Hepatitis C cure isn’t reaching patients due to cost, CDC says
Hepatitis C virus BSIP | UIG | Getty Images The overwhelming majority of people in the U.S. who have tested positive for hepatitis C have not been cured due to …
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Uninsured pay high prices for Eli Lilly product, Warren says
An Eli Lilly and Company pharmaceutical manufacturing plant is pictured at 50 ImClone Drive in Branchburg, New Jersey, March 5, 2021. Mike Segar | Reuters Uninsured Americans pay nearly $98 …
Biden HHS to provide free Covid vaccines for uninsured through 2024
A healthcare worker prepares a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine at a vaccination clinic in the Peabody Institute Library in Peabody, Massachusetts, on Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2022. Vanessa Leroy …
Updated Covid vaccines should have ‘reasonable’ prices: HHS
A nurse prepares doses of the Pfizer vaccine on Dec. 30, 2021, during a COVID-19 vaccination event at Josephine’s Southern Cooking in Chatham, Illinois. Brian Cassella | Tribune News Service …
FDA approves first over the counter birth control pill
HRA Pharma expects a final decision by the FDA this summer on its application for nonprescription sales of Opill, which is generically called norgestrel. Source: Perrigo The Food and Drug …
Alzheimer’s drug Leqembi sales may be slow at first: Analysts
Jay Reinstein, who suffers from Alzheimer’s, receives an injection so he can have a PET scan at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital in Washington, DC on June 20, 2023. Michael Robinson …
Mackinac Island Impounded 50 Illegal E-Bikes In Three Weeks
Photo: Stock Photo (Getty Images) If you want to use an e-bike to get around Michigan’s Mackinac Island, the rules are pretty straightforward: You can’t. Not unless you have a …
FDA approves Alzheimer’s drug Leqembi from Eisai, Biogen
The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday fully approved the Alzheimer’s treatment Leqembi, a pivotal decision that will expand access to the expensive drug for older Americans. Medicare announced shortly …
Google, Meta got data from tax prep firms, lawmakers call for probe
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) speaks during a Senate Banking Committee hearing on Capitol Hill on June 13, 2023 in Washington, DC. The committee held the hearing to review “The Consumer …
What patients and doctors should know
The Alzheimer’s drug Leqembi is seen in this undated handout image obtained by Reuters on January 20, 2023. Eisai | via Reuters Medicare has agreed to pay for the Alzheimer’s …