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April 18, 2021

Podcast: This Week in Managed Care—Clotting Links to J&J COVID-19 Vaccine and Other Health News

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Every week, The American Journal of Managed Care® recaps the top managed care news of the week, and you can now listen to it on our podcast, Managed Care Cast.

Every week, The American Journal of Managed Care^® recaps the top managed care news of the week, and you can now listen to it on our podcast, Managed Care Cast.

This week, the top managed care news included a pause in distribution of J&J’s COVID-19 vaccine; FDA clears first AI device to find possible cancerous hot spots during colonoscopies; lessons from years of public health budgetary neglect.

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Read more about the stories in this podcast:

CDC, FDA Call for Pause of J&J COVID-19 Vaccine After Safety Concerns Around Clotting

What We're Reading: UK Variant Not Linked With Severe Disease; COVID-19 Hospitalization in Children; Therapy Setbacks in Huntington Disease

FDA Clears First AI Device to Find Possible Cancerous Hot Spots During Colonoscopies

How Not to Prepare for a Pandemic: Can We Learn From Public Health Budgetary Neglect?

Addressing Physical, Emotional Pain in the Workplace Linked With Substantial Cost Savings

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