Diabetes drug and blood thinner Eliquis among first 10 targeted for price negotiations in effort to cut Medicare costs ByThe Associated Press August 29, 2023, 7:38 AM WASHINGTON — Diabetes drug and blood thinner Eliquis among first 10 targeted for price negotiations in effort to cut Medicare costs.
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House Majority Leader Steve Scalise revealed Tuesday that he has been diagnosed with multiple myeloma, a rare blood cancer that affects the bone marrow, and has begun treatment. The treatment is expected to take several months. Scalise, R-La., intends to return to Washington and work while he is being treated, he said in a statement […]
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Canada’s blood supply has taken a hit this summer, due in part to B.C. wildfires, and Albertans are being urged to step up and help fill the void. A number of unprecedented events across the country have resulted in fewer blood donations, during what is already typically a slow season, according to Canadian Blood Services. “We expected […]
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State Sen. Carol Blood calls on Gov Pillen to respond to what she decribes as a “dire situation” at Lincoln Regional Center
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Read Sen Blood’s letter to Gov Pillen here (Lincoln, Neb. Aug. 28. 2023) As a result of numerous complaints from Lincoln Reginal Center (LRC) staff, Nebraska State Senator Carol Blood, who represents District 3 in the legislature, sent a letter today to Governor Jim Pillen requesting his immediate attention. LRC is a 250-bed inpatient psychiatric hospital in Lincoln that […]
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Police in Philadelphia are investigating after a man was shot and killed following an altercation in the city’s Hunting Park neighborhood on Monday night. According to Philadelphia Police Chief Inspector Scott Small, officers responded to a report of a shooting at about 10:21 p.m., on the 900 block of W.Lycoming Street, in the city’s Hunting […]
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Aug. 29 (UPI) — Surgeons in Australia pulled a live 3-inch-long parasitic worm from the front of a woman’s brain in what is believed to be the first time this type of infection has been found in humans. Doctors in Canberra found the light red worm during a biopsy they were carrying out on the […]
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Aug 29(Reuters) – The Biden administration on Tuesday released its list of 10 prescription medicines that will be subject to the first-ever price negotiations by the U.S. Medicare health program that covers 66 million people, with big-selling blood thinner Eliquis from Bristol Myers Squibb (BMY.N) and Pfizer (PFE.N) among them. President Joe Biden’s signature Inflation […]
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(Reuters) -The Biden administration on Tuesday released its list of 10 prescription medicines that will be subject to the first-ever price negotiations by the U.S. Medicare health program that covers 66 million people, with big-selling blood thinner Eliquis from Bristol Myers (NYSE:BMY) Squibb and Pfizer (NYSE:PFE) among them. President Joe Biden’s signature Inflation Reduction Act […]
Guess who’s back, back again? Not that it ever really left us. COVID-19, the disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, is on the upswing yet again across the U.S. and in Michigan, where the first U.S. case of a new variant, BA.2.86, was identified earlier this month at the University of Michigan’s lab. While COVID-19 […]
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Getty Images The NHS is expanding its offer of free blood-pressure checks in the community in England to include some barber shops and mosques as well as pharmacies. It is part of a drive to treat more people with risky but undiagnosed high blood pressure. Experts hope making the checks available in more settings – […]