FDA takes first step to protect children from drugs that look and taste like candy

FDA takes first step to protect children from drugs that look and taste like candy

Is this gum a vitamin or a candy? This can be difficult to tell, especially for children. Since 2019, there has been an increase in the number of children under the age of 4 who have been taken to emergency rooms for ingesting gummy multivitamins and over-the-counter sleeping pills like melatonin. That’s why the Food …

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FDA takes first step to protect children from drugs that look and taste like candy

FDA takes first step to protect children from drugs that look and taste like candy

Is this gum a vitamin or a candy? This can be difficult to tell, especially for children. Since 2019, there has been an increase in the number of children under the age of 4 who have been taken to emergency rooms for ingesting gummy multivitamins and over-the-counter sleeping pills like melatonin. That’s why the Food …

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ACA premiums rise, but subsidies protect consumers

ACA premiums rise, but subsidies protect consumers

ACTION PHOTO Affordable Care Act insurance premiums will increase in 2024, as will subsidies to cover the federal health insurance initiative. Premiums on the federal Affordable Care Act exchange will increase in 2024, but the Biden-Harris administration has pledged that generous subsidies will …

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Despite rising medical inflation, employers continue to protect workers from costs

The costs of everything have increased in recent years, including health services and, therefore, insurance coverage for health care as well. Medical inflation constitutes a real challenge and pushes American companies to innovate to continue to offer their employees much-appreciated health coverage. Employers continue to offer robust and affordable employer-sponsored insurance (ESI) given the importance …

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WHO/Europe All 53 Member States adopt historic resolution to protect and support health and care workers in Europe and Central Asia

WHO/Europe All 53 Member States adopt historic resolution to protect and support health and care workers in Europe and Central Asia

Representatives from 53 countries meeting at the 73rd session of the WHO Regional Committee for Europe in Astana, Kazakhstan, unanimously adopted a resolution in favor of a framework for action on the health and of care in the WHO European Region, covering the years 2023 to 2030. This framework comes at a critical time when …

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New policy aims to protect CT healthcare workers from violence

New policy aims to protect CT healthcare workers from violence

WALLINGFORD Injuries are common in an emergency room, and not always just to patients. Charge nurse Teresa Marx of UConn Health said she has seen her colleagues attacked in the four years she has worked in the emergency room. She said some of her colleagues were kicked in the head. Others required stitches after being …

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