Biden says Medicare should negotiate prices for at least 50 drugs each year, up from a target of 20

Biden says Medicare should negotiate prices for at least 50 drugs each year, up from a target of 20

MY NUMBER 1 RECOMMENDATION TO LOSE WEIGHT: CLICK HERE US President Joe Biden speaks during an event at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, Maryland, US, on Thursday, Dec. 14 2023.  Chris Kleponis | Bloomberg | Getty Images President Joe Biden on Wednesday said the federal Medicare program should negotiate prices for at … Read more

Federal judge tosses lobbying group’s lawsuit challenging Medicare drug price negotiations

Federal judge tosses lobbying group’s lawsuit challenging Medicare drug price negotiations

MY NUMBER 1 RECOMMENDATION TO LOSE WEIGHT: CLICK HERE Activists protest the price of prescription drug costs in front of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) building on October 06, 2022 in Washington, DC. Anna Moneymaker | Getty Images A federal judge on Monday tossed a lawsuit brought by a major pharmaceutical … Read more

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin re-hospitalized for bladder issue

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin re-hospitalized for bladder issue

MY NUMBER 1 RECOMMENDATION TO LOSE WEIGHT: CLICK HERE US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin takes questions during a press conference at the Pentagon in Washington, DC, on February 1, 2024.  Andrew Caballero-reynolds | Afp | Getty Images Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin was taken back to the hospital on Sunday afternoon for symptoms related to a … Read more

Senators to question Merck, J&J and Bristol Myers Squibb CEOs over high U.S. drug pricing

Senators to question Merck, J&J and Bristol Myers Squibb CEOs over high U.S. drug pricing

MY NUMBER 1 RECOMMENDATION TO LOSE WEIGHT: CLICK HERE Sen. Bernie Sanders, left, appears at a news conference with Sen. Ed Markey on issuing subpoenas for pharmaceutical company CEOs to testify regarding drug prices, in the Capitol, Jan. 25, 2024. Bill Clark | Cq-roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images Senators will question the CEOs of … Read more

Ad giant Publicis paying $350 million to settle U.S. opioid crisis claims

Ad giant Publicis paying 0 million to settle U.S. opioid crisis claims

MY NUMBER 1 RECOMMENDATION TO LOSE WEIGHT: CLICK HERE A sign for Publicis Groupe SA is seen at their headquarters in Paris, France, on Sunday, July 28, 2013.  Balint Porneczi | Bloomberg | Getty Images The healthcare division of French ad giant Publicis agreed to pay $350 million to settle claims that its past marketing … Read more

Defense Secretary Austin is ‘actively involved and engaged’ while hospitalized

Defense Secretary Austin is ‘actively involved and engaged’ while hospitalized

MY NUMBER 1 RECOMMENDATION TO LOSE WEIGHT: CLICK HERE US Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin testifies before a House Armed Services Committee hearing on the conclusion of military operations in Afghanistan at the Rayburn House Office building on Capitol Hill on September 29, 2021 in Washington, DC.  Olivier Douliery | Afp | Getty Images … Read more

Florida wins first FDA approval to import cheaper drugs from Canada

Florida wins first FDA approval to import cheaper drugs from Canada

MY NUMBER 1 RECOMMENDATION TO LOSE WEIGHT: CLICK HERE Pharmacist Thomas Jensen, looks over a prescription drug at the Rock Canyon pharmacy in Provo, Utah, May 9, 2019. George Frey | Reuters The Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved Florida’s plan to import cheaper prescription drugs from Canada, a first-in-the-nation move that could reduce … Read more

Biden administration’s Medicare drug price negotiations will face major tests in 2024

Biden administration’s Medicare drug price negotiations will face major tests in 2024

MY NUMBER 1 RECOMMENDATION TO LOSE WEIGHT: CLICK HERE Activists protest the price of prescription drug costs in front of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) building on October 06, 2022 in Washington, DC. Anna Moneymaker | Getty Images U.S. patients and drugmakers will get a first glimpse of how much Medicare … Read more

Biden administration asserts power to seize drug patents in move to slash high prices

Biden administration asserts power to seize drug patents in move to slash high prices

MY NUMBER 1 RECOMMENDATION TO LOSE WEIGHT: CLICK HERE President Joe Biden speaks about protecting Social Security, Medicare, and lowering prescription drug costs, during a visit to OB Johnson Park and Community Center, in Hallandale Beach, Florida, on Nov. 1, 2022. Kevin Lamarque | Reuters The Biden administration on Thursday asserted its authority to seize … Read more

U.S. to offer another round of free at-home Covid tests starting Monday

U.S. to offer another round of free at-home Covid tests starting Monday

MY NUMBER 1 RECOMMENDATION TO LOSE WEIGHT: CLICK HERE COVID-19 home test kits are pictured in a store window during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., January 19, 2022. Carlo Allegri | Reuters The Biden administration on Monday said it is offering another round of … Read more

Biden praises Kaiser Permanente labor agreement after worker strike: ‘Collective bargaining works’

Biden praises Kaiser Permanente labor agreement after worker strike: ‘Collective bargaining works’

MY NUMBER 1 RECOMMENDATION TO LOSE WEIGHT: CLICK HERE Healthcare workers strike in front of Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center, as more than 75,000 Kaiser Permanente healthcare workers go on strike from October 4 to 7 across the United States, in Los Angeles, California, October 4, 2023. Aude Guerrucci | Reuters More than 85,000 … Read more

Supreme Court declines to hear case challenging FDA authority to reject flavored e-cigarettes

Supreme Court declines to hear case challenging FDA authority to reject flavored e-cigarettes

