Published in JAMA Network Open, a new study found that less than half of Medicaid plans cover all four of the FDA-approved medications, which include acamprosate, disulfiram, and oral and injectable naltrexone. While 90 percent of Medicaid MCPs cover at least one of the AUD medications, only 43 percent cover all four options. The majority of these plans covered naltrexone—84 percent covered the oral version and 73 percent covered the injectable version—while 63 percent of MCPs covered disulfiram and 55 percent covered acamprosate.

Thomas Jefferson University has initiated a phase 1 clinical trial for a Lassa virus (LASV) vaccine developed at Jefferson in collaboration with the University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB), at the Center of Vaccine Development and Global Health, UMB. Currently, there are no approved vaccines against the Lassa virus. The clinical study is a dose-ranging study that will assess the safety and immunogenicity of the candidate vaccine for both the rabies virus and LASV.

A new analysis led by surgeons at UCLA Health finds that psychological prehabilitation can significantly enhance recovery after surgery. The study found that psychological prehabilitation significantly reduces the length of hospital stay, pain, anxiety, and depression after surgery.