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Merck is set to get $712 per treatment course for its COVID-19 pill from the U.S. government—even as it costs a fraction of that to produce, and is reportedly on track for a price of $12 in India. The gap between production costs and the price for molnupiravir is gigantic and emblematic of a problem […]

A Florida woman whose image went viral when she coughed on a customer at a Pier 1 store in the midst of the pandemic has been sentenced to 30 days in jail.

A patient at a California hospital was charged with murder after he allegedly killed another patient with an oxygen tank, authorities said. Los Angeles Police said in a news release on Wednesday the incident happened inside a Lancaster hospital on Dec. 17 at about 9:45 a.m. and involved two people who were receiving treatment for the CCP […]

The FDA appeared to soften its stance on widespread use of the anti-malarial drug, saying the decision should be made by a patient and their doctor.

A patient died from the CCP virus on Feb. 6, according to new autopsy results, over 3 weeks before the first COVID-19 death in the US was previously known.

Over 90,000 people have signed a petition to save a doctor’s job after he was suspended for asking a Muslim mother to remove the veil on her niqab.

WASHINGTON—The Federal Reserve is in “no rush to make a judgment” about further changes to interest rates, Fed Chairman Jerome Powell told lawmakers on Feb. 26. In two hours of testimony to the Senate Banking Committee, Powell elaborated on the “conflicting signals” the Fed has tried to decipher in recent weeks, including disappointing data on […]