MY NUMBER 1 RECOMMENDATION TO LOSE WEIGHT: CLICK HERE A woman smokes an E-Cigarette at Digital Ciggz in San Rafael, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images The Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to hear arguments in a case challenging the Food and Drug Administration‘s authority to reject approvals of flavored electronic cigarettes.  The case is … Read more

Kaiser Permanente health workers threaten more strikes if demands not met

Kaiser Permanente health workers threaten more strikes if demands not met

MY NUMBER 1 RECOMMENDATION TO LOSE WEIGHT: CLICK HERE Striking Kaiser Permanente workers hold signs as they march in front of the Kaiser Permanente Vallejo Medical Center on October 06, 2023 in Vallejo, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Kaiser Permanente workers on Friday threatened further strikes if executives don’t meet their demands over health-care … Read more

Kaiser Permanente workers strike for second day after negotiations fail to reach labor contract

Kaiser Permanente workers strike for second day after negotiations fail to reach labor contract

MY NUMBER 1 RECOMMENDATION TO LOSE WEIGHT: CLICK HERE Kaiser Permanente employees, joined by Union members representing the workers, walk the picket line in Los Angeles, California on October 4, 2023.  Frederic J. Brown | AFP | Getty Images Tens of thousands of Kaiser Permanente workers remained on strike for a second day after negotiators … Read more

Lab owner who defrauded Medicare to forfeit $187 million, Ferrari

Lab owner who defrauded Medicare to forfeit 7 million, Ferrari

MY NUMBER 1 RECOMMENDATION TO LOSE WEIGHT: CLICK HERE Exhibit from court record: 2018 Red Ferrari Spider. Source: U.S. DOJ A Miami federal judge ordered a lab owner convicted of defrauding Medicare to forfeit more than $187 million worth of proceeds from the scam, including $30 million in cash, a 2018 Ferrari Spider and real … Read more

More than 75,000 workers to strike at hundreds of Kaiser Permanente health facilities across U.S.

More than 75,000 workers to strike at hundreds of Kaiser Permanente health facilities across U.S.

MY NUMBER 1 RECOMMENDATION TO LOSE WEIGHT: CLICK HERE A Kaiser Permanente health care center is pictured in Anaheim, California, U.S., October 3, 2023 as more than 75,000 Kaiser Permanente healthcare workers could go on strike from Oct. 4 to Oct. 7 across the United States.  Mike Blake | Reuters Workers at Kaiser Permanente — … Read more

Kaiser Permanente union workers poised to strike after contract expires

Kaiser Permanente union workers poised to strike after contract expires

MY NUMBER 1 RECOMMENDATION TO LOSE WEIGHT: CLICK HERE A sign is posted on the exterior of the Kaiser Permanente Vallejo Medical Center on September 08, 2023 in Vallejo, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images More than 75,000 workers at the largest nonprofit private health-care provider in the United States are poised to strike Wednesday … Read more

Miami man pleads guilty to selling adulterated, misbranded HIV drugs across United States

Miami man pleads guilty to selling adulterated, misbranded HIV drugs across United States

MY NUMBER 1 RECOMMENDATION TO LOSE WEIGHT: CLICK HERE A Miami man has pleaded guilty in federal court to distributing at least $16.7 million of adulterated HIV drugs dispensed to U.S. patients. Miami Herald | Tribune News Service | Getty Images A Miami man pleaded guilty to distributing as much as $25 million worth of … Read more

More than 75,000 Kaiser Permanente workers threaten strike if labor agreement not reached

More than 75,000 Kaiser Permanente workers threaten strike if labor agreement not reached

MY NUMBER 1 RECOMMENDATION TO LOSE WEIGHT: CLICK HERE Thousands of healthcare workers march down Vermont to call for the urgent need for improved working conditions, better support systems and increased investment in the healthcare workforce at Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center in Hollywood on Monday, Sept. 4, 2023 in Los Angeles, CA. Dania … Read more

FTC sues Texas anesthesiology provider to bust monopoly

FTC sues Texas anesthesiology provider to bust monopoly

MY NUMBER 1 RECOMMENDATION TO LOSE WEIGHT: CLICK HERE Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chair Lina Khan testifies before a House Judiciary Committee hearing on “Oversight of the Federal Trade Commission,” on Capitol Hill in Washington, July 13, 2023. Kevin Wurm | Reuters The Federal Trade Commission on Thursday sued the largest anesthesiology provider in Texas, … Read more

Florida nurse practitioner convicted in $200 million Medicare fraud scheme

Florida nurse practitioner convicted in 0 million Medicare fraud scheme

MY NUMBER 1 RECOMMENDATION TO LOSE WEIGHT: CLICK HERE Michael Nesterov | Istock | Getty Images A federal jury in Miami convicted a Florida nurse practitioner of health-care conspiracy and other charges for playing a key role in a scheme that swindled hundreds of millions of dollars from Medicare. Elizabeth Hernandez, 45, fraudulently billed Medicare … Read more

Florida nurse convicted in $200 million Medicare fraud scheme

Florida nurse practitioner convicted in 0 million Medicare fraud scheme

MY NUMBER 1 RECOMMENDATION TO LOSE WEIGHT: CLICK HERE Michael Nesterov | Istock | Getty Images A federal jury in Miami convicted a Florida nurse practitioner of heath-care conspiracy and other charges for playing a key role in a scheme that swindled hundreds of millions of dollars from Medicare. Elizabeth Hernandez, 45, fraudulently billed Medicare … Read more

More than 60,000 Kaiser Permanente workers vote to authorize strike

More than 60,000 Kaiser Permanente workers vote to authorize strike

MY NUMBER 1 RECOMMENDATION TO LOSE WEIGHT: CLICK HERE Kaiser Permanente mental health workers and supporters march outside a Kaiser facility in Sacramento, Calif., Monday, Aug. 15, 2022. Rich Pedroncelli | AP More than 60,000 health care workers on Thursday voted to authorize a strike against Kaiser Permanente if an agreement is not reached when … Read more

