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Richard Payerchin is associate editor of Medical Economics.

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Smaller dose given by intradermal injection creates five-fold increase in total supply, FDA says.

This image is from fda.gov. Official caption is: Colorized scanning electron micrograph of monkeypox virus (orange) on the surface of infected VERO E6 cells (green). (Credit: NIAID) National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.

Monkeypox vaccine gets emergency approval to increase vaccine supply

HHS announces funding for programs in underserved, rural areas

$150M coming for community health centers, rural physicians

Medicare drug prices, insulin costs affected by Inflation Reduction Act.

Medical, insurance groups praise Senate action on health insurance

Medical Group Management Association wants six months’ notice before additional measures take effect

MGMA asks feds for fair warning before additional surprise billing requirements are enforced

Sector still not at February 2020 levels and COVID-19 pandemic has lingering economic effects.

Health care contributes as jobless rate inches downward in July

White House ramps up efforts to fight outbreak.

HHS declares monkeypox a public health emergency in U.S.

More people getting health coverage, but 26.4 million still don’t have it.

National rate of uninsured people hits record low 8%, HHS says

21% think it’s OK to threaten public health officials over business closures

25% of people believe harassing public health officials is OK

Attempts to steer more physicians into ACOs are part of the plan

CMS proposing overhaul of Medicare accountable care organization rules

American College of Physicians, AAFP backs Affordable Care Act subsidies, drug price negotiations for Medicare

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