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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save President Joe Biden will single out smokers in his State of the Union speech, discussing the harms of smoking as the single largest driver of cancer deaths. The speech will preview actions the administration is…

Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save President Joe Biden will use his State of the Union speech to unveil additional actions in the fight against cancer as part of the administration’s revived “Cancer Moonshot” initiative, which has a goal of cutting…

Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Virginia lawmakers are set to vote on legislation this week that would require healthcare workers to provide medical care to infants born alive after a failed abortion, a kind of measure that has been proposed…

Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Tens of thousands of British healthcare workers joined the picket lines on Monday over a pay dispute with the government in what is expected to be the largest strike in the 75-year history of the…

Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Biden administration’s announcement that it will end the COVID-19 public health emergencies on May 11 will bring new costs as the development of vaccines, testing, and treatments will shift out of the direct hands…

Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Former President Bill Clinton was back at the White House this week to celebrate the 30th anniversary of a federal policy that allows U.S. workers to take up to 12 weeks of time off for…

Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Senate Democrats are urging one of the manufacturers of the abortion pill mifepristone to update the drug’s labeling to make it easier for patients to access the medication to reduce complications from a miscarriage in…

Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Pharmaceutical lobbyists are bracing in the crosshairs of the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee now that it is chaired by “Medicare for All” proponent Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), who has long taken an antagonistic…

Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Pharmaceutical companies have announced price hikes on almost 1,000 drugs since the start of the year, though the increases were only moderate as the industry faces the repercussions of the Inflation Reduction Act aimed at…

Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Biden administration announced new public-private partnerships directed at cancer care and prevention on Thursday to mark the first anniversary of Biden reviving the “Cancer Moonshot,” which has a goal of cutting the death rate…