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2 days ago | 
nbcnews.com | Berkeley Lovelace Jr.
President Donald Trump on Monday is set to signa sweeping executive order that aims to cut prescription drug costs in the U.S. by aligning what the government pays for certain medications to the prices paid in other countries. The order, experts say, is a reimagined and far more aggressive version of Trump’s policy during his first term to cut drug costs, which failed to take effect after a federal judge blocked it.
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6 days ago | 
nbcnews.com | Berkeley Lovelace Jr.
President Donald Trump will announce a plan to lower U.S. prescription drug costs by tying the amount the government pays for some medications to prices paid abroad, according to an administration official familiar with the matter — a strategy he pursued unsuccessfully during his first term.
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6 days ago | 
flipboard.com | Berkeley Lovelace Jr.
1 hour agoRFK Jr. says autism database will use Medicare and Medicaid infoThe National Institutes of Health will use information from federal health insurance programs Medicare and Medicaid to create a "real-world data platform" to determine the cause of autism, the agency announced this week.
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1 week ago | 
nbcnews.com | Berkeley Lovelace Jr. |Erika Edwards |Akshay Syal
Autism experts and advocates expressed alarm after the Department of Health and Human Services said Wednesday it intends to create a database of enrolled Medicare and Medicaid patients to support a study aimed at identifying the “root causes” of autism. Under the leadership of HHS Secretary Robert F.
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1 week ago | 
yahoo.com | Berkeley Lovelace Jr.
Autism experts and advocates expressed alarm after the Department of Health and Human Services said Wednesday it intends to create a database of enrolled Medicare and Medicaid patients to support a study aimed at identifying the “root causes” of autism. Under the leadership of HHS Secretary Robert F.
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1 week ago | 
nbcnews.com | Berkeley Lovelace Jr.
Moderna’s combined Covid and flu shot outperformed the existing standalone vaccines for both viruses, according to the results of a phase 3 clinical trial published Wednesday in the Journal of the American Medical Association. The vaccine uses the same messenger RNA technology as Moderna’s approved Covid vaccine. (There are no approved mRNA-based flu shots.)The trial, funded by Moderna, included more than 8,000 adults ages 50 and older who were enrolled in October and November 2023.
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1 week ago | 
flipboard.com | Berkeley Lovelace Jr.
3 hours agoIf you're not careful with your nonstick pots and pans, they can do more harm than good. Nonstick cookware, which are teflon-coated, are appreciated for how easy they are to use and clean. However, some question the safety of the chemical-coated dishes. More specifically, the PTFE and PFAS (used in …
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1 week ago | 
nbcnews.com | Berkeley Lovelace Jr. |Brandy Zadrozny
The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday named Dr. Vinay Prasad — a hematologist-oncologist who has been accused of spreading misinformation about Covid vaccines and was an outspoken critic of the agency’s decision to approve Covid shots in children — as its new vaccine chief. The FDA commissioner, Dr. Marty Makary, announced Prasad would lead the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research to agency employees earlier Tuesday and later on X.
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1 week ago | 
nbcnews.com | Berkeley Lovelace Jr.
The anticipated rollout of updated Covid vaccines this fall might be at risk after a change by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in how vaccines are tested, experts say. Under the change by Kennedy, according to an HHS spokesperson, all new vaccines will need to go through placebo-controlled clinical trials — where some people get the actual shot and others get something inactive, like a saline shot — to compare the results.
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1 week ago | 
flipboard.com | Berkeley Lovelace Jr.
15 hours agoHHS redirects $500 million to Trump appointee's vaccine project, bypassing reviewsThe Department of Health and Human Services has transferred $500 million from research into next-generation COVID-19 vaccines, redirecting the money …12 hours agoRFK Jr. vows to fight a long-debunked conspiracy theory: ‘chemtrails’"Chemtrails" are an an unsubstantiated conspiracy theory that's existed for decades, despite universal calls that there's no scientific basis.
