How a Healthy Economy Can Shorten Life SpansOctober 16, 2017 |
The health of a nation’s economy and the health of its people are connected, but in some surprising ways. At times like these, when the economy is strong and unemployment is low, research has found that death rates rise
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Pharmacies Thrive Selling Opioids For Depressed Small Town PainFebruary 8, 2017 |
This economically depressed city in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains is an image of frozen-in-time decline: empty storefronts with faded facades, sagging power lines and aged streets with few stoplights
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Drug CouponsOctober 13, 2016 |
Helping a few at the expense of everyone. When a furor erupted over the rapidly rising price of EpiPens this summer, the drugmaker Mylan offered a solution: a coupon for the expensive drug. People who need the EpiPens to protect themselves from life-threatening allergic reactions could use the coupon to get up to $300 off at the pharmacy counter if their insurance plan has a deductible or a co-payment
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Vaccines are Good for Children and EconomiesFebruary 9, 2016 |
A new study from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health’s International Vaccine Access Center examined the projected return on investment of vaccinations during the ten-year period dubbed the “Decade of Vaccines” (2011-2020)
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