Biotechnology
Judge extends deadline in lawsuit seeking to pull abortion pill mifepristone from U.S. until Feb. 24
A federal judge in Texas has extended until Feb. 24 the deadline in a lawsuit seeking to overturn the Food and Drug Administration’s approval of the abortion pill. Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk on Thursday ordered one of the companies that makes the pill, Danco Laboratories, to lay out its opposition to the attempt to pull the […]
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The Covid emergency in the U.S. ends May 11. HHS officials say here’s what to expect
People walk past a COVID-19 walk up testing site on July 28, 2022 in New York City. Liao Pan | China News Service | Getty Images The Health and Human Services Department on Thursday laid out what will change and will remain the same when the three-year-long Covid public health emergency ends in May. Health […]
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Enjoy are living: Senate retains very first listening to on the suspected Chinese spy balloon
(The stream is slated to get started at 10:15 a.m. ET. Please refresh the webpage if you do not see a online video previously mentioned at that time.) The Senate on Thursday is keeping its initially hearing on the Chinese spy balloon that floated around the United States previous 7 days in advance of it […]
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Look at live: Senate International Affairs Committee holds a listening to on U.S.-China coverage and competition
The Senate Overseas Relations Committee is holding a hearing titled “Analyzing U.S.-China Plan in the Period of Severe Levels of competition.” The listening to comes two times just after President Joe Biden highlighted China’s more and more intense strategies as a danger to the sovereignty of the U.S. through his State of the Union address […]
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Biden proposal to cap all insulin prices at $35 a month has little chance of passing Congress
President Joe Biden delivers the State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress on Feb. 7, 2023 Pool | Getty Images President Joe Biden used the bully pulpit during the State of the Union address this week to call for a universal price cap on insulin for all diabetes patients but the […]
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Watch live: U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy speaks on the debt ceiling
(The stream is slated to start at 5:30 p.m. ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see a video above at that time.) House Speaker Kevin McCarthy will deliver an address Monday on the debt ceiling. His speech comes a day before President Joe Biden is scheduled to give the annual State of […]
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Hispanic dialysis patients face 40% higher risk of staph infection than whites, CDC says
Hispanic dialysis patients face a 40% higher risk of developing a staph bloodstream infection compared with whites, underscoring economic and racial disparities in the U.S. health-care system, according to new data released Monday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Adults on dialysis for kidney failure were 100 times more likely to contract staph […]
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U.S. plans to stop buying Covid shots for the public this fall. Here’s what that means
A pharmacist delivers a COVID-19 booster dose at a Chicago CVS store in October. Antonio Perez | Tribune News Service | Getty Images The U.S. will stop buying Covid shots at reduced price for the entire country and shift vaccine distribution to the private market as soon as early fall, shifting the cost to U.S. […]
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GOP attorneys general warn CVS, Walgreens against mailing abortion pill in their states
Mifepristone (Mifeprex) and Misoprostol, the two drugs used in a medication abortion, are seen at the Women’s Reproductive Clinic, which provides legal medication abortion services, in Santa Teresa, New Mexico, on June 17, 2022. Robyn Beck | AFP | Getty Images Republican attorneys general in 20 states warned CVS and Walgreens this week against mailing […]
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The Covid pandemic drives Pfizer’s 2022 revenue to a record $100 billion
Empty vials of Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus disease (COVID-19) children’s vaccines are pictured at Skippack Pharmacy in Schwenksville, Pennsylvania, U.S., May 19, 2022. Hannah Beier | Reuters The ongoing Covid-19 pandemic propelled pharmaceutical company Pfizer’s earnings to a record $100 billion last year, almost $57 billion of which was driven by its vaccine and antiviral pill Paxlovid, […]
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