Pandemics
FDA advisors recommend over-the-counter use of life-saving opioid overdose treatment Narcan
The Food and Drug Administration’s independent advisors on Wednesday unanimously recommended over-the-counter use of the nasal spray Narcan to reverse opioid overdoses, which would significantly expand access to the life-saving treatment. Emergent BioSolutions‘ Narcan is the most commonly sold treatment for opioid overdoses. The FDA is expected to make a decision by March 29 on […]
Read More
Moderna CEO Stephane Bancel will testify before Senate next month on Covid vaccine price hike
Moderna CEO Stephane Bancel will testify before the Senate health committee in March over the company’s plans to hike the price of its Covid-19 vaccine. Sen. Bernie Sanders, chair of the health panel, confirmed in a statement on Wednesday that Bancel would appear at a hearing titled: “Taxpayers Paid Billions For It: So Why Would […]
Read More
Watch live: Biden outlines plans to cut U.S. deficit by $2 trillion over the next decade
(The stream is slated to start at 2:30 p.m. ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see a video above at that time.) U.S. President Joe Biden is in Lanham, Maryland today where he will speak to the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local Union 26 about the state of the economy and […]
Read More
House GOP asks Fauci and dozens of health officials to testify in investigation into Covid origins
House Republicans have asked former White House chief medical advisor Dr. Anthony to testify before Congress as they launch a new investigation into the origins of the Covid-19 pandemic. The GOP leaders of the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic and Committee on Oversight and Accountability sent a letter to Fauci on Monday requesting a […]
Read More
Op-ed: U.S. inflation and employment experiences demonstrate swiftest recovery in 30 several years less than Biden
Cecilia Rouse is chair of the White Home Council of Economic Advisers. These are amazing situations for America’s economic system. The latest details propose that our labor market place remains sturdy even as inflationary pressures are displaying signals of easing. The work report before this month prompt U.S. businesses included 517,000 work in January, very […]
Read More
Nikki Haley enters race for president as first challenger to Trump for the Republican nomination
Former South Carolina Republican Governor Nikki Haley speaks at the Republican Jewish Coalition Annual Leadership Meeting in Las Vegas, Nevada, on November 19, 2022. Wade Vandervort | AFP | Getty Images Nikki Haley, a former governor for South Carolina and United Nation’s ambassador, announced she was entering the 2024 presidential race on Tuesday, making her […]
Read More
22 attorneys general say pulling abortion pill from U.S. would have ‘devastating consequences’
The attorneys general from 21 states and Washington, D.C., on Friday argued that the attempt to pull the abortion pill from the U.S. market would have “devastating consequences” for women. The filing in federal district court in Texas comes in response to a lawsuit by anti-abortion physicians who have asked that court to overturn the […]
Read More
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 […]
Read More
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 […]
Read More
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 […]
Read More