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Biden cap on drug costs will save US seniors over $1,000 a year, study finds

More than 1 million people in the U.S. will save over $1,000 a year beginning in 2025, when an annual $2,000 cap on prescription drug out-of-

Biden cap on drug costs will save US seniors over $1,000 a year, study finds
Economy|Health

US Senator Sanders optimistic Novo Nordisk can be pressured to cut Wegovy, Ozempic prices

Senator Bernie Sanders on Wednesday expressed confidence that Novo Nordisk can be convinced to cut the U.S. prices of its popular Ozempic and Wegovy drugs

US Senator Sanders optimistic Novo Nordisk can be pressured to cut Wegovy, Ozempic prices
Business

Explainer-Why are US pharmacy benefit managers under fire?

Pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) are in the crosshairs of Republicans and Democrats in Congress but have so far dodged any new litigation or reforms that had

Explainer-Why are US pharmacy benefit managers under fire?
Business

US Senate Democrats grill pharma CEOs on drug prices

U.S.

US Senate Democrats grill pharma CEOs on drug prices
Economy|Health

U.S. healthcare spending rises to $4.8 trillion in 2023, outpacing GDP

Healthcare spending in the U.S. is projected to have risen 7.5% in 2023 to $4.8 trillion, federal data showed on Wednesday, outpacing the projected annual

U.S. healthcare spending rises to $4.8 trillion in 2023, outpacing GDP
Health

Fauci denies suppressing COVID lab leak theory before US House panel

Former top U.S. infectious disease expert Dr.

Fauci denies suppressing COVID lab leak theory before US House panel
World

US Navy ending aircraft carrier's Middle East deployment

The Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier will return to its home port, the U.S.

US Navy ending aircraft carrier's Middle East deployment
News|World

New Biden rule protects privacy for women who get abortions

U.S.

New Biden rule protects privacy for women who get abortions
News

Biden to call for expanding Medicare drug negotiation program

President Joe Biden will call on Congress to expand the number of drugs subject to annual Medicare price negotiations in his State of the Union address on

Biden to call for expanding Medicare drug negotiation program
News

Trump White House pharmacy improperly provided drugs and misused funds, Pentagon report says

The White House Medical Unit during the Trump administration provided prescription drugs, including controlled substances, to ineligible staff and spent tens

Trump White House pharmacy improperly provided drugs and misused funds, Pentagon report says
News

US to offer more free COVID tests nationwide

The U.S. government on Monday will start taking orders for another round of free COVID-19 tests for delivery across the country, a Department of Health and

US to offer more free COVID tests nationwide
News

US Senate confirms Monica Bertagnolli as NIH director

The U.S. Senate on Tuesday voted to confirm President Joe Biden's pick to run the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Dr.

US Senate confirms Monica Bertagnolli as NIH director
News

US shifting COVID antivirals to commercial market on Nov. 1

Most people will retain access to Pfizer's Paxlovid and Merck's Lagevrio COVID-19 oral antiviral treatments for little or no cost even after the U.S.

US shifting COVID antivirals to commercial market on Nov. 1
News

Kaiser Permanente and healthcare workers head for labor clash as strike deadline looms

Kaiser Permanente appeared headed for a labor clash with 75,000 of its healthcare workers as union leaders said contract talks had stalled on Tuesday,

Kaiser Permanente and healthcare workers head for labor clash as strike deadline looms

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