Planned Parenthood will resume abortions in Wisconsin after court rules against 1849 ban

Planned Parenthood will resume abortions in Wisconsin after court rules against 1849 ban

MY NUMBER 1 RECOMMENDATION TO LOSE WEIGHT: CLICK HERE In this photo is the Madison South Health Center that is owned and operated by Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin. Kevin Wang | AP Planned Parenthood will resume abortions in Wisconsin next week, after a state court ruled that a 174-year-old criminal law does not ban the … Read more

McConnell brain scans found no stroke, seizures after second freeze, doctor says

McConnell brain scans found no stroke, seizures after second freeze, doctor says

MY NUMBER 1 RECOMMENDATION TO LOSE WEIGHT: CLICK HERE U.S. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) leaves his Washington house to return to work at the U.S. Senate, less than a week after he froze for more than 30 seconds while speaking to reporters at an event in his home state of Kentucky, in Washington, … Read more

Judge withdraws from Medicare drug price case after stock ownership is revealed

Judge withdraws from Medicare drug price case after stock ownership is revealed

MY NUMBER 1 RECOMMENDATION TO LOSE WEIGHT: CLICK HERE Ohio Governor Mike DeWine, right, shakes hands with Judge Thomas Rose of the U.S. District Court Southern District of Ohio after taking his oath of office, Monday, Jan. 14, 2019, in Cedarville, Ohio. John Minchillo | AP A federal judge on Friday withdrew from a case … Read more

U.S. health officials want to loosen marijuana restrictions. Here’s what it means

U.S. health officials want to loosen marijuana restrictions. Here’s what it means

MY NUMBER 1 RECOMMENDATION TO LOSE WEIGHT: CLICK HERE A worker sets up Florist Farms cannabis products on the first day of legal recreational marijuana sales at the Housing Works Cannabis Co. in New York, on Thursday, Dec. 29, 2022. Jeenah Moon | Bloomberg | Getty Images This week, the Department of Health and Human … Read more

McConnell suffering ‘occasional lightheadedness’ but is clear to keep working, his doctor says

McConnell suffering ‘occasional lightheadedness’ but is clear to keep working, his doctor says

MY NUMBER 1 RECOMMENDATION TO LOSE WEIGHT: CLICK HERE Top U.S. Senate Republican Mitch McConnell appears to freeze up for more than 30 seconds during a public appearance before he was escorted away, the second such incident in a little more than a month, after an event with the Northern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce in … Read more

Ozempic could be the next target of Medicare drug price negotiations – here’s why

Ozempic could be the next target of Medicare drug price negotiations – here’s why

MY NUMBER 1 RECOMMENDATION TO LOSE WEIGHT: CLICK HERE A pharmacist displays boxes of Ozempic, a semaglutide injection drug used for treating type 2 diabetes made by Novo Nordisk, at Rock Canyon Pharmacy in Provo, Utah, U.S. March 29, 2023.  George Frey | Reuters Ozempic, the blockbuster diabetes treatment from Novo Nordisk, could be next … Read more

Medicare drug price negotiations may have a muted impact on drugmakers in the near term

Medicare drug price negotiations may have a muted impact on drugmakers in the near term

MY NUMBER 1 RECOMMENDATION TO LOSE WEIGHT: CLICK HERE In this photo illustration, Eliquis is made available to customers at the New City Halsted Pharmacy on August 29, 2023 in Chicago, Illinois. Scott Olson | Getty Images Medicare is set to negotiate prices for 10 different drugs with manufacturers in a bid to make those … Read more

Covid fraud: Street gang in Milwaukee allegedly stole millions to pay for murder, guns and drugs

Covid fraud: Street gang in Milwaukee allegedly stole millions to pay for murder, guns and drugs

MY NUMBER 1 RECOMMENDATION TO LOSE WEIGHT: CLICK HERE A street gang in Milwaukee, Wisc., allegedly stole millions of dollars in pandemic relief money that was then used to carry out a murder and purchase guns and drugs, among other items, according to a federal indictment. The 43-count indictment charges 30 members of the “Wild … Read more

Here are the three most used drugs on the Medicare price negotiation list

Here are the three most used drugs on the Medicare price negotiation list

MY NUMBER 1 RECOMMENDATION TO LOSE WEIGHT: CLICK HERE Bottles of the drug Jardiance, made by Eli Lilly and Company, sit on a counter at a pharmacy in Provo, Utah, January 9, 2020. George Frey | Reuters Two blood thinners and a diabetes medication are the most widely used among a list of ten drugs … Read more

House Majority Leader Steve Scalise has a ‘very treatable’ blood cancer

House Majority Leader Steve Scalise has a ‘very treatable’ blood cancer

MY NUMBER 1 RECOMMENDATION TO LOSE WEIGHT: CLICK HERE U.S. House Majority Leader Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA) listens during a press conference following a House Republican Conference meeting at the U.S. Capitol Building on July 18, 2023 in Washington, DC. Anna Moneymaker | Getty Images House Majority Leader Steve Scalise said Tuesday that he has … Read more

Biden administration unveils first 10 drugs subject to Medicare price negotiations

Biden administration unveils first 10 drugs subject to Medicare price negotiations

MY NUMBER 1 RECOMMENDATION TO LOSE WEIGHT: CLICK HERE Kubra Cavus | Istock | Getty Images The Biden administration on Tuesday unveiled the first 10 prescription drugs that will be subject to price negotiations between manufacturers and Medicare, kicking off a controversial process that aims to make costly medications more affordable for older Americans.  President … Read more

