The Biden administration on Friday extended flexibilities regarding controlled substances to be prescribed via telemedicine. The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) said in a notice it would allow providers to continue using telemedicine to prescribe certain controlled substances through the end of 2024. The temporary rule is meant “to ensure a …

Next year’s Medicare Part B premiums are expected to be announced soon and there is speculation that coverage of another pricey new Alzheimer’s medication could cause monthly costs to go up, echoing what occurred in 2022. Leqembi received full approval from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in July, becoming …

The Gates Foundation announced Monday it will invest $40 million in several African manufacturers to produce and provide access to mRNA vaccines on the continent. In a release, the foundation said the initiative will build on lessons learned from 20 years of working with vaccine manufacturers to “leverage recent scientific …

  Sens. Jon Tester (D-Mont.) and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), who are both facing tough re-elections next year, on Tuesday said the Biden administration should immediately “freeze” the $6 billion in funds that are set to be released to Iran as part of a prisoner exchange. The leading Democratic centrists voiced their opposition …

X under fire over Israel misinformation frenzy  Experts said changes to Twitter, now known as X, under Elon Musk have created a platform ripe for the spread of misinformation. False claims have spread across X since the Saturday launch of Hamas’s surprise attack on Israel, including posts of prior Israeli airstrikes being misrepresented as …

As climate change bakes the U.S. West and dries up key Colorado River reservoirs, a slew of invasive species is flourishing in warmer waters at the expense of the artery’s native inhabitants. Scientists have expressed particular concerns about one such species, the smallmouth bass, which has made its way downstream since its …

Former President Trump insinuated former President Barack Obama is President Biden’s boss at an event in New Hampshire Monday. “You’ve been ripped off by everybody and betrayed by the corrupt globalists, Washington, Wall Street people, those combinations of Washington, Wall Street, they’re the worst of all. And it’s never been worse than it is now …

The Democratic National Committee (DNC) and the North Carolina Democratic Party on Tuesday filed a lawsuit against the North Carolina State Board of Election immediately after a pair of GOP-backed election laws went into effect when the state legislature voted to override the Democratic governor’s veto on Tuesday. The lawsuit …

Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) donned a red “A” on her shirt on Tuesday after her vote to oust former Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) left her feeling “demonized” on Capitol Hill, she said. “I’m wearing the ‘scarlet letter’ after the week that I just had, last week, being a woman up here and being demonized …

Former President Trump endorsed Kari Lake, an ardent supporter of his, in the Arizona Senate race on Tuesday evening. “When I’m back in the White House, I need strong fighters like Kari in the Senate. She is a fighter. She’s strong and she’s good. She’s got a great heart by …