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Mar 23 2023
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Senate Committee Releases Report on Widespread Drug Shortages
The Democrat-led Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs released a report Wednesday assessing nation-wide shortages of critical medications, determining drug shortages to be a threat to national security.
Key Quotes: The report stated that “shortages continue to have devastating consequences for patients and health care providers, including medication errors and
The Hill NPR (Online News) Fox News (Online News)May 26 2023
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Elon Musk’s Neuralink Says FDA Gave Approval for Human Trials
Neuralink tweeted Thursday that it had received FDA approval for a “first-in-human clinical study” of its brain implant.
For Context: Co-founded by Elon Musk in 2016, Neuralink is developing implants it hopes will help cure paralysis and other neurological ailments. In November 2022, Musk predicted that the company was six months away from the first human trial, echoing previous
CNBC Fox Business MashableApr 23 2021
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CDC Panel Recommends Resuming Johnson & Johnson Vaccine Distribution
A panel of experts advising the CDC voted Friday to recommend resuming distribution of Johnson & Johnson’s single-shot coronavirus vaccine, so long as the vaccine’s Emergency Use Authorization included a warning about “rare but clinically serious” blood clots. The vote comes 10 days after the CDC and FDA paused distribution “out of an abundance of caution” following 6 reports of severe
CNBC CNN (Online News) Fox News (Online News)Dec 15 2020
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Russian Hackers Suspected in Broad Attack on US Government, Businesses
Russian hackers are suspected in a months-long cyberattack on U.S. government institutions. The Treasury and Commerce Departments, the Pentagon, the Department of Homeland Security and the National Institutes of Health all reportedly suffered breaches, as did various businesses and corporations. Hackers maliciously manipulated technology from software provider SolarWinds Inc. to gain access to
Townhall Wall Street Journal (News) Yahoo NewsMar 03 2022
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Sacklers Agree to $6 Billion Opioid Settlement With US States
The Sackler family owners of Purdue Pharma agreed Thursday to pay as much as $6 billion to resolve thousands of opioid lawsuits from several states.
The agreement, which has yet to be approved by a bankruptcy judge, came after Purdue and several states traded appeals on a previous bankruptcy agreement involving a $4.5 billion payout. The new deal would not protect the Sacklers from
Wall Street Journal (News) New York Times (News) New York Post (News)Jul 31 2020
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Coronavirus Vaccine Slowly Coming Into Focus
Dr. Anthony Fauci told a House of Representatives committee Friday that a COVID-19 coronavirus vaccine would likely be created by the end of the year, and widely distributed to Americans in 2021.
Some voices examined how people who oppose the use of vaccines may react when the coronavirus treatment is distributed to the masses; others focused on the billions of dollars the U.S. is
The Hill MarketWatch The AtlanticMay 15 2020
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Virus Testing is up Overall, but Some States May be Falling Behind
Conflicting headlines and different reporting angles have helped fuel confusion around the status of COVID-19 coronavirus testing in the United States, and whether or not the country is performing tests adequately, or if it's falling short.
Some outlets are focusing on the recent overall increase in daily tests conducted in the U.S., while others are singling out certain states and
Associated Press New York Post (News) VoxApr 07 2020
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Trump's Small Financial Stake in Hydroxychloroquine Maker
On Monday, the New York Times reported that President Donald Trump has financial ties to a company that manufactures the anti-malaria drug hydroxychloroquine, which the president has said could be a potential treatment for the COVID-19 coronavirus. There is no known cure for COVID-19.
Most outlets, regardless of rating, reported that the president's stake in Sanofi is relatively small,
Raw Story Forbes MarketWatchMar 26 2020
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Amid Coronavirus Pandemic, Good News is Still Available
Good things are still happening, both on the coronavirus front and entirely separate from it, as humanity continues to grapple with a global pandemic that's infected nearly 500,000 people worldwide. Coverage from news organizations throughout the political spectrum is managing to maintain a positive element, as scientists fight to find a cure and people work to maintain community and
Bloomberg Fox News (Online News) BuzzFeed NewsMar 23 2020
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Partisan Divide in Coverage of Potential Coronavirus Treatments
Media coverage of the race to find a coronavirus cure has often divided along partisan lines. There are no drugs currently approved to prevent or treat the coronavirus; President Donald Trump recently stated that two specific drugs used in anti-malaria medications — chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine — may eventually provide a base for a coronavirus treatment, which the left and right sides of
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