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Figure Weekly emergency department orders and outpatient prescriptions, June 30 to Dec 7, 2025 (A) Pregnant female individuals aged 15–44 years. Emergency department orders for non-pregnant females (aged 15–44 years) are displayed in the appendix (p 5). (B) Children aged 5–17 years. Note that scales differ between the left axis (folic acid, risperidone, and aripiprazole) and right axis (leucovorin). Modelled expected rates are shown as dashed lines of the same colour. For both panels, the grey vertical dashed line indicates Sept 22, 2025, the date of the White House briefing. Observed-to-expected numbers and ratios with 95% CIs for each medication for the study period (Sept 22 to Dec 7) and the initial month of the study period (Sept 22 to Oct 19) are shown in the appendix (pp 3, 4, 6).
Figure Weekly emergency department orders and outpatient prescriptions, June 30 to Dec 7, 2025 (A) Pregnant female individuals aged 15–44 years. Emergency department orders for non-pregnant females (aged 15–44 years) are displayed in the appendix (p 5). (B) Children aged 5–17 years. Note that scales differ between the left axis (folic acid, risperidone, and aripiprazole) and right axis (leucovorin). Modelled expected rates are shown as dashed lines of the same colour. For both panels, the grey vertical dashed line indicates Sept 22, 2025, the date of the White House briefing. Observed-to-expected numbers and ratios with 95% CIs for each medication for the study period (Sept 22 to Dec 7) and the initial month of the study period (Sept 22 to Oct 19) are shown in the appendix (pp 3, 4, 6).
Page one of The Lancet correspondence: Changes in paracetamol and leucovorin use after a White House briefing
Question Has hospital length of stay increased more for Medicare Advantage beneficiaries than for traditional Medicare beneficiaries since the COVID-19 pandemic?Findings In this cohort study involving more than 89 million hospitalizations from 2017 to the third quarter of 2023, Medicare Advantage beneficiaries experienced disproportionately greater increases in extended hospital stays, especially among those discharged to skilled nursing facilities.Meaning These findings suggest that the Medicare Advantage plan design and practices may contribute to hospital discharge delays, with implications for patient outcomes and hospital capacity as enrollment continues to rise.
We are getting lots of questions about which grants might be funded and when. Sorry for this bad news: The Trump administration does not want you to get that grant funding to do good work. The NIH civil servants who remain would like the grants to go out, but the HHS politicals, their masters Vought and Miller, and Trump and DOGE all want to kill American science and stop this funding. (Yes, this seems harsh. But it is true.) NIH is functioning abnormally. The Trump takeover is largely complete at the top. NIH top leadership is now weak political functionaries like Memoli, Bhattacharya, and Schnabel. So no one can answer what will happen. We suggest every scientist does what they can to get on local news stations across America and say that Trump and his administration are trying to kill American science. Creating public pressure and getting Trump’s approval rating down is about the only thing that will make the grants more likely to go out in a way that is more like normal.
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