Covid-19 vaccines are poised to become big business. Its potential to generate staggering revenue has already added billions of dollars to the market value of drug makers like Pfizer and Moderna.. That promise is also drawing scrutiny in Washington. Rising prescription drug costs are one of the few problems where …
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Trump to launch first pitch in Yankees game, despite kneeling
Donald Trump still plans to pitch the first pitch in a Yankees game next month despite New York baseball players kneeling at Thursday’s opening game in Washington DC. White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany told DailyMail.com during a press conference on Friday that the president is “excited” to participate in …
Read More »Trump signs executive orders aimed at reducing prescription drug costs
PResident Trump on Friday signed four executive orders aiming to cut prescription drug prices, seeking to boost his health reform credentials amid low approval ratings. “They represent the most far-reaching prescription drug reforms ever issued by a president, nothing close,” Trump said at a press conference on Friday. The orders …
Read More »Portand protests: 18 people face federal charges after arrests in court
“The Hatfield Federal Courthouse has been a nightly target for vandalism during the nightly protests and riots, suffering extensive damage,” the office said in a press release on Friday. The statement says the facility is protected by the US Marshals Service and officials from the US Federal Protection Service, Homeland …
Read More »The first test of the Phase 3 vaccine in the US is expected to begin next week.
Much of the world has pinned its hopes on a vaccine to get out of the Covid-19 pandemic that has infected more than 15 million and killed more than 630,000 people worldwide. © BEN STANSALL / AFP / Getty Images Scientists are trying to develop a vaccine against COVID-19 disease. …
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