Appeals court imposes restrictions on abortion pill, but drug will stay on the market for now

Appeals court imposes restrictions on abortion pill, but drug will stay on the market for now

MY NUMBER 1 RECOMMENDATION TO LOSE WEIGHT: CLICK HERE A container holding boxes of Mifepristone, the first medication in a medical abortion, are prepared for patients at Alamo Women’s Clinic in Carbondale, Illinois, April 20, 2023. Evelyn Hockstein | Reuters A federal appeals court on Wednesday imposed restrictions on the abortion pill mifepristone, though the … Read more

Hawaii wildfires: Biden vows immediate aid, deploys military to assist victims

Hawaii wildfires: Biden vows immediate aid, deploys military to assist victims

MY NUMBER 1 RECOMMENDATION TO LOSE WEIGHT: CLICK HERE An aerial view of a wildfire in Kihei, Maui County, Hawaii, U.S., August 8, 2023 in this screen grab obtained from a social media video. Clint Hansen Of Maui Real Estate | Via Reuters President Joe Biden on Thursday vowed immediate assistance for Maui residents who … Read more

Senator Warren says uninsured Americans are paying high costs for insulin, which Eli Lilly promised a $25 price tag.

Senator Warren says uninsured Americans are paying high costs for insulin, which Eli Lilly promised a  price tag.

MY NUMBER 1 RECOMMENDATION TO LOSE WEIGHT: CLICK HERE Eli Lilly and Company’s pharmaceutical manufacturing facility is pictured at 50 ImClone Drive in Branchburg, New Jersey on March 5, 2021. Mike Segar | Reuters On average, uninsured Americans pay nearly $98 per vial Eli Lillyof generic insulin, also by company promised to cut retail price … Read more

Biden administration to provide free covid vaccines to uninsured Americans this fall through the end of 2024

Biden administration to provide free covid vaccines to uninsured Americans this fall through the end of 2024

MY NUMBER 1 RECOMMENDATION TO LOSE WEIGHT: CLICK HERE A healthcare worker prepares a dose of Pfizer-BioNTech’s Covid-19 vaccine at the vaccination clinic at the Peabody Institute Library in Peabody, Massachusetts, Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2022. Vanessa Leroy | Bloomberg | Getty Images The Biden administration announced Thursday program provide free of charge Vaccines for covid … Read more

Biden administration asks Pfizer, Moderna and Novavax for ‘reasonable’ prices of updated covid vaccines

Biden administration asks Pfizer, Moderna and Novavax for ‘reasonable’ prices of updated covid vaccines

MY NUMBER 1 RECOMMENDATION TO LOSE WEIGHT: CLICK HERE A nurse prepares Pfizer vaccine doses on Dec. 30, 2021, during a COVID-19 vaccination event at Josephine’s Southern Cooking Restaurant in Chatham, Illinois. Brian Cassella | News Tribune | Getty Images The Biden administration made the call on Thursday Pfizer, Modern and Novavax for their price … Read more

FDA to review Schumer’s concerns over YouTube stars’ Prime Energy drink

FDA to review Schumer’s concerns over YouTube stars’ Prime Energy drink

MY NUMBER 1 RECOMMENDATION TO LOSE WEIGHT: CLICK HERE Signs are seen outside the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) headquarters in White Oak, Maryland on August 29, 2020. Andrew Kelly | Reuters WASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration will address Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer’s concerns about a caffeinated energy drink popular among teenagers. … Read more

White House unveils plan to end fentanyl threat with xylazine

White House unveils plan to end fentanyl threat with xylazine

MY NUMBER 1 RECOMMENDATION TO LOSE WEIGHT: CLICK HERE Bags of heroin, some laced with fentanyl, are displayed outside a news conference at the New York Attorney General’s office regarding a major drug bust, September 23, 2016. Drew Angerer | Getty Images The Biden administration unveiled a plan Tuesday to address the growing threat fentanyl … Read more

Bill Ackman explains why he embraced RFK Jr.’s skepticism. regarding covid vaccines

Bill Ackman explains why he embraced RFK Jr.’s skepticism.  regarding covid vaccines

MY NUMBER 1 RECOMMENDATION TO LOSE WEIGHT: CLICK HERE Bill Ackman Scott Mlyn | CNBC Bill Ackman said 2021 that postponing Covid vaccinations for older Americans “seems like genocide.” Today, an influential hedge fund manager and investor is expanding on Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s revealed anti-vaccine views. Ackman does not deny his … Read more

Former Vice President and Presidential Candidate Mike Pence Calls for Tighter Federal Abortion Restrictions, Others Stay Away

Former Vice President and Presidential Candidate Mike Pence Calls for Tighter Federal Abortion Restrictions, Others Stay Away

MY NUMBER 1 RECOMMENDATION TO LOSE WEIGHT: CLICK HERE Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. Vice President Mike Pence gestures during the “National Celebrate Life Day Rally” to commemorate the first anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Dobbs v. Women’s Health Organization, which overturned the landmark abortion decision Roe v. Wade in Washington, … Read more

New York Gov. Hochul signs bill to protect abortion providers who ship pills to states with bans

New York Gov. Hochul signs bill to protect abortion providers who ship pills to states with bans

MY NUMBER 1 RECOMMENDATION TO LOSE WEIGHT: CLICK HERE Governor Kathy Hochul holds a media availability press conference and abortion rights announcement at her office at 633 3rd Ave. Governor Hochul briefed the media on the state of the state’s COVID-19 pandemic, announced more funding to provide abortion on demand, updated on the monkeypox situation, … Read more

