Requests for brand name over generic prescription drugs cost the Medicare program $1.7 billion in a single year
The Medicare Part D program would have saved $977 million in a single year if all branded prescription drugs requested
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China exported more than 220 billion masks in 2020: government
China exported more than 220 billion face masks last year, the commerce ministry said Friday, the equivalent of nearly 40
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WHO: Vaccine program gets access to nearly 2 billion doses
The head of the World Health Organization said Friday that the U.N. health agency’s program to help get COVID-19 vaccines
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Cat diseases have $6 billion impact on human health in Australia
Some cat-dependent diseases can infect humans, with sometimes severe and tragic health consequences. A new study, published in Wildlife Research,
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India’s 1.3 billion locked down as US reaches virus aid deal
The world’s largