Boy band Treasure made their presence felt at the 2022 Mama Awards in Osaka on November 30, 2022. Yuichi Yamazaki | Afp | Getty Images Treasure, the newest sensation from YG Entertainment in the K-pop industry, has big aspirations beyond just being idols. Co-leader Choi Hyun Suk shared his vision with The CNBC Conversation, stating, …
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 …
OceanGate, the renowned deep-sea exploration company responsible for the Titan submersible, secured $447,000 in government loans during the pandemic through the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), as disclosed by federal loan tracker ProPublica. The PPP is a program backed by the Small Business Administration that provided financial assistance to companies between April 2020 and May 2021 …
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 …
Eisai and Biogen’s drug Leqembi, aimed at treating Alzheimer’s, has received unanimous support from a panel of independent advisors to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), indicating full approval is expected this summer. The advisors voted 6-0 in success of Eisai’s data, which showed a substantial clinical benefit for patients. While the FDA is not …