Biden to sign executive order expanding access to contraception

Biden to sign executive order expanding access to contraception

MY NUMBER 1 RECOMMENDATION TO LOSE WEIGHT: CLICK HERE President Joe Biden signs an executive order in support of Joining Forces, an initiative to support military and veteran families, caregivers and survivors, on June 9, 2023, at Fort Liberty, North Carolina. Eros Hoagland | Getty Images President Joe Biden will sign the massive deal on … Read more

Bristol Myers Squibb is suing the Biden administration over Medicare drug negotiations

Bristol Myers Squibb is suing the Biden administration over Medicare drug negotiations

MY NUMBER 1 RECOMMENDATION TO LOSE WEIGHT: CLICK HERE Bristol Myers Squibb sued the Biden administration Friday over Medicare’s new authority to negotiate drug prices, the third such lawsuit filed against the program in as many days. The lawsuit, filed in federal district court in New Jersey, alleges that the Medicare negotiations violate the First … Read more

The UK’s ‘partygate’ committee has ruled that former Prime Minister Boris Johnson deliberately misled Parliament during Covid

The UK’s ‘partygate’ committee has ruled that former Prime Minister Boris Johnson deliberately misled Parliament during Covid

MY NUMBER 1 RECOMMENDATION TO LOSE WEIGHT: CLICK HERE A UK parliamentary committee has found that former UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson deliberately misled Parliament about illegal Covid-19 jail parties held during his tenure. Carl Court | News Getty Images | Getty Images Former UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson deliberately misled Parliament over illegal covid-19 … Read more

Illumina’s takeover of Grail is gaining support from GOP lawmakers and state associations, while the FTC is trying to block it

Illumina’s takeover of Grail is gaining support from GOP lawmakers and state associations, while the FTC is trying to block it

MY NUMBER 1 RECOMMENDATION TO LOSE WEIGHT: CLICK HERE Rafael Henrique | Lightrocket | Getty Images Republican lawmakers, state attorneys general and several advocacy groups have voiced their support Illuminina takeover of cancer test developer Grail, while the Federal Trade Commission struggling to release an agreement. The groups filed 14 amicus briefs between Monday and … Read more

Eli Lilly’s CEO says Medicare price negotiations could hurt drug development

Eli Lilly’s CEO says Medicare price negotiations could hurt drug development

MY NUMBER 1 RECOMMENDATION TO LOSE WEIGHT: CLICK HERE David Ricks, CEO, Eli Lilly Scott Mlyn | CNBC Eli Lilly CEO David Ricks said Tuesday Medicare price negotiationswhose goal is reduce costs potentially harmful for older Americans drug development. “I’m really worried about the damage this will do to new drugs and opportunities in medicine,” … Read more

Bernie Sanders vows to oppose NIH nominee until Biden releases plan to lower drug prices

Bernie Sanders vows to oppose NIH nominee until Biden releases plan to lower drug prices

MY NUMBER 1 RECOMMENDATION TO LOSE WEIGHT: CLICK HERE U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) speaks at a news conference on Capitol Hill about the 11 Senate Democrats who sent a letter to President Joe Biden urging him to use the 14th Amendment to avoid a catastrophic debt default, in Washington, 18 in May 2023. Evelyn … Read more

Meet the Wall Street executive who funds Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s anti-vaccine group

Meet the Wall Street executive who funds Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s anti-vaccine group

MY NUMBER 1 RECOMMENDATION TO LOSE WEIGHT: CLICK HERE Mark Gorton, founder of LimeWire, a peer-to-peer file sharing client for the Java platform, sits for a photo at the company’s New York offices. Ramin Talaie | Corbis Historical | Getty Images The veteran Wall Street executive told CNBC that he helped fund Robert F. Kennedy … Read more

NJ Gov. Murphy would consider challenging the Supreme Court if the justices uphold the abortion pill ban

NJ Gov. Murphy would consider challenging the Supreme Court if the justices uphold the abortion pill ban

MY NUMBER 1 RECOMMENDATION TO LOSE WEIGHT: CLICK HERE New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy Scott Mlyn | CNBC New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy said Wednesday that he would consider defiance the Supreme Court and continue to provide mifepristone if the court decides to ban it the abortion pill. Asked whether the state would prescribe mifepristone … Read more

Mifepristone abortion pill access at stake in federal appeals court hearing

Mifepristone abortion pill access at stake in federal appeals court hearing

MY NUMBER 1 RECOMMENDATION TO LOSE WEIGHT: CLICK HERE Mifepristone, the first medical abortion drug, is prepared for a patient at the Alamo Women’s Clinic in Carbondale, Illinois on April 20, 2023. Evelyn Hockstein | Reuters A federal appeals court will hear arguments Wednesday afternoon under close scrutiny lawsuit who wants to pull the abortion … Read more

Ron DeSantis just made it clear that he will fight Trump on abortion

Ron DeSantis just made it clear that he will fight Trump on abortion

MY NUMBER 1 RECOMMENDATION TO LOSE WEIGHT: CLICK HERE As a former president Donald Trump blinks on the abortion debate, his likely primary rival, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, is seizing the opportunity to clash with him on a key 2024 election issue that will be as divisive in the Republican primary as it will be … Read more

Here’s why covid vaccines will still be free for uninsured Americans once the public health emergency ends

Here’s why covid vaccines will still be free for uninsured Americans once the public health emergency ends

MY NUMBER 1 RECOMMENDATION TO LOSE WEIGHT: CLICK HERE A healthcare worker prepares a dose of Pfizer-BioNTech’s Covid-19 vaccine at the vaccination clinic at the Peabody Institute Library in Peabody, Massachusetts, Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2022. Vanessa Leroy | Bloomberg | Getty Images Uninsured Americans still have access Vaccines for covid-19 no cost for now, though … Read more

Pfizer CEO says Medicare likely to face legal action over drug price negotiations

