A high ranking U.S. health official has disclosed that prescription drugs advertised on TV will need to list prices. This was an action undertaken by the Health and Human Services in order to appease public demand for controlling drug costs. The Health and Human Services Secretary, Alex Azar stated that regulations for pharmaceutical companies to
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The Zuckerberg’s classic mutational declaration for engineers that they have to move fast and break things has been a legendary mantra for many startups in the Silicon Valley but recently it is shaking up the present situation of the health tech industry. Such an approach by healthcare entrepreneurs is leading to destructions. Since this industry
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On May 5, 2019, Occidental Petroleum made an offer to Anadarko Petroleum as it wants to merge the two companies. The spokesperson of Occidental also stated that the Company is willing to pay back all the shareholders of Anadarko in cash. Previously, Occidental had made an offer of $50 billion to buy Anadarko. The company
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The constant risk of passing on HIV to family and friends through contact has been eliminated completely as per details published by a landmark study which is a great boost to agencies seeking to end pandemic related to AIDS. The report which was published in medical journal Lancet states that antiretroviral therapy (ART) which is
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Space exploration firm SpaceX has confirmed that its space rocket Crew Dragon that was supposed to make its maiden flight into space with human crew was burnt during a recent test flight. This disaster could derail the firm’s plans to start flying crews to international space station this year. Though the year began well for
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Recently a team of researchers had conducted a study on 17,000 obese children in the United Kingdom. Researchers have reached a conclusion that children who were suffering from obesity from an early age of 7 are highly likely to get emotionally upset by the age of 11. The report also stated that these children also
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Scientists are studying the effects of PCB levels in the blood for the last ten years. In actual Polychlorinated biphenyls are environmental pollutants that are banned in many countries. Though many countries have put a ban on PCBs they can still be traced in the bodies of human beings. PCB has long half-life and thus
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