The Biden administration on Tuesday unveiled the first 10 drugs subject to Medicare price negotiations, promising billions of dollars in savings for the federal government and the nine million Medicare beneficiaries taking at least one of the popular medications. Medicare has been banned from directly negotiating lower drug prices since 2003, but the Inflation Reduction…
A woman suffered crippling pain after a medical device the size of a dinner plate was left inside her abdomen for 18 months after she gave birth via cesarean section, an official report has said. The unnamed woman, who is in her 20s, underwent the procedure in 2020 because of complications with her pregnancy and her…
The disparity in the United States between those who have money and those who don’t is continuing to rise. In the first quarter of 2023, “69% of the total wealth in the United States was owned by the top 10% of earners,” according to Statista, while the “lowest 50% of earners only owned 2.4% of…
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden touted the jobs report released Friday that showed employment growth in August, saying that the U.S. was in one of “the strongest job creating periods in our history.” The Bureau of Labor Statistics report said the economy added 187,000 jobs last month, up from an increase of 157,000 jobs in July.…
Yale University and a student group announced Friday that they’ve reached a settlement in a federal lawsuit that accused the Ivy League school of discriminating against students with mental health disabilities, including pressuring them to withdraw. Under the agreement, Yale will modify its policies regarding medical leaves of absence, including streamlining the reinstatement process for students who…
The not-so-glamorous Instagram life of a US senator | View caption Hide caption Wait, what – no private jet? Far from it. View caption Hide caption “One of the funniest ones was when my plane got grounded in Washington,” he says, coming across a June 2019 post when he banded together with two software engineers,…
In Bangladesh, dengue fever has killed more than 300 people this year and infected almost 63,700 others, with hospitals having a difficult time keeping up with all of the cases. This is the deadliest outbreak of the mosquito-borne disease since the government began tracking in 2000. Across Bangladesh, people are being urged to use mosquito…
Health officials in Nevada are investigating a small cluster of Legionnaires’ disease cases among guests who stayed at two Las Vegas hotels. Two people were diagnosed with Legionnaires’ disease — a severe form of pneumonia caused by legionella bacteria — after staying at Caesars Palace Hotel and Casino within the last 12 months, the Southern…
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is a member of one of the most influential political families in American history, and that name recognition has followed him throughout his career, first as an environmental lawyer and later as an anti-vaccine crusader. Now, the 69-year-old is focusing on his latest endeavor: ousting President Biden and becoming the 2024…
A partial power outage amid the record rain of Hilary at Los Angeles’ White Memorial Hospital led to the evacuations of at least 28 “critical” patients and left nearly 250 patients in the dark, fire officials said. The outage was reported just after 11 p.m. Monday at the hospital’s Specialty Care Center at its Boyle…