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U.S. Taxpayer Funded Initiative Trains Dentists to Push HPV Vaccine

by Natasha Hobley
girl laying in dentist chair
In recent years, government health agencies, cancer societies, as well as the American Dental Association (ADA), have attempted to recruit dentists to ...

Blood Pressure Drug Recalled After Oxycodone Found on Production Line

by Amber Baker
betaxolol pills
Drug manufacturer KVK-Tech, Inc. has issued a voluntary recall of blood pressure drug betaxolol after oxycodone was discovered on the production line ...

FDA Panel Statements Prompt Pharmacies to Pull Popular Nasal Decongestants from Pharmacy Shelves

by Amber Baker
phenylephrine
Conventional over-the-counter cold meds promise cold symptom relief right on the front of their packaging, but U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ...

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

by Natasha Hobley
money and 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 ...

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

by Carolyn Hendler, JD
Paxlovid capsules
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, ...

U.S. Vaccine Industry Harvesting Blood from Horseshoe Crabs

by Rishma Parpia
horseshoe crabs
For many decades, the blue colored blood from horseshoe crabs has been harvested for purposes of medical research and for quality control ...

Private Equity Buyouts of Health Care Facilities Comes With Cost to Patients

by Natasha Hobley
disappearing doctors
The rising trend in burnout of health care workers in recent years has presented an opportunity for private equity corporations in the ...

Los Angeles School District Encourages Sick Students to Attend Classes

by Rishma Parpia
students boarding school bus
When Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) in California reopened following the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) declaration, public ...

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