Medicare can be a nuanced program to understand. Knowing the basics on what makes you eligible, and when to sign up can help.
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Antibiotics fight infections caused by bacteria. They should not be used to treat infections caused by viruses (such as the flu) or types of fungi, which include yeasts and molds.
Understanding your insurance coverage can go a long way in helping you to anticipate your costs for things like doctor appointments, medication refills, and other services. We’ve put together the basics to help break it all down.
Medicaid can be a key resource for people with CF and their families to afford the highly specialized care they need.
CF Foundation's $1 Million Investment Helped Drug Known as Cayston® Become a Reality
A group of nonpartisan patient and consumer organizations issued a statement after passage of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.
Proposed legislation has the potential to revitalize the global marketplace for novel antibiotics, bringing urgently needed medicines for drug-resistant infections to patients.
Today, the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation announced it has awarded up to $3.3 million to Polyphor AG to develop an inhaled version of murepavadin, an antibiotic that targets multi-drug resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections in people with cystic fibrosis. About 17% of individuals with CF who had Pseudomonas infections last year had multi-drug resistant strains.
Twelve patient/consumer groups urge senate to reject the bill.