Tag: Social issues
Pfizer, GSK RSV shots may prevent thousands of hospitalizations
Respiratory syncytial virus vial.Manjurul | Istock | Getty ImagesVaccinating one million adults ages 65 and above with a single RSV shot from Pfizer o [...]
Flavored e-cigarette sales, usage up among youths
Pile of used or discarded Vape Pens found littering the streets in New York City. Lindsey Nicholson | Universal Images Group | Getty ImagesEfforts to [...]
What can corporate America do?
Attacks against businesses for their inclusion of the LGBTQ+ community have forced companies to try to strike a balance between expressing values or r [...]
PhRMA sues Biden administration over Medicare drug negotiations
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange during morning trading, April 10, 2023.Michael M. Santiago | Getty ImagesThe pharmaceutical i [...]
CDC panel recommends Pfizer, GSK shots for adults over 60
A health worker prepares a flu vaccine shot before administering it to a local resident in Los Angeles, the United States, on Dec. 17, 2022.Xinhua New [...]
U.S. approves sale of cell cultured chicken to two start-ups
Chicken produced in a laboratory from chicken cells.Terry Chea | APThe U.S. Department of Agriculture has approved the sale of cell-cultured chicken i [...]
Drugmakers aim to fight Medicare negotiations at SCOTUS
Chief Executive Officers of pharmaceutical companies testify before the Senate Finance Committee on "Drug Pricing in America: A Prescription for Chang [...]
Biden to appoint Mandy Cohen to lead the CDC
Dr. Mandy Cohen speaks at a news conference at the Emergency Operations Center in Raleigh, North Carolina, Nov. 10, 2021.Bryan Anderson | APPresident [...]
Covid shots should target omicron subvariant XBB.1.5 this fall
XBB.1.5 strain of CovidCFOTO | Future Publishing | Getty ImagesThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday recommended that Covid vaccine manufact [...]
Health insurance stocks slide, UnitedHealth warns high medical costs
Health insurer stocks dropped Wednesday after UnitedHealth Group warned of higher medical costs as older Americans start to catch up on surgeries they [...]
Union claims dozens of stores can’t decorate
Marchers with Starbucks pass through the landmark intersection of Hollywood and Highland during the annual Pride Parade in Los Angeles, June 12, 2022. [...]
Medicare price negotiations may harm drug development
David Ricks, CEO, Eli Lilly.Scott Mlyn | CNBCEli Lilly CEO David Ricks on Tuesday said Medicare price negotiations, which aim to cut costs for older A [...]
Bernie Sanders opposing NIH pick until Biden delivers drug price plan
U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) speaks at a press conference on Capitol Hill about 11 Senate Democrats who sent a letter to President Joe Biden urg [...]
Walmart plans to expand its specialty HIV outreach
David Rosario remembers the late 1980s with mixed emotions. He had achieved his goal of becoming a professional dancer in New York City, but in that w [...]
FDA advisors OK AstraZeneca, Sanofi antibody for infants for RSV
Narisara Nami | Moment | Getty ImagesA panel of independent advisors to the Food and Drug Administration unanimously recommended Thursday that the ant [...]