Health
Oxford malaria vaccine rollout could have ‘major’ implications in sub-Saharan Africa, economist says
Close-up of a yellow-fever mosquito biting human skin, it’s a culicidae vector of malaria, yellow fever, chikungunya, dengue and zika virus in Brazil, known locally as mosquito da dengue. Joao Paulo Burini | Moment | Getty Images Nigeria this week joined Ghana in provisionally approving a new malaria vaccine developed by scientists at the University […]
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Senate legislation would cap insulin at $35 per month for people with private insurance
In this photo illustration, insulin pens manufactured by the Novo Nordisk company are displayed on March 14, 2023 in Miami, Florida. Joe Raedle | Getty Images Bipartisan Senate legislation introduced Friday would cap the price of insulin at $35 per month for people with private insurance. The bill, drafted by Sens. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., and […]
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DOJ charges 18 people — including doctors — in massive Covid health care fraud takedowns
Eighteen people, some of them doctors, were criminally charged with Covid-19 health-care fraud schemes that netted hundreds of millions of dollars from false billings and theft from federally-funded programs, the Department of Justice said Thursday. The charges, which span nine federal judicial districts, comprise the largest coordinated law enforcement action in the U.S. targeting fraud […]
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Moderna teams up with IBM to put AI, quantum computing to work on mRNA technology used in vaccines
Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Moderna and IBM are teaming up to use generative artificial intelligence and quantum computing to advance mRNA technology, the development at the core of the company’s blockbuster Covid vaccine, the companies announced Thursday. “We are excited to partner with IBM to develop novel AI models to advance mRNA […]
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CDC signs off on 2nd dose of omicron Covid booster for older adults
Safeway pharmacist Shahrzad Khoobyari (L) administers a Pfizer COVID-19 booster vaccination into the arm of Norman Solomon (R) at a vaccination booster shot clinic on October 01, 2021 in San Rafael, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Wednesday backed a second dose of the updated Covid booster for older […]
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Supreme Court delays ruling on abortion pill mifepristone restrictions until at least Friday
Demonstrators rally in support of abortion rights at the US Supreme Court in Washington, DC, April 15, 2023. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds | AFP | Getty Images Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito on Wednesday issued an order allowing the abortion pill mifepristone to remain available by mail delivery and without tighter restrictions on how it is used […]
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Abortion pill company GenBioPro asks U.S. court to keep generic mifepristone on market
A box containing a Mifepristone tablet is seen at Blue Mountain Clinic in Missoula, Montana, U.S. February 28, 2023. REUTERS/Callaghan O’Hare Callaghan O’hare | Reuters A pharmaceutical company that distributes the majority of the U.S. supply of the abortion pill mifepristone sued the Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday in an effort to keep its […]
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Abbott Labs shares pop as revenue, earnings defy steep drop in Covid test sales
The Abbott manufacturing facility in Sturgis, Michigan, on May 13, 2022. Jeff Kowalsky | AFP | Getty Images Shares of Abbott Laboratories popped Wednesday after the company’s earnings and revenue topped Wall Street’s expectations, defying a dramatic slowdown in sales of its Covid-19 tests. The medical products company posted adjusted earnings per share of $1.03. […]
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California and other Western states lead in unhealthy levels of air pollution, report shows
Smoke hangs over the Oakland-San Francisco Bay Bridge in San Francisco, California, on Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2020. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images California and other Western states are experiencing dirtier air quality due to worsening heat, drought and wildfires, and communities of color are disproportionately exposed to pollution, according to a report published […]
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Why U.S. vacation policies are so much worse than Europe’s
The United States is the only advanced economy that does not guarantee paid time off. “You have entire cultures like France … where pretty much everybody takes August off, and it’s just part of the culture there,” said Shawn Fremstad, director of law and political economy at the Center for Economic and Policy Research. “You […]
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