Pfizer CEO says Medicare likely to face legal action over drug price negotiations

MY NUMBER 1 RECOMMENDATION TO LOSE WEIGHT: CLICK HERE Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla speaks with the President of the European Commission during a press conference after a visit to monitor the production of the Pfizer-BioNtech Covid-19 vaccine at the factory of the US pharmaceutical company Pfizer in Puurs on April 23, 2021. Your John | … Read more

The GOP bill slashed Big Pharma’s tax rates by 40%, a Senate report says

The GOP bill slashed Big Pharma’s tax rates by 40%, a Senate report says

MY NUMBER 1 RECOMMENDATION TO LOSE WEIGHT: CLICK HERE (L-R) Richard A. Gonzalez, Chairman and CEO of AbbVie Inc., Pascal Soriot, CEO and CEO of AstraZeneca, Giovanni Caforio, Chairman and CEO of Bristol-Myers Squibb Co., Jennifer Taubert, Executive Vice President and worldwide chairman of Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Johnson & Johnson, Kenneth C. Frazier, chairman and CEO … Read more

Eli Lilly CEO vows no more insulin price hikes, while Novo Nordisk and Sanofi hedge

Eli Lilly CEO vows no more insulin price hikes, while Novo Nordisk and Sanofi hedge

MY NUMBER 1 RECOMMENDATION TO LOSE WEIGHT: CLICK HERE Eli Lilly CEO Dave Ricks vowed on Wednesday not to raise the company’s prices insulin products again — the only CEO to do so before a Hearing of the Senate Committee on Health about making a life-saving diabetes drug more affordable. sen. Bernie Sandersboard chairman, asked … Read more

FDA advisors recommend selling birth control pills without a prescription

FDA advisors recommend selling birth control pills without a prescription

MY NUMBER 1 RECOMMENDATION TO LOSE WEIGHT: CLICK HERE Opill oral contraceptive Source: Perrigo Panel from experts who advises Food and Drug Administration unanimously recommended Wednesday that the agency allow women to get birth control pills without a prescription for the first time. The Commission was asked whether the advantages of the sale HRA Pharma‘s … Read more

FDA approves GSK’s RSV vaccine for older adults, world’s first drug against the virus

FDA approves GSK’s RSV vaccine for older adults, world’s first drug against the virus

MY NUMBER 1 RECOMMENDATION TO LOSE WEIGHT: CLICK HERE The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved an RSV the vaccine is produced GlaxoSmithKline for use in adults 60 years of age and older. The approval, the first global regulatory approval for RSV the vaccineis a decisive victory for GSK va race against drug manufacturers … Read more

Supreme Court says abortion pill mifepristone will remain widely available during court battle

Supreme Court says abortion pill mifepristone will remain widely available during court battle

MY NUMBER 1 RECOMMENDATION TO LOSE WEIGHT: CLICK HERE Demonstrators protest in support of abortion rights outside the US Supreme Court in Washington, DC on April 15, 2023. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds | AFP | Getty Images The Supreme Court on Friday ordered that the abortion pill mifepristone remain widely available while the legal case plays out … Read more

The abortion pill decision puts concerns about judge shopping back in the spotlight

The abortion pill decision puts concerns about judge shopping back in the spotlight

MY NUMBER 1 RECOMMENDATION TO LOSE WEIGHT: CLICK HERE Crucial battle for Food and Drug Administration drug approval abortion pills mifepristone has prompted fresh accusations of “judge shopping” by plaintiffs seeking favorable audiences for their lawsuits. The legal battle over the abortion pill has largely been fought in Amarillo, Texas, where the federal court division … Read more

J&J to pay $8.9 billion to settle cancer-causing talc cosmetics claims

J&J to pay .9 billion to settle cancer-causing talc cosmetics claims

MY NUMBER 1 RECOMMENDATION TO LOSE WEIGHT: CLICK HERE Containers of Johnson’s Baby Powder, manufactured by Johnson and Johnson, are seen on a shelf on July 13, 2018 in San Francisco, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Johnson & Johnson said Tuesday that it will pay $8.9 billion over the next 25 years to settle … Read more

Senator John Fetterman will likely be hospitalized for several weeks for clinical treatment of depression

Senator John Fetterman will likely be hospitalized for several weeks for clinical treatment of depression

MY NUMBER 1 RECOMMENDATION TO LOSE WEIGHT: CLICK HERE U.S. Senator John Fetterman (D-PA) leaves classified information for U.S. senators about the latest unidentified objects shot down by the U.S. military on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., on February 14, 2023. Evelyn Hockstein | Reuters Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., will receive hospital care for “several … Read more

Sen. John Fetterman checks himself into a hospital for treatment for clinical depression, his office says

Sen. John Fetterman checks himself into a hospital for treatment for clinical depression, his office says

MY NUMBER 1 RECOMMENDATION TO LOSE WEIGHT: CLICK HERE Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) leaves a closed secret meeting for senators at the U.S. Capitol Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2023, in Washington, DC. Kent Nishimura | Los Angeles Times | Getty Images Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., checked himself into the hospital to “receive treatment for clinical depression,” … Read more

Judge suggests abortion could be protected by 13th Amendment despite Supreme Court ruling

Judge suggests abortion could be protected by 13th Amendment despite Supreme Court ruling

MY NUMBER 1 RECOMMENDATION TO LOSE WEIGHT: CLICK HERE Agnes Scott College student Jordan Simi (C) takes part in a chant during an abortion rights march and rally held in response to the leaking of a draft of the US Supreme Court’s majority opinion written by Justice Samuel Alito, which is set to be approved … Read more

Ex-Google CEO Eric Schmidt named to federal biotech commission, allowing members to keep biotech investments

