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What are tariffs and will prices go up?
The cost of cars, fruit and pharmaceuticals could increase because of Trump's tariff announcement.BBC News - 7h -
Trump's China tariffs are likely to drive up drug prices and spur shortages
President Donald Trump’s executive order imposing a 10% tariff on Chinese imports is likely to drive up the cost of generic drugs in the United States and exacerbate drug shortages, experts say.NBC News - 9h -
Student denies drugging and raping 10 women
Zhenhao Zou denies 35 charges, including 11 counts of rape and three counts of voyeurism.BBC News - 5d -
Trump Threatens Tariffs Over Immigration, Drugs and Greenland
The president is increasingly threatening other countries with tariffs for issues that have little to do with trade.The New York Times - 6d -
China investigates generic drugs over safety concerns
Anaesthetics are not putting patients to sleep, doctors warn, in call for greater access to foreign medicineFinancial Times - Jan. 27 -
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Trump’s early moves could actually increase drug prices for seniors
Perhaps retirement issues aren’t top of mind for the president.MarketWatch - Jan. 24 -
Netflix raising prices as subscriptions soar
Netflix plans to raise the cost of a subscription after reporting one of its best financial quarters to end 2024. A standard basic plan including advertisements will now cost $17.99, with a premium ...The Hill - Jan. 22 -
Trump pardons founder of Silk Road drugs website
US president says Ross Ulbricht was victim of ‘weaponisation of government’Financial Times - Jan. 22 -
Travel 2025: The Forecast on Pricing is Mixed
Domestic airfares are on the rise, economy hotels are holding steady and cruise lines are favoring booking incentives over price cuts.The New York Times - Jan. 22 -
Trump reverses Biden policies on drug pricing and Obamacare
As President Donald Trump’s health care agenda for a second term takes shape, it’s becoming clear that many Biden-era policies won’t make the cut.NBC News - Jan. 21 -
All the pressure is on Price – Jonas
Natasha Jonas is embracing her underdog tag as she prepares to face rival welterweight champion Lauren Price in March.BBC News - Jan. 21 -
UK's first drug consumption clinic figures revealed
The Safer Drugs Consumption Facility in Glasgow opened on 13 January, letting people take substances under supervision.BBC News - Jan. 21 -
The war on drugs needs a new tactic: shame
Liberal reformers have been too hesitant to spell out the negative consequences for othersFinancial Times - Jan. 21 -
Colombian drug gang violence kills 60 people
Attacks between guerrilla groups have also seen thousands displaced from the country's Catatumbo region.BBC News - Jan. 19 -
Trump launches cryptocurrency with price rocketing
Hours after its launch, the market capitalisation for $Trump reached nearly $5.5bn (£4.5bn).BBC News - Jan. 18 -
Kennedy’s Plan for the Drug Crisis: A Network of ‘Healing Farms’
The positions of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on vaccines and drug companies are well known. His approach to addiction has been far less scrutinized.The New York Times - Jan. 18 -
Ozempic is in the next round of Medicare drug price negotiations. See the full list of 15 medications
The talks on drugs including Novo Nordisk's Wegovy, GSK's Trelegy Ellipta, and Pfizer's Xtandi will set Medicare prices that go into effect in 2027.CNBC - Jan. 17 -
Ozempic picked for Medicare price bargaining
Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care The Big Story Biden adds Ozempic to list for Medicare price negotiation In one of its last actions, the Biden administration ...The Hill - Jan. 17 -
Obesity drugs Ozempic and Wegovy included in US price-cut talks
Novo Nordisk shares hit as government adds blockbuster weight-loss treatments to new round of negotiationsFinancial Times - Jan. 17 -
Biden to Commute Drug Offender Sentences
The action, aimed at inmates who received harsher sentences based on old disparities in drug laws, is the broadest commutation of individual sentences ever issued by a U.S. president.The New York Times - Jan. 17 -
Biden pardons nearly 2,500 nonviolent drug offenders
"With this action, I have now issued more individual pardons and commutations than any president in U.S. history," President Joe Biden wrote in his announcement Friday.ABC News - Jan. 17 -
