, Business, Harvard, Stanford, Boston's Harvard, Women's, Harvard Gazette, Hamas, Harvard Crimson, University, Harvard Corporation, Harvard Medical School, Harvard's, of Arts and Sciences, Harvard Kennedy School of Government, of Public Health, Stanford University, Department of Veterans Affairs, Health, System, Center for Health, Center for Primary Care, Research, of Pennsylvania, MIT, New York, Corporation Locations: Illinois, Chan

☆ Woman says she 'feels great' after using IVF to give birth to twins at 70 years old. Doctors say the birth was irresponsible.
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-02 | by ( Kenneth Niemeyer | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

A 70-year-old woman gave birth to twins in Uganda using IVF. AdvertisementA 70-year-old Ugandan woman says she is feeling great after giving birth to twins using IVF. "I feel great," Namukwaya told the outlet through an interpreter. Brian Levine, practice director at New York City's CCRM fertility clinic, told TODAY that he thinks the decision to treat Nawakuma was "incredibly irresponsible." Edward Tamale Sali, Namukwaya's fertility doctor, however, told TODAY he didn't hesitate to treat her.

Persons: —, Safina Namukwaya, Namukwaya, Brian Levine, Nawakuma, Edward Tamale Sali, Sali Organizations: Service, Women's Hospital, Fertility, American Society of Reproductive Medicine Locations: Uganda, New York

☆ A 70-year-old woman in Uganda gave birth to twins she conceived via IVF
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-30 | by ( Jane Ridley | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Safina Namukwaya, 70, gave birth to boy/girl twins at a hospital in the Ugandan capital of Kampala. AdvertisementA 70-year-old woman, who delivered twins on Wednesday, has become one of the oldest moms in the world, a hospital in Uganda said. "One day, a young boy said I had been cursed by my mother to die without a child," Namukwaya said. Namukwaya told the interviewer that she had been "very sick" due to her double pregnancy and had spent nearly all her "savings" on healthcare. AdvertisementShe told NTV that the twins were "in the hands of God" and that "every child comes with a blessing."

Persons: Safina, Doctors, —, Safina Namukwaya, Namukwaya, she'd, Edward Sali Organizations: Service, Women's Hospital, Fertility, NTV Locations: Kampala, Africa, Uganda, India

☆ Researchers return to Alzheimer's vaccines, buoyed by recent drug success
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-20 | by ( Julie Steenhuysen | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +6 min

The renewed interest in Alzheimer's vaccines follows a promising first attempt more than 20 years ago that was abandoned after 6% of study volunteers developed life-threatening brain inflammation known as meningoencephalitis. Dr. Reisa Sperling, an Alzheimer's researcher at Mass General Brigham in Boston, said she believes vaccines will play an important role as researchers look to prevent Alzheimer's. She is considering vaccines for her next study in asymptomatic people with Alzheimer's proteins in their blood, but not enough to register on brain scans. Alzheimer's vaccines are still in the early stages and will require large, years-long trials to show they work. Generating a strong immune response is critical for such vaccines, which would typically be given to older individuals with weaker immune systems, he said.

Persons: Brian Snyder, Eli Lilly's, Reisa Sperling, Brigham, “, ” Sperling, Walter Koroshetz, Mei Mei Hu, Vaxxinity, Hu, Michael Rafii, Rafii, Andrea Pfiefer, Johnson, Prothena, Gene Kinney, Julie Steenhuysen, Caroline Humer, Bill Berkrot Organizations: Alzheimer Research, Brigham, Women's, REUTERS, Rights, U.S . Food, Drug Administration, Mass, National Institutes of Health, UB, University of Southern, Johnson, Bristol Myers Squibb, Thomson Locations: Boston , Massachusetts, U.S, Boston, Taiwan, University of Southern California

By comparison, a group of people who also dieted and exercised, but then received dummy shots, lost weight initially but then regained some, researchers reported Sunday in the journal Nature Medicine. Participants in both groups lost about 7% of their body weight, or almost 17 pounds (8 kilograms), during the diet-and-exercise phase. Those who received the drug went on to lose an additional 18.4% of initial body weight, or about 44 pounds (20 kilograms) more, on average. Nearly 29% of those taking the drug lost at least a quarter of their body weight, compared with just over 1% of those taking placebo. Side effects including nausea, diarrhea and constipation were reported more frequently in people taking the drug than those taking the placebo.