Ex-Google CEO Eric Schmidt named to federal biotech commission, allowing members to keep biotech investments

MY NUMBER 1 RECOMMENDATION TO LOSE WEIGHT: CLICK HERE On December 30, the leaders of the House and Senate Armed Services Committees announced the selection former Google CEO Eric Schmidt and 11 others who will serve on the new federal Biotechnology Commission. The National Security Commission on Emerging Biotechnologies, which is charged with reviewing the … Read more

The Biden administration plans to end the public health emergency due to covid on May 11

The Biden administration plans to end the public health emergency due to covid on May 11

MY NUMBER 1 RECOMMENDATION TO LOSE WEIGHT: CLICK HERE U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks about the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) before receiving a second booster shot against COVID-19 in the South Court Auditorium of the Eisenhower Office Building at the White House in Washington, U.S., March 30, 2022. Kevin Lamarque | Reuters The Biden administration … Read more

Supreme Court justices questioned in probe into disclosure of abortion ruling, says investigator

Supreme Court justices questioned in probe into disclosure of abortion ruling, says investigator

MY NUMBER 1 RECOMMENDATION TO LOSE WEIGHT: CLICK HERE Anti-abortion protesters participate in the annual “March for Life” for the first time since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the Roe v. Wade abortion decision, in Washington, D.C., on January 20, 2023. Evelyn Hockstein | Reuters All of the Supreme Court justices have been questioned — … Read more

Philip Esformes, whose jail sentence was commuted by Trump, loses appeal and faces retrial on health care fraud charges

Philip Esformes, whose jail sentence was commuted by Trump, loses appeal and faces retrial on health care fraud charges

MY NUMBER 1 RECOMMENDATION TO LOSE WEIGHT: CLICK HERE Philanthropist Philip Esformes attends the 15th Annual Harold & Carole Pump Foundation Gala at Hyatt Regency Century Plaza on August 7, 2015 in Century City, California. Tiffany Rose | Getty Images A Florida nursing home owner whose 20-year prison sentence for $1.3 billion Medicare fraud the … Read more

FTC asks judge to hold ‘pharma bro’ Martin Shkreli in contempt for starting new drug company

FTC asks judge to hold ‘pharma bro’ Martin Shkreli in contempt for starting new drug company

MY NUMBER 1 RECOMMENDATION TO LOSE WEIGHT: CLICK HERE Martin Shkreli, former chief executive officer of Turing Pharmaceuticals AG, center, pauses as he speaks to the media with his attorney Benjamin Brafman, right, outside federal court in Brooklyn, New York, U.S., Friday, Aug. 4, 2017. Peter Foley | Bloomberg | Getty Images Federal Trade Commission … Read more

A Supreme Court investigation has not discovered who leaked the abortion ruling

A Supreme Court investigation has not discovered who leaked the abortion ruling

MY NUMBER 1 RECOMMENDATION TO LOSE WEIGHT: CLICK HERE An investigation into who leaked a Supreme Court ruling that overturned the federal constitutional right to abortion weeks before it was officially announced has not identified the culprit, the court said Thursday. Politics reported in May that a leaked draft opinion written by Justice Samuel Alito … Read more

The FDA has approved an Alzheimer’s drug that slowed cognitive decline in a clinical trial

The FDA has approved an Alzheimer’s drug that slowed cognitive decline in a clinical trial

MY NUMBER 1 RECOMMENDATION TO LOSE WEIGHT: CLICK HERE An MRI image of the brain showing the region of a patient with Alzheimer’s disease. Getty Images The Food and Drug Administration on Friday granted accelerated approval to the Alzheimer’s drug lekanemab, developed by Biogen and Japanese pharmaceutical company Eisai. The FDA approval came after clinical … Read more

South Carolina Supreme Court Overturns State Abortion Ban

South Carolina Supreme Court Overturns State Abortion Ban

MY NUMBER 1 RECOMMENDATION TO LOSE WEIGHT: CLICK HERE South Carolina Supreme Court Thursday overturned a state ban on abortion after about six weeks of pregnancy and a ruling that the law violates the state’s constitutional right to privacy. The 3-2 decision comes nearly seven months after the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision bomb verdict repeal … Read more

The US has 100 million cases of covid, but more than 200 million Americans have probably had it

The US has 100 million cases of covid, but more than 200 million Americans have probably had it

MY NUMBER 1 RECOMMENDATION TO LOSE WEIGHT: CLICK HERE The US this week saw more than 100 million officially diagnosed and reported cases of Covid-19, but the number of Americans who have actually had the virus since the start of the pandemic is likely more than double that. Covid-19 has easily infected more than 200 … Read more

The Supreme Court has expanded a Trump pandemic immigration rule to allow for faster deportations

The Supreme Court has expanded a Trump pandemic immigration rule to allow for faster deportations

MY NUMBER 1 RECOMMENDATION TO LOSE WEIGHT: CLICK HERE Asylum-seeking migrants from Central America sit next to a vehicle stopped by police after crossing the Rio Grande River in Eagle Pass, Texas, from Mexico on U.S. Route 90 in Honda, Texas, the United States, on June 1, 2022. Shannon Stapleton | Reuters The Supreme Court … Read more

The FDA has approved omicron covid vaccines for children as young as 6 months

The FDA has approved omicron covid vaccines for children as young as 6 months

MY NUMBER 1 RECOMMENDATION TO LOSE WEIGHT: CLICK HERE Oliver Harris, 9 months, cries after receiving the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine at Northwell Health Cohen Children’s Medical Center in New Hyde Park, New York, U.S., June 22, 2022. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton Shannon Stapleton | Reuters The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday approved updated Covid-19 vaccines … Read more

Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito told Ted Kennedy in 2005 that the legal basis for guaranteeing abortion rights was “settled” by law, a new book reveals

Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito told Ted Kennedy in 2005 that the legal basis for guaranteeing abortion rights was “settled” by law, a new book reveals

MY NUMBER 1 RECOMMENDATION TO LOSE WEIGHT: CLICK HERE Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-MA) boards an elevator after leaving the floor of the U.S. Senate following a roll call vote to finalize the nomination of Justice Samuel Alito to the U.S. Supreme Court, passed 72 to 25 January 30, 2006 in Washington. , DC. Chip Somodevilla … Read more

The Supreme Court confirms that the public can attend hearings in October for the first time since the Covid quarantine

The Supreme Court confirms that the public can attend hearings in October for the first time since the Covid quarantine

MY NUMBER 1 RECOMMENDATION TO LOSE WEIGHT: CLICK HERE A crosswalk signal is seen in front of the US Supreme Court building in Washington, US on June 27, 2022. Elizabeth Frantz | Reuters From Monday, the Supreme Court will allow representatives of the public to attend oral hearings for the first time after the quarantine … Read more

Texas AG Ken Paxton fled home with wife to avoid subpoena in abortion case, court filing says

Texas AG Ken Paxton fled home with wife to avoid subpoena in abortion case, court filing says

MY NUMBER 1 RECOMMENDATION TO LOSE WEIGHT: CLICK HERE Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton fled home to avoid being served with a subpoena Monday in connection with a federal lawsuit filed by groups seeking to help Texans get out-of-state abortions, court records show. Paxton ran from the garage of his home in McKinney, Texas, into … Read more

Lindsey Graham’s abortion bill has some Republicans on edge as Democrats step up attacks in key midterm elections

Lindsey Graham’s abortion bill has some Republicans on edge as Democrats step up attacks in key midterm elections

MY NUMBER 1 RECOMMENDATION TO LOSE WEIGHT: CLICK HERE Republicans are distancing themselves from Senator Lindsey Graham’s new proposal ban most abortions after 15 weeks pregnancies as Democrats hold up the bill as evidence that the Republican Party wants to restrict abortion nationwide if it wins control of Congress in November’s midterm elections. Democrats see … Read more

Polio found in New York City sewage suggests local circulation of the virus, health officials say

Polio found in New York City sewage suggests local circulation of the virus, health officials say

MY NUMBER 1 RECOMMENDATION TO LOSE WEIGHT: CLICK HERE NYC Health Commissioner Dr. Mary T. Bassett Andy Katz | Pacific Press | Lightrocket | Getty Images Polio has been discovered in New York City, suggesting the virus is circulating locally, health officials said Friday. New York State Health Commissioner Dr. Mary Bassett called the findings … Read more

Schumer says big abortion rights win in ‘red’ Kansas gives Democrats boost for fall midterms over ‘MAGA’ GOP

Schumer says big abortion rights win in ‘red’ Kansas gives Democrats boost for fall midterms over ‘MAGA’ GOP

MY NUMBER 1 RECOMMENDATION TO LOSE WEIGHT: CLICK HERE Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and other top Democrats said Wednesday that an unexpectedly strong vote in favor of abortion rights in red Kansas gives their party a boost over Republicans heading into the fall midterm elections. “Last night, the people of Kansas sent an unequivocal … Read more

California declares state of emergency due to monkeypox outbreak

California declares state of emergency due to monkeypox outbreak

MY NUMBER 1 RECOMMENDATION TO LOSE WEIGHT: CLICK HERE California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) speaks to reporters after meeting with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., at the U.S. Capitol on Friday, July 15, 2022. Tom Williams | CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images California has declared a state of emergency over a rapidly spreading monkeypox … Read more

Biden tests positive for Covid again, will resume isolation despite no new symptoms

Biden tests positive for Covid again, will resume isolation despite no new symptoms

MY NUMBER 1 RECOMMENDATION TO LOSE WEIGHT: CLICK HERE US President Joe Biden speaks to the media as he arrives at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, US on July 20, 2022. Jonathan Ernst | Reuters President Joe Biden tested positive for Covid-19 again on Saturday after consecutive days of testing negative for the virus, his doctor … Read more

President Biden tested negative for Covid and will end strict quarantine, White House doctor says

President Biden tested negative for Covid and will end strict quarantine, White House doctor says

MY NUMBER 1 RECOMMENDATION TO LOSE WEIGHT: CLICK HERE President Joe Biden, who tested positive for Covid-19 this morning, tweeted: “I’m doing great guys. Thank you for caring. I just called Senator Casey, Congressman Cartwright and Mayor Cognetti (and my Scranton cousins!) to express my regrets for missing our event today.” Courtesy: The White House … Read more

President Biden tests positive for Covid-19, has mild symptoms

President Biden tests positive for Covid-19, has mild symptoms

MY NUMBER 1 RECOMMENDATION TO LOSE WEIGHT: CLICK HERE U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on climate change and renewable energy at the site of the former Brayton Point Power Plant in Somerset, Massachusetts, U.S. on July 20, 2022. Jonathan Ernst | Reuters President Joe Biden tested positive for Covid-19, the White House announced on … Read more

Biden Says Supreme Court ‘Out of Control,’ Orders HHS to Protect Abortion Access

Biden Says Supreme Court ‘Out of Control,’ Orders HHS to Protect Abortion Access

MY NUMBER 1 RECOMMENDATION TO LOSE WEIGHT: CLICK HERE U.S. President Joe Biden speaks before signing an executive order to help protect women’s access to abortion and contraception after the Supreme Court overturned last month’s Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion, at the White House in Washington, July 8, 2022. Kevin Lamarque | Reuters … Read more

;
error: Content is protected !!