Information technology
Walgreens creates Center for Health & Wellbeing Research | Medcity News
Walgreens has launched a new website, the Center for Health & Wellbeing Research, to aggregate studies on HIV, healthcare costs, medication adherence, digital health, and other healthcare topics.
Medicare unveils 'skeletal' site for hospice comparison shopping | Kaiser Health News
CMS launched its Hospice Compare website for patients this week. On the site, people can compare hospice agencies, which CMS hopes will boost transparency.
Politics
Cleveland Clinic, American Cancer Society pull fundraisers from Mar-a-Lago | Politico
Cleveland Clinic and the American Cancer Society will not be holding their fundraising galas at President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago. "Our values and commitment to diversity are critical as we work to address the impact of cancer in every community," the American Cancer Society said.
Pharmaceuticals
FDA OKs Pfizer drug for rare, fast-killing type of leukemia | Associated Press
The FDA approved Pfizer's Besponsa, a drug for patients with kind of advanced acute lymphoblastic leukemia, a blood cancer that often spells low life expectancy. Besponsa will cost $168,000 without insurance for nine weeks of treatment.
U.S. House Democrats launch probe into MS drug pricing | Reuters
Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives are investigating ever-increasing multiple sclerosis-drug prices, which have gone up by nearly 500% since 2004. As part of the investigation, they're requesting information from Bayer, Biogen, Merck, Novartis, Roche, Sanofi, and Teva.
In other news
Why you absolutely cannot stare at the sun without eclipse glasses, explained | Vox
Staring at the sun does to your retina something similar to what holding a magnifying glass up to the sun does to an ant.