Persons: Mounjaro, ”, Thomas Wadden, Eli Lilly, it's, Caroline Apovian, wasn't, tirzepatide, “, Lilly Organizations: Nature, University, Pennsylvania, Brigham, Women's, Novo Nordisk, U.S . Food, Drug Administration, Associated Press Health, Science Department, Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Science, Educational Media Group, AP Locations: U.S, ”

☆ Do menopause retreats work — and why are people paying $15,000 for them?
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-06 | by ( Lee Ying Shan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

These are some of the activities that can be found at menopause retreats, a wellness trend carving a new niche in the tourism industry. Menopause retreats are tailored to help women navigate the different stages of perimenopause and menopause, and the array of symptoms that come with them — from hot flashes and night sweats to achy joints. Wellness retreats aren't new, of course, but ever since the pandemic, more resorts are promoting menopause-focused vacations — and more women are signing up for them. So instead of just going on a spa retreat, people started going on very specific purpose-driven retreats," Lisa Starr, a spa business consultant at Wynne Business Consulting and Education told CNBC Travel. Do menopause retreats help?

Persons: Lisa Starr, Emily, Starr, Combe, Heather Hirsch Mahesh Natarajan, Heather Hirsch, Hirsch, Boston's Brigham Organizations: Consumers, Wynne Business Consulting, Education, CNBC Travel, Global Wellness, Covid, Getty, CNBC, Women's Hospital Locations: Bath, England, Combe Grove's, Maldives, India, midlife, Boston's, Mumbai

☆ A man tried to sue a hospital for $643 million after he was 'encouraged' to watch his wife's C-section
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-16 | by ( Rebecca Rommen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

A man in Australia tried to sue a Melbourne hospital for A$1 billion for psychological damage. He alleged that he was "encouraged" to watch his wife have a cesarian section. Anil Koppula tried to sue the Royal Women's Hospital for letting him watch his wife give birth via C-section in 2018. The cesarean was a success, but the man claims the hospital failed in its duty of care to him by letting him watch the procedure, the 7News report says. AdvertisementAdvertisementHe said the hospital "encouraged" or "permitted" him to watch the operation and that seeing his wife's organs and blood caused the mental illness he claimed to have, it adds.

Persons: Anil Koppula, 7NEWS, Koppula, James Gorton, 7News Organizations: Royal Women's Hospital, National Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, Global News Locations: Australia, Melbourne

The updated shots are part of a push by public health officials to align the next COVID vaccines more closely with the actual circulating variant of the virus, similar to the way annual flu shots are designed. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Monday authorized updated COVID vaccines made by Pfizer (PFE.N) and its German partner BioNTech SE (22UAy.DE) as well as by Moderna (MRNA.O). CDC Director Mandy Cohen is expected to approve the recommendations issued by the advisers, allowing Americans to get the updated vaccines. The first COVID vaccines in 2020 were monovalent, or single-target vaccines, aimed at the original strain of the virus. They were followed by bivalent COVID vaccine booster shots that targeted both the original and the Omicron strains.

Persons: Emily Elconin, BioNTech, Caitlin Rivers, Mandy Cohen, Rivers, bivalent, Daniel Kuritzkes, Eris, Kuritzkes, Novavax, Bhanvi, Julie Steenhuysen, Will Dunham, Caroline Humer Organizations: REUTERS, U.S . Centers for Disease Control, Prevention, U.S . Food, Drug Administration, Pfizer, Moderna, FDA, Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, CDC, Omicron, Brigham, Women's Hospital, Vaccine, EG, Thomson Locations: Waterford , Michigan, U.S, United States, Baltimore, Europe, Asia, Boston, Moderna, Bengaluru, Chicago

☆ ChatGPT generates cancer treatment plans that are full of errors, study shows
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-25 | by ( Tom Carter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Study finds that ChatGPT provided false information when asked to design cancer treatment plans. The chatbot mixed correct and incorrect information together, making it harder to decipher. Researchers at Brigham and Women's Hospital – a teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School in Boston, Massachusetts – found that cancer treatment plans generated by OpenAI's revolutionary chatbot were full of errors. AdvertisementAdvertisementDespite ChatGPT's success, generative AI models are still prone to "hallucinations," where they confidently present information that is misleading or wildly incorrect. The company's terms of usage warn that their models are not designed to provide medical information, and should not be used to "provide diagnostic or treatment services for serious medical conditions."

Persons: ChatGPT, Boston , Massachusetts –, Bloomberg –, Danielle Bitterman, didn't, Goldman Sachs, Google's, Bard, James Webb, OpenAI Organizations: Brigham, Women's, Harvard Medical School, JAMA Oncology, Bloomberg, Comprehensive Cancer Network, Harvard Locations: Boston , Massachusetts

☆ Lucy Letby: Who is the killer British nurse jailed for whole life?
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-21 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

Cheshire Constabulary/Handout via REUTERS Acquire Licensing RightsLONDON, Aug 21 (Reuters) - British nurse Lucy Letby was jailed for life on Monday, with no prospect of release, for murdering seven babies and trying to kill another six at the hospital where she worked in northwest England. Here are details about Letby, one of the country's worst serial child killers, and the case:WHO IS LUCY LETBY? WHAT IS THE LUCY LETBY CASE ABOUT? Other babies, who suddenly collapsed and did not die, recovered, with both their collapse and recovery defying usual medical norms. The police and medical experts were called in and as they looked for a cause, they eventually focused on one common factor -- Lucy Letby.

