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Nearly 50 Percent of Federal Panelists Making Dietary Recommendations Have Money Ties to Food Industry

Nearly 50 Percent of Federal Panelists Making Dietary Recommendations Have Money Ties to Food Industry

About half of the members of a U.S. federal government panel that shapes dietary recommendations in the United States have significant financial ties to big agriculture, processed food companies, weight loss companies, pharmaceutical companies, and other corporate organizations a recent report reveals. An additional four committee members had “possible” financial conflicts of interest.1 The Dietary […]

How Did the Corruption of Public Health Happen?

How Did the Corruption of Public Health Happen?

International public health is a mess. Once seen generally as a public good, the focus of the World Health Organization (WHO) now more closely resembles a scheme for extracting private profit from the public purse. Wealthy corporations drive a ‘public-private partnership’ agenda, the foundations of the rich determine global priorities, and a propagandized public are […]

Pfizer Will Charge Patients $1,390 for COVID Anti-Viral Paxlovid

Pfizer Will Charge Patients ,390 for COVID Anti-Viral Paxlovid

Pfizer, Inc. plans to charge consumers more than double the price charged to the U.S. government for its COVID-19 anti-viral drug nirmatrelvir-ritonavir, sold under the brand name Paxlovid. A five-day course of the drug to treat COVID will soon cost patients $1,390.  According to researchers, it costs Pfizer $13 to manufacture the supply of pills […]

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