In an overwhelming 411-3 vote, the House of Representatives voted to extend the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) for another 18 months, until March 2009. It became law on Dec. 29.
The bill also holds back a 10% pay cut to Medicare doctors, and instead gives them a modest (0.5%) pay increase. The extension will cost $6 billion, and was paid for by cost reductions in other health programs.
One of the issues that held the bill up was how long the extension would last. Democrats wanted a one-year extension, so a new round of arguing would occur during fall 2008-voting time. But GOP leaders extended the bill past the election season.
Toxicity related to THC dose in pediatric edible cannabis ingestions
October 3rd 2023The degree of toxicity following pediatric ingestion of THC was correlated to the dose of THC, as ingestions of 1.7 mg/kg or more was predictive of severe and prolonged toxicity, according to a study published in Pediatrics.
FDA approves tocilizumab-bavi as biosimilar for PJIA, SJIA in children 2 years and up
October 2nd 2023Tocilizumab-bavi (Tofidence; Biogen) demonstrated a biosimilarity to tocilizumab (Actemra; Genentech) based on multifaceted clinical and non-clinical data for polyarticular juvenile idiopathic arthritis (PJIA) and systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis (sJIA) in children aged 2 years and up. This makes it the first tocilizumab biosimilar to be FDA-approved in the United States, according to Biogen.
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