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US government studies into vaccine safety are being suppressed | Robert B Shpiner

US government studies into vaccine safety are being suppressed | Robert B Shpiner

Last week, the New York Times and Washington Post reported yet another troubling case of data suppression at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Studies of millions of vaccine recipients were completed by career scientists, peer-reviewed, and accepted by working pharmacovigilance journals; after political appointees declined to sign off, they were withdrawn. The agency commissioned…

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Medicaid Expansion Tied to Lower Mortality Among Young Adults With Kidney Failure

Medicaid Expansion Tied to Lower Mortality Among Young Adults With Kidney Failure

Medicaid expansion was associated with reductions in 1-year mortality among young adults with kidney failure. One-year mortality declined from 3.6% pre-expansion to 2.1% post-expansion among 19- to 23-year-olds. Policy changes around health insurance programs may affect survival for young adults with kidney failure, the authors suggested. Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) was…

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