Ozempic Among the Next Drugs Up for Medicare Price Negotiations
The list of drugs account for $41 billion in annual Medicare spending, the Biden administration said.The Wall Street Journal - Jan. 17 -
The next 15 drugs chosen for Medicare negotiation
The Biden administration has announced the next 15 drugs chosen for Medicare negotiation, marking one of its final acts before the inauguration of President-elect Trump. The Centers for Medicare ...The Hill - Jan. 17 -
Medicare announces weight-loss drugs, including Ozempic, will be up for price negotiations
The Biden administration on Friday released its next round of prescription drugs selected for Medicare price negotiations, which includes Ozempic.NBC News - Jan. 17 -
Ozempic, Wegovy on list for Medicare drug price negotiations
The hugely popular medications Ozempic and Wegovy, used for diabetes and weight loss, will be included in the next round of talks to negotiate lower Medicare drug prices.CBS News - Jan. 17 -
Medicare to Negotiate Lower Prices for Weight-Loss Drugs
The government is expected to pay lower prices for Ozempic and Wegovy starting in 2027. The Trump administration will decide whether to expand coverage for millions of Americans.The New York Times - Jan. 17 -
Top 3 drug insurers reaped billions as their drug middlemen inflated prices, FTC alleges
Regulators published their most detailed findings yet on how some of the nation’s largest companies profited from ‘excess’ prescription price hikes of 1,000% or more.NBC News - Jan. 14 -
Regulators Tell Baltimore Drug Program to ‘Cease and Desist’
Maryland issued the order after an investigation by The New York Times and The Baltimore Banner traced overdoses and deaths to an addiction program offering free housing.The New York Times - Jan. 11 -
U.K.’s First Drug Consumption Center Is Set to Open in Glasgow
Scotland, which has the highest rate of recorded drugs deaths in Europe, is opening a new facility for users to inject illegal drugs under medical supervision.The New York Times - Jan. 10 -
Inside the UK's first legal drug consumption room
The Thistle will open its doors next week after nearly a decade of deadlock over drug laws.BBC News - Jan. 10 -
Prices of top 25 Medicare Part D drugs have nearly doubled, AARP study finds
AARP's new research finds price growth for top Part D prescription drugs has exceeded inflation, making a case for allowing Medicare to negotiate prices.CNBC - Jan. 9 -
Weight-loss drugs like Ozempic may be up for Medicare price negotiations — will Trump support it?
Medicare’s drug pricing negotiations — the first of their kind in the United States, passed under President Joe Biden — face an uncertain future in the incoming Trump administration.NBC News - Jan. 9 -
GSK nears $1bn deal for biotech developing drug for rare tumour
IDRx tests treatment for digestive system cancer that affects 4,000 to 6,000 people a year in USFinancial Times - Jan. 8 -
Breakthrough drugs herald ‘new era’ in battle against dementia, experts predict
Medical advances make pills to treat Alzheimer’s disease viable, though challenges remain in sharing gains globally. Pills that prevent Alzheimer’s disease or blunt its effects are on the horizon, ...The Guardian - Jan. 8 -
Hotel employee accused of selling drugs to Liam Payne reportedly surrenders to police
Nearly three months after Liam Payne's death, a hotel worker who allegedly sold drugs to the singer has reportedly turned himself in to Argentine officials.Los Angeles Times - Jan. 7 -
Louisiana mayor arrested after drug trafficking investigation
Seven people — including Tyrin Truong, mayor of Bogalusa, Louisiana — are facing charges issued in connection with a drug trafficking investigation.CBS News - Jan. 7 -
Ketamine could be reclassified as Class A drug
Illegal use of the drug reached record levels last year, the Home Office said.BBC News - Jan. 7 -
Drug Company to Share Revenues With Indigenous People Who Donated Their Genes
Variant Bio, a small biotech company based in Seattle, is using genetic information from Indigenous people to develop drugs for obesity and diabetes.The New York Times - Jan. 7 -
Congestion pricing is a New York idea.
A Columbia University economist, William Vickrey, proposed charging varying tolls for roads and subways in the 1950s.The New York Times - Jan. 5