Persons: Lucy Letby, LUCY LETBY, Countess, Chester, Prosecutors, Letby, Paul Hughes, James Goss, Nicola Evans, Evans, Hughes, Michael Holden, Christina Fincher, William James Our Organizations: Cheshire Police, Manchester Crown, Reuters, . Cheshire Constabulary, REUTERS Acquire, WHO, Chester University, Chester Hospital, Chester Hospital ., Police, Liverpool Women's Hospital, Thomson Locations: Manchester, Britain, England, Hereford

☆ Factbox: Who is killer British nurse Lucy Letby?
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-18 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

Here are details about her and the case:WHO IS LUCY LETBY? She completed a nursing degree at Chester University in northwest England and after qualifying, she began to work in the neonatal unit of the city's Countess of Chester Hospital. WHAT IS THE LUCY LETBY CASE ABOUT? Other babies, who suddenly collapsed and did not die, recovered, with both their collapse and recovery defying usual medical norms. The police and medical experts were called in and as they looked for a cause, they eventually focused on one common factor - Lucy Letby.

Persons: Lucy Letby, LUCY LETBY, Countess, Chester, Prosecutors, Letby, Paul Hughes, Nicola Evans, Evans, Hughes, Michael Holden, Christina Fincher, William James Our Organizations: Cheshire Police, Manchester Crown, Reuters, . Cheshire Constabulary, REUTERS Acquire, WHO, Chester University, Chester Hospital, Chester Hospital ., Police, Liverpool Women's Hospital, Thomson Locations: Manchester, Britain, England, Hereford

☆ Insight: Promising new Alzheimer's drugs may benefit whites more than Blacks
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-31 | by ( Julie Steenhuysen | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +11 min

The company told Reuters that 49% of Black volunteers did not meet the trial's amyloid threshold requirements compared to 22% for whites and 55% for Hispanics. "Is it because MCI (mild cognitive impairment) or early dementia type-symptoms in Blacks are caused by other reasons more so than Alzheimer's?" In 96 dementia trials from 2000-2017, diverse populations only made up around 11% of enrollment, according to a 2018 study. Among Black people who died of Alzheimer's, their dementia was more likely to result from multiple causes, such as vascular disease. "Is it that it's not Alzheimer's disease?

Persons: Barrington, Vickie Riley, Charlie, Harriet Shaffer, Barrington Riley, –, Eli Lilly, Lilly, Crystal Glover, Eisai, Ivan Cheung, Cheung, Shobha, Biogen, Mark Mintun, Alzheimer's, Dr Lisa Barnes, Barnes, Joshua Grill, we're, Reisa Sperling, Brigham, Julie Steenhuysen, Caroline Humer, Suzanne Goldenberg, Daniel Flynn Organizations: Emory University Brain Health, Americans, Reuters, Prospective Black, Rush, Disease Research, and Drug Administration, FDA, Black, MCI, National Institutes of Health, Rush Center, University of California, Women's Hospital, Thomson Locations: Atlanta , Georgia, U.S, Chicago, Tokyo, Irvine, United States

☆ Fact Check-Video does not show stillborn baby coming back to life while mother prays
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-14 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

A video clip purporting to show a stillborn baby coming back to life while its mother prays is misleading as the Brazilian hospital where the video was recorded in 2020 said then the baby was delivered alive and in good health. A closer look at the video shows the Women’s Hospital logo on the mother’s gown (bit.ly/3RnvZYH), (bit.ly/3Fbxt4R). The foundation managing the hospital (bit.ly/3Jqnj34) released a statement on Sept. 14, 2020 saying the baby was born by normal delivery and in good health. It explained that the woman was “speaking prayers of thanks for the life of her child” when the baby began to cry. The foundation managing the hospital has said the baby in the 2020 video was not stillborn and the woman was praying in thanks for the child.

☆ Eli Lilly Alzheimer's treatment solanezumab failed to slow disease progression
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-09 | by ( Spencer Kimball | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Eli Lilly on Wednesday said it will halt development of its Alzheimer's treatment candidate solanezumab after the antibody failed to slow disease progression. The study enrolled more than 1,000 seniors who had normal memory and thinking function, but showed signs of brain plaque that is associated with Alzheimer's. Lilly said it did not have that data because donanemab cleared brain plaque quickly in many patients. "We remain confident in the of potential donanemab as a new treatment for people with early symptomatic Alzheimer's disease," Skovronsky said. The FDA approved Eisai's and Biogen's early Alzheimer's treatment Leqembi on an expedited basis in January.

