Decisions

• La Corte Suprema degli Stati Uniti ha stabilito con un voto di 6 a 3 di confermare l'autorità della U.S. Preventive Services Task Force nel raccomandare servizi preventivi gratuiti nell'ambito dell'Affordable Care Act. • La decisione ha annullato l'ingiunzione di un giudice distrettuale che aveva impedito all'amministrazione di applicare il ripristino dei flussi di sovvenzione relativi alla task force. • La sentenza preserva l'obbligo per gli assicuratori di coprire i screening e i vaccini raccomandati senza a carico del paziente, impattando milioni di americani.

• A Fred Hutch Cancer Center graduate student presented over 25,000 measurements of influenza-fighting antibodies to WHO scientists via videoconference last fall. • The dataset, published in Virus Evolution, offers near real-time tracking of human immune responses to current flu strains, improving seasonal vaccine composition. • This method addresses gaps in traditional surveillance, potentially enhancing vaccine effectiveness against evolving viruses.

Rule change follows high court challenge brought by two doctors prevented from working in specialist fieldsDoctors who have been prevented from working in the NHS while they wait for asylum decisions are celebrating after the Home Office agreed to lift the ban. The changes come into force on Thursday.The changes to the immigration rules follow a high court challenge by two specialist doctors who had the relevant qualifications to work for the NHS but were prevented from taking up work. Doctors who have a break in their practice can quickly become deskilled. Until now, the ban has remained in place despite shortages of doctors and other healthcare professionals in some parts of the NHS. Continue reading...