by Jordana Choucair | Mar 4, 2022 | Life Sciences
Civica Rx, the nonprofit generic drug company created by a consortium of hospitals, announced that it plans to lower the cost of insulin by making it on its own. Civica plans to manufacture and distribute three different kinds of insulin at a cost of no more than $30...
by Jordana Choucair | Mar 4, 2022 | Opioid/Substance Use Disorders
OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma and the Sackler family have struck an agreement to pay up to $6 billion to settle lawsuits over the company’s role in fueling the opioid crisis. The new settlement is up from the $4.55 deal reached last year and is contingent upon...
by Jordana Choucair | Mar 3, 2022 | Mental Health
The Biden administration released a 96-page plan for the next phase of the COVID-19 pandemic. The National COVID-19 Preparedness Plan outlines a roadmap for averting economic and educational shutdowns in the event of future case surges and calls for additional...
by Jordana Choucair | Mar 3, 2022 | D.C. News
The Biden administration is asking Congress for roughly $22.5 billion in pandemic-related funding. The money would specifically fund investments in vaccines, therapeutics, and testing to guard against future variants. However, Republican senators will likely be...
by Jordana Choucair | Mar 3, 2022 | Life Sciences
A new study found that a booster shot of either the Pfizer Inc.-BioNTech SE or Moderna Inc. COVID-19 vaccines restored protection against symptomatic sickness caused by the omicron variant. However, just two doses of either vaccine brand were only minimally effective:...
by Jordana Choucair | Mar 3, 2022 | Mental Health
A group of state attorneys general announced an investigation into TikTok’s impact on the mental health of young Americans. The probe zeroes in on the social media platform’s engagement techniques to determine whether any of its practices may run afoul of state...
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