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Here’s how to get GLP-1 drugs covered by employer health insurance
Improving access and affordability could be transformative for public health, given that about 88% of Americans are ...
RFK Jr.'s FDA officials overrode career staff to limit COVID shots
The FDA's Dr. Vinay Prasad said that he disagreed with the agency's career vaccine reviewers about COVID shot approvals.
FDA vaccine official restricted COVID vaccine approvals against agency advice
A top official at the Food and Drug Administration recently overruled government scientists on the availability of two ...
Top F.D.A. Official Overrode Scientists on Covid Shots
Records show that a top U.S. regulator rejected the recommendations of agency experts and limited the use of Covid vaccines.
Top FDA vaccine official rejected broad use of Covid-19 shots, documents show
The US Food and Drug Administration’s top vaccine official overrode agency experts in May to recommend against the broad use ...
American Kratom Association Applauds FDA Crackdown on Dangerous Chemically Manipulated 7-OH, Pseudoindoxyl and 'M' Products
Synthetic products posing as kratom mislead and endanger consumers; AKA urges FDA to take decisive action against violative ...
Major insurance changes are coming to GLP-1 drugs for weight loss. Here’s how that could affect patients
CVS Caremark will stop covering Eli Lilly’s Zepbound. Wegovy, the GLP-1 medication to treat obesity from Lilly competitor ...
HHS layoffs were likely unlawful and must be halted, US judge says
A federal judge says that recent layoffs at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services were likely unlawful and must be ...
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