Corona Virus
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2New Covid strain is the most transmissible yet, WHO says
The global health body is now trying to figure out how severe the sub-variant is.Read More
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4Justice Department clears Postal Service to carry abortion drugs into red states
The opinion offers limited assurances for activists seeking to work around abortion bans.Read More
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3Updated FDA rule will expand access to abortion pill
Pregnant people would be able to fill prescriptions for the drug at pharmacies.Read More
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2Health care lobbyists are bracing for Chair Bernie Sanders
Sanders’ well-chronicled antagonism toward lobbyists has some concerned they’ll be unable to blunt criticism of their clients’ profits or corporate executive salaries.Read...
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2Once-favored Covid drugs ineffective on Omicron may be putting millions at risk
While antiviral pills are plentiful and remain an option for some with weak immune systems, they won’t work for everyone — Pfizer’s...
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2‘I know firsthand they failed’: Parents decry lack of FDA action on infant formula safety
Reviews by outside experts and internal officials found serious flaws in the nation’s food-inspection programs after four infant hospitalizations and two deaths...
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4Court: Abortion doctors can’t be charged under Arizona law
An Arizona court has ruled that abortion doctors cannot be prosecuted under a pre-statehood law that criminalizes nearly all abortions yet was...
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4Alcohol abuse spiked during the pandemic. Treatment hasn’t kept up.
Now some states are making pandemic rules permitting booze-to-go and delivery permanent.Read More
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4House Dems raise issues with ‘atypical’ FDA review process for Alzheimer’s drug
The panels began investigating Aduhelm’s approval and pricing in June 2021, just weeks after it won the FDA’s backing despite questions about...
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4Democrats’ drug pricing fight is just getting started
This year’s passage of the Inflation Reduction Act will empower Medicare to negotiate drug prices for the first time.Read More