A $20 drug in Europe requires a prescription and $800 in the U.S.
https://www.statnews.com/2025/10/31/why-miebo-costs-40-times-more-than-its-european-version/
#HackerNews #drugpricing #prescriptioncosts #healthcare #disparities #Europe #US
Billy Smith
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"Two Black women said they were denied immediate medical attention despite being minutes away from giving birth.
The incidents, which happened days apart in different states, highlight long-standing disparities in health outcomes for Black women, health experts say."
#healthcare #hospitals #ReproHealth #ReproJustice #pregnancy #obstetrics #WomensHealth #disparities #EMTALA #SocialMedia #texas #indiana #BlackMastodon
"Two Black women said they were denied immediate medical attention despite being minutes away from giving birth.
The incidents, which happened days apart in different states, highlight long-standing disparities in health outcomes for Black women, health experts say."
#healthcare #hospitals #ReproHealth #ReproJustice #pregnancy #obstetrics #WomensHealth #disparities #EMTALA #SocialMedia #texas #indiana #BlackMastodon
tools for commensality 🧿
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"When he completed his surgical training in 1973 at the University of Minnesota, Dr. Callender says he became the third Black transplant surgeon in the world. Over the next six decades, he dedicated his entire career to saving lives and to ensuring Black people had equal access to organ transplants."
https://wordinblack.com/2025/10/hes-a-legendary-transplant-surgeon-at-88-his-work-isnt-done/
#healthcare #OrganTransplant #OrganDonation #transplantation #physicians #surgeons #disparities #advocacy #BlackMastodon
"When he completed his surgical training in 1973 at the University of Minnesota, Dr. Callender says he became the third Black transplant surgeon in the world. Over the next six decades, he dedicated his entire career to saving lives and to ensuring Black people had equal access to organ transplants."
https://wordinblack.com/2025/10/hes-a-legendary-transplant-surgeon-at-88-his-work-isnt-done/
#healthcare #OrganTransplant #OrganDonation #transplantation #physicians #surgeons #disparities #advocacy #BlackMastodon