Feb 15 (Reuters) - Emergent BioSolutions Inc's (EBS.N) over-the-counter version of opioid overdose reversing drug received unanimous support from U.S. Food and Drug Administration's panel of advisers, sending shares of the contract drugmaker up nearly 16% after market. The vote puts the naloxone-based treatment Narcan on track to potentially become the first opioid overdose drug to be sold OTC nationwide. Naloxone rapidly reverses or blocks the effects of an overdose, restoring normal respiration. However, most panelists emphasized that OTC use of the nasal spray was safe and proposed ways to improve its labeling, to avoid using the drug wrong. Signage is seen outside of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) headquarters in White Oak, Maryland, U.S., August 29, 2020.

A provision in the Inflation Reduction Act that allows Medicare to negotiate prices on the costliest prescription drugs each year will likely save the U.S. billions of dollars — as long as the drug industry doesn't interfere, according to a study published Friday in JAMA Health Forum. They identified 40 drugs that would have been selected by Medicare for drug pricing negotiation under the Inflation Reduction Act's provision. The researchers simulated negotiated prices by using a so-called ceiling price, which is at least 25% off the average price drug manufacturers charge to nongovernment entities, like private health insurance providers. The researchers found that the Medicare drug negotiation provision would have saved the U.S. $26.5 billion, or 5% of all drug spending, during those three years. It plans to release a list of the first 10 drugs it will target for drug pricing negotiation by September.

☆ How health insurance may have made health care more expensive
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-08 | by ( Charlotte Morabito | In Charlottemorabito | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Roughly 40% of U.S. adults have at least $250 in medical debt, according to a survey conducted by Kaiser Family Foundation. There are many complicated reasons for the rise in the cost of care such as not prioritizing preventive care or a lack of price transparency, but one of the biggest catalysts for inflation was the rise of health insurance. In the early 2000s, federal legislation led to a major restructuring of how insurance plans shared costs, with the 2003 Medicare Modernization Act spurring a boom in high-deductible health insurance plans. A deductible is the amount a policyholder has to pay upfront before their health insurance plan kicks in. Watch the video above to learn more about how medical debt became so common in the U.S. health care system and what we can do to change it.

☆ Emerging from the COVID pandemic, again
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-07 | by ( Michele Gershberg | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

Dec 7 (Reuters) - For much of the world, 2022 marked the beginning of the end of the COVID-19 pandemic. Emerging variations of the coronavirus so far remain closely related to Omicron, without radically altering its impact. "The pandemic is over," U.S. President Joe Biden said in September, referring to the changing behavior of Americans. The World Health Organization (WHO) has yet to declare an end to the COVID public health emergency introduced in January 2020. Data show that the pandemic has disrupted all kinds of healthcare, from childhood immunizations to cancer screenings read more read more .

☆ The most expensive drug in the world has a $3.5 million price tag. 2 potential patients share their hopes and fears for the one-time treatment.
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-05 | by ( Andrew Dunn | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

The FDA has approved a new gene therapy to treat hemophilia B, a genetic bleeding disorder. The drugmaker CSL Behring set a $3.5 million price for the one-time treatment. Lackey is learning to live with a severe case of hemophilia B, a rare genetic condition that keeps blood from clotting properly. But a critical unknown in judging CSL's $3.5 million price is the durability of the treatment. Lojewski said the $3.5 million price wasn't guided by other gene-therapy prices.

☆ The most expensive drug in the world just got approved at $3.5 million, and hemophilia patients are conflicted: 'Compared to what we pay, it doesn't seem too terrible.'
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-01 | by ( Andrew Dunn | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

The FDA has approved a new gene therapy to treat hemophilia B, a genetic bleeding disorder. Hemophilia patients told Insider they're excited about the new drug but worried about the price. Lackey is learning to live with a severe case of hemophilia B, a rare genetic condition that keeps blood from clotting properly. While the treatment breaks ground as the first approved gene therapy for hemophilia, its price is also unprecedented. Lojewski said the $3.5 million price wasn't guided by other gene-therapy prices.

In fact, Covid-related deaths and hospitalizations have fallen in recent months, despite the emergence of new omicron subvariants that evade immunity from previous infections and vaccination. Full coverage of the Covid-19 pandemicAccording to NBC News data, Covid deaths have fallen consistently since Aug. 31, when the seven-day average of daily Covid deaths was at 571. The average number of Covid hospitalizations per day has decreased by 27.9% since Aug. 28, according to NBC News data. While Covid-related hospitalizations are not currently increasing, Gupta warns that they could during the winter as immunity, especially from previous infection, diminishes. Now, he said, "Covid deaths don't all look the same."

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