Tag: economics
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Infographic – America’s Immigration Advantages
Trade Vistas, a project of the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, D.C., compiled a chart outlining the benefits to the U.S. from immigration.
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Report: Health System Not Ready for Alzheimer’s Therapies
A new study finds the U.S. health care system does not have the capacity for large-scale screening and treatment of people with early indicators of Alzheimer’s disease.
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Infographic: Largest Hacker Breaches and Regulation Tech
Among the most visible and challenging regulatory issues for companies is security breaches, where companies’ systems are attacked with valuable data stolen.
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Open-Source Model Devised to Value Medical Technologies
An initiative joining most major health care stakeholders is developing models to calculate the value of medical treatments, with a process described as open and transparent.
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Ways to Invest Without Playing the Stock Market
Taking your chances on the stock market right now is not only a scary prospect but may not be the best idea right now.
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Cancer Drug Price Rises Shown Unrelated to Competition
An analysis of cancer drugs shows their prices steadily increased over 16 years despite competition from newer drugs on the market.
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Here’s What a Real Opioid Emergency Looks Like
Let’s be clear — the limited steps ordered by the president to reduce the numbers of people addicted to opioids don’t look anything like a response to an emergency.
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Biosimilars Seen Saving U.S. $54 Billion
An analysis of health care costs shows increasing the use of substitute biologic treatments known as biosimilars could save the United States some $54 billion over 10 years.
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Flashback: Drug Pricing Reform Even Big Pharma Might Like
Science & Enterprise is taking a break From 2 to 13 October. Until then, we will re-run some of our recent special reports. Our regular posts will return on 16 October. 2 May 2016. At a press event in Washington, D.C. last week, Representative Lloyd Doggett of Texas, a champion of lower prescription drug prices,…
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Infographic – Numbers of Atlantic Hurricanes
Our friends at Statista prepared a chart yesterday that gives the number of hurricanes in the Atlantic from 1967 through 2015.