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Rite Aid CEO Said Retailers Will Get Tapped Sooner Than Expected to Help Speed Vaccine Rollout
Rite Aid has given more than 5,000 Covid vaccations so far and it’s seen the rollout’s challenges firsthand, its CEO said.
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What 2020 Revealed About the Future of Marijuana Legalization in the U.S.
Every ballot measure involving the decriminalization or legalization of marijuana passed in 2020. Marijuana may now be one of the truly bipartisan issues in the U.S.
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Bill Decriminalizing Marijuana ‘Great Step' But ‘Largely Symbolic,' Says Cannabis COO
The House passed the MORE Act, which would decriminalize cannabis and marks the first time that Congress has ever voted on the issue.
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Dr. Scott Gottlieb Sees Covid Vaccine in ‘Rationing Type of Environment' Well Into the Spring
“Really the biggest variable right now is that we’re going to have limited supply for the remainder of this year certainly,” the former FDA chief told CNBC.
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Peter Thiel Backs Berlin Start-Up Making Psychedelics in $125 Million Round
Tech investor Peter Thiel has led a $125 million funding round into a start-up aiming to make psychedelic drugs to treat mental health disorders.
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Drug Trafficking Charges Against Former Mexican Defense Secretary Dropped
Attorney General William Barr and Mexican Attorney General Alejandro Gertz Manero said the U.S. would drop the charges and allow Mexico to investigate and determine if Salvatore Cienfuegos Zepeda should be tried in that country.
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Narcan Explained: What Is It and How Do You Use It?
Ninety-one people in the U.S. die every day from opioid-related overdoses, but there’s a tool that can reverse the effects of an overdose that more and more law enforcement agencies and paramedics are now carrying with them as part of their standing operating protocol. It’s called Narcan, and here is what you need to know about what it is, how...
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Trump Signs Orders Aimed at Lowering Drug Prices
President Donald Trump said Friday his four executive orders would lower drug prices to match foreign prices.
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Italian Police Stop Shipment of Coffee Beans Filled with Cocaine
Police in Milan’s airport stopped a suspicious shipment of coffee beans from Colombia. Upon further investigation, they found 500 beans filled with cocaine.
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Doctors Say Experimental Treatment May Have Rid Man of HIV
Doctors say a Brazilian man who was infected with the AIDS virus has shown no sign of it for more than a year since he stopped HIV medicines after an intense experimental drug therapy aimed at purging hidden, dormant virus from his body
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American Jailed in Spain Was Unwitting Drug Mule, US Says
The family of a Virginia man who has been held in Spain for the last year on drug trafficking charges says he was an unwitting courier for a criminal syndicate
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Gilead to Begin Human Trials for the Inhaled Version of Coronavirus Drug Remdesivir
Gilead Sciences will begin human trials for an inhaled version of its antiviral drug remdesivir in August, the biotech company said Monday. Remdesivir, which was granted an emergency use authorization (EUA) from the Food and Drug Administration to treat patients hospitalized with Covid-19, is administered intravenously. The company told investors in April that it was looking to develop easier-to-administer versions of the drug,...
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Vt. Hospital: Treatment for Substance Use Disorder Is Safe During Pandemic
Vermont’s largest hospital says it’s treating more patients for drug overdoses but is seeing fewer people seeking help for their addiction through its innovative rapid-response care plan. “Lately, we have had what seems to be, anecdotally, a spike in overdose cases,” observed Kyle DeWitt, a pharmacist in the emergency department at the University of Vermont Medical Center. As NECN...
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COVID-19 Keeping People Away From Vt. Hospital's Drug Therapy
A major Vermont hospital is seeing more drug overdoses but fewer people asking for help for a new rapid-response care plan because people are staying away amid the coronavirus pandemic.
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Cheap Drug Is First Shown to Improve COVID-19 Survival
Researchers in England say they have the first evidence that a drug can improve survival from COVID-19
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Coronavirus Comeback: Trump Blames Testing for Increase in Cases
President Donald Trump blames increased testing for a spike in COVID-19 cases in 22 states. Medical experts refute his claim.
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FDA Revokes Emergency Use of Trump-Touted Malaria Drugs Vs. Coronavirus
U.S. regulators are revoking emergency authorization for malaria drugs promoted by President Donald Trump for treating COVID-19
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Malaria Drug Fails to Prevent COVID-19 in a Rigorous Study
Researchers say that a malaria drug President Donald Trump took to try to prevent COVID-19 proved ineffective for that in the first large, high-quality study to test it in health workers and others closely exposed to people with the disease
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Big Study Casts More Doubt on Malaria Drugs for Coronavirus
A large new study suggests that malaria drugs pushed by President Donald Trump as treatments for the coronavirus not only do not help but also are tied to a greater risk of death and heart rhythm problems
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Drug Overdose Deaths Drop in US as Other Deaths of Despair Rise, Report Finds
Combined deaths from alcohol, drugs and suicide in the U.S. plateaued in 2018 for the first time in two decades, according to a report published Thursday.