Toddler dies after ingesting pill found in thrift store backpack, family says
An Indiana toddler died after taking suboxone pills found in a backpack at a thrift store, according to his family. Their 18-month-old daughter, Azana Trentman, was found unresponsive on September 4 and was rushed to hospital after her parents realised something was wrong. KFVS12 reportedThe child was confirmed dead on September 8th. The Dearborn County […]
Indiana toddler dies after ingesting pill used to treat opioid addiction: kin
An 18-month-old toddler from Indiana tragically died days after taking an opioid addiction medication he found in a backpack at a thrift store, according to family and officials. Azana Trentman fell ill on September 4th and was found unresponsive and taken to hospital. KFVS12 reported Friday.citing the Dearborn County Sheriff's Office. The child died on […]
State finance bigs rip Brad Lander for pushing retailers to sell abortion pill
Chief financial officers from 14 conservative states on Monday blasted City Comptroller Brad Lander for pressuring major U.S. retailers to sell the abortion drug mifepristone “without delay.” Lander Wrote several letters In July, it called on the CEOs of major pharmacies and retailers, including Walmart, Costco, Kroger, Albertsons and healthcare company McKesson, to begin distributing […]
Pfizer moves forward with once-daily weight-loss pill to compete with Wegovy
Pfizer, which discontinued a twice-daily version of the drug late last year, said Thursday that an improved, once-daily version of its weight-loss drug danugliplon will move into clinical trials later this year. The new drug is one of a generation of second-generation weight-loss drugs being developed by companies including Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk that […]
I Support Access to the Abortion Pill Mifepristone
Sen. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio) said Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press” that he supports Americans having access to the abortion drug mifepristone. “Let’s move on to the next question. I want to talk about the Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank in Washington that is shaping the policies we want for the Trump administration’s second […]
Hostage Crisis Ends On Day 73—American Patients Now Have Access to One Antiviral Pill
Earlier this week I wrote about foot-dragging by the Food and Drug Administration regarding approval of two highly effective antiviral pills. With the omicron variant of COVID-19 rapidly spreading throughout the population, infecting both vaccinated and unvaccinated, these pills become even more important. Merck applied to the FDA for Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) of its antiviral […]
Abortion pill by MAIL legal; Supreme Court rejects lawsuit
The outcome of the first major abortion case to reach the Supreme Court was Roe v. Wade The bill, which was overturned in 2022, has disappointed many in the pro-life movement. Case, FDA v. Hippocratic Medical Associationwas a doctors’ group that challenged the FDA’s deregulation of abortion pills after women were able to obtain them […]
High court shields abortion pill
Click for more news from The Hill {beacon} health care health care Full text Abortion pill ruling: What you need to know and what happens next The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected an attempt by abortion opponents to restrict access to mifepristone, one of two drugs used in medication abortions. The lawsuit was brought […]
Pro-Life Orgs Vow to Continue Fight After SCOTUS Abortion Pill Decision
Pro-life groups called the Supreme Court’s Thursday ruling on the abortion pill “deeply disappointing” but vowed to continue their fight against the Biden administration’s deregulation of mifepristone, the first drug used in a two-drug abortion regimen. The Supreme Court ruled unanimously 9-0. decision Pro-life doctors found to have no standing to challenge The Food and […]
‘The View’ praises Supreme Court for abortion pill ruling days after blasting justices: ‘Does restore…faith’
The co-hosts of “The View” offered rare praise for the Supreme Court on Thursday after the court unanimously rejected a challenge to the abortion pill. “It’s nice to hear some good news about the Supreme Court every once in a while,” co-host Joy Behar said. “It’s restored a little bit of my faith in the […]