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FTC Sues Top Pharmacy Benefit Managers Over Insulin Prices

The three companies process about 80% of prescriptions in the U.S.

8 Hrs Ago
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U.S. Will Let More People Take Methadone at Home

This is the first update to methadone regulations in 20 years

Sep 20, 2024
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COVID Czar's 'Sex Parties'; Nationwide Drug Recall; Steward CEO Held in Contempt

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Sep 20, 2024
Morning Break over illustration of a syringe, Covid virus, and DNA helix over a photo of green vegetation.
House Staff Unionization Has Come in Waves

Residents' efforts to organize date back some 90 years

Sep 19, 2024
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After Georgia Deaths Tied to Abortion Ban, Experts Maintain Safety of Abortion Pills

Facts about mifepristone and misoprostol

Sep 19, 2024
 A photo of a patient preparing to take the first of two combination pills, mifepristone, for a medication abortion.
Critics Call Feds' Response to Cyberattacks on Healthcare Feeble and Fractured

There were 249 attacks targeting health institutions in 2023, the most of any industry

Sep 19, 2024
A photo of a laptop displaying the message: YOUR PERSONAL FILES ARE ENCRYPTED.
RFK Jr. Helping Trump Pick CDC Chief; Excess COVID Death Lingers; Turmoil at 23andMe

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Sep 19, 2024
Morning Break over illustration of a syringe, Covid virus, and DNA helix over a photo of green vegetation.
Experts Debate Whether IRA Provisions Stifle Pharma Innovation at Senate Hearing

Law already caused some drug development programs to be halted, one Senator says

Sep 18, 2024
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Man Who Sold Fentanyl-Laced Pill Liable for $5.8 Million in Death of Young Woman

"We've won the battle but not the war," victim's father said

Sep 18, 2024
A photo of Matt Capelouto and his wife, Christine, whose daughter, Alexandra, died from a fentanyl overdose.
Senate Republicans Again Block Legislation to Guarantee Women's Rights to IVF

Democrats say Republicans who insist they support IVF are being hypocritical

Sep 18, 2024
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Decades of National Suicide Prevention Policies Haven't Slowed the Deaths

National experts and government officials agree strategies simply haven't been embraced widely

Sep 17, 2024
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Reproductive Rights Central to Wisconsin Ob/Gyn's Run for Congress

Medicare physician pay, healthcare-for-all also central to Kristin Lyerly's campaign

Sep 16, 2024
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Conviction for Fatal COVID Spread; Who Is Alleged Trump Shooter? BMI & Schizophrenia

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Sep 16, 2024
Morning Break over illustration of a syringe, Covid virus, and DNA helix over a photo of green vegetation.
HHS Proposes Rule to Increase Access to Kidney, Liver Transplants in HIV Patients

Rule would streamline criteria for organ donation from donors with HIV to recipients with HIV

Sep 13, 2024
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