Senators press Moderna CEO on COVID-19 vaccine price hike

Health

Published
March 22, 2023

Senators press Moderna CEO on COVID-19 vaccine price hike

Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., notes that the drugmaker has made over $20 billion in profits over the past two years, and the U.S. government contributed billions toward the shots' development.
Published
March 21, 2023

A deadly fungal infection is spreading in hospitals. Here’s what to know

Candida auris is a drug-resistant fungus that 'presents a serious global health threat,' according to the CDC.
Published
March 20, 2023

With overdoses climbing, states look at harsher fentanyl penalties

Imposing longer prison sentences for possessing smaller amounts of drugs represents a shift in states that in recent years have rolled back drug possession penalties.
Published
March 16, 2023

U.S. pregnancy deaths dropped in 2022, after COVID spike

Officials say the 2022 maternal death rate is on track to get close to pre-pandemic levels. But that's not great: The rate before COVID-19 was the highest it had been in decades.
Published
March 15, 2023

What will happen if medication abortion challenge succeeds?

In the latest effort to limit abortion access, opponents of the procedure are seeking to ban 1 of the 2 drugs used in combination in medication abortions.
Published
March 15, 2023

Chinese SARS whistleblower Jiang Yanyong dies at 91

The military doctor revealed the full extent of the 2003 SARS outbreak and was later placed under house arrest for his political outspokenness.
Published
March 15, 2023

In nursing homes, impoverished residents live final days on pennies

A half-century-old bit of American bureaucracy is leaving hundreds of thousands of nursing home residents in an unthinkable bind: Living on as little as $30 a month.
Published
March 15, 2023

Long-used abortion pill in U.S. under threat in Texas lawsuit

A federal judge is being asked to revoke or suspend the FDA's drug's approval of the drug 23 years ago, an unprecedented challenge to the federal agency's role.
Published
March 12, 2023

3 years later, the pandemic cocoon is giving way to social butterflies

Long after Maine's first case of coronavirus, communal activities and gatherings are reaching pre-pandemic levels again, though troubling remnants of isolation persist.
Published
March 7, 2023

Women sue Texas over abortion ban, say it endangered their lives

The group wants clarification of the law, which they say is written vaguely and has made medical professionals wary of facing liability if the state does not consider the situation a medical emergency.