Trump Says He’s “Super Interested” in a Universal Flu Vaccine. His Budget Says Otherwise.
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. President Trump, who in the past was skeptical of immunizations, has now expressed enthusiasm about the development of a universal flu vaccine. On Monday, in a STAT News interview with Bill Gates, the philanthropist reported that in a meeting last month, he had told Trump…
Opioid Makers Funneled Millions to Patient Advocacy Groups
Pureradiancephoto/Getty Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Opioid manufacturers funneled nearly $9 million to leading pain treatment advocacy organizations and industry groups that in turn promoted the painkillers, according to a report released Monday by Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill (D) as part of an ongoing investigation into opioid makers. The report examines payments between…
This New Company Wants You To Trade Your DNA Sequence for Cryptocurrency
Getty Images Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. After about a year of development, a new biotech company, the brainchild of Harvard genomics pioneer George Church, emerged from the darkness this week, STAT News reported. It’s called Nebula Genomics, and it lets you buy and sell your genomic data using cryptocurrency. The core…
Jeff Sessions Says Marijuana Fuels the Opioid Epidemic. Study After Study Finds the Opposite.
US Attorney General Jeff SessionsGiorgio Viera/ZUMA Press Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. At a Heritage Foundation event celebrating Ronald Reagan’s birthday this week, Jeff Sessions made a familiar argument: Easy access to marijuana is helping fuel the opioid epidemic. The Drug Enforcement Agency says that the vast majority of heroin addiction starts with…
Fact Check: Trump Has Done Virtually Nothing to Combat the Opioid Epidemic
Win McNamee/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. President Donald Trump promised during his State of the Union address Tuesday night to prevail in the battle against the opioid epidemic, pledging to be “much tougher on drug dealers and pushers” and help “get treatment for those in need.” Trump has long…
Republicans Just Tried to Claim that Medicaid Caused the Opioid Epidemic. Surprise, Surprise—They’re Wrong.
Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wisc.)J. Scott Applewhite/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Republicans seem to have found a new culprit to blame for the opioid epidemic: Medicaid. “Every time a hard working American pays their taxes, they are inadvertently funding drug dealers with a new supply of high powered opioids that are poisoning…