Responding to the Diphtheria Outbreak: West African Authorities Take Action to Address Huge Epidemic By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press November 23, 2023, 2:14 PM ET • 3 min read ABUJA, Nigeria — Health authorities in several West African countries are grappling with massive outbreaks of diphtheria, notably in Nigeria where a senior health official revealed …
Barrington Sanders, a Miami-Dade Mosquito Control Inspector, is taking proactive measures to eradicate adult mosquitos in Miami, Florida on June 29, 2023. This comes as seven new cases of locally transmitted malaria have been detected in Florida and Texas, raising concerns among U.S. public health officials. Sarasota County in Florida has reported two cases of …
Hundreds of 1199SEIU health care workers staged a rally and sit-in on 3rd Avenue, resulting in some arrests. Their protest was against the health care cuts proposed in Governor Kathy Hochul’s budget for Medicare. Lev Radin | Lightrocket | Getty Images Medicare announced on Friday that it will no longer enforce a confidentiality requirement, allowing …
In a report released by a government watchdog, it was revealed that fraudulent actors may have stolen over $200 billion from federal loans intended to aid struggling small businesses during the Covid pandemic. The Office of the Inspector General estimated that approximately 17% of the $1.2 trillion disbursed by the Small Business Administration (SBA) could …
On February 26, 2019, the Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) of prominent pharmaceutical companies appeared before the Senate Finance Committee in Washington, DC for a hearing on “Drug Pricing in America: A Prescription for Change, Part II.” The CEOs in attendance included Richard A. Gonzalez of AbbVie Inc, Pascal Soriot of AstraZeneca, Giovanni Caforio of Bristol-Myers …
Rep. Nanette Barragan (D-CA) speaks alongside US Department of Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg after a tour of the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach during a press conference at the Port of Long Beach on January 11, 2022, in Long Beach, California. Patrick T. Fallon | AFP | Getty Images Two Democratic lawmakers are …
A medical worker collects a swab sample from a woman at a COVID-19 testing site in New York, the United States, March 29, 2022. Wang Ying | Xinhua News Agency | Getty Images Recent data published by the Kaiser Family Foundation reveals that approximately 1 million individuals have been removed from Medicaid since the expiration …
Dr. Mandy Cohen delivers a news conference at the Emergency Operations Center in Raleigh, North Carolina, on November 10, 2021. Bryan Anderson | AP President Joe Biden announced on Friday that he will appoint Dr. Mandy Cohen to lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). During the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, Cohen …
House Democrats have called on major retail pharmacies, including Walmart, Costco, Kroger, Safeway, and Health Mart, to publicly commit to selling the prescription abortion pill mifepristone at their retail pharmacies. Currently, pending lawsuits have put mifepristone’s approval in the US at risk, even though it is the most common method for terminating pregnancy in the …
An independent advisory panel to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has recommended the approval of nirsevimab, a monoclonal antibody developed by AstraZeneca to protect infants from respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), which is the leading cause of hospitalization among newborns. If approved, nirsevimab would be the first medical intervention available in the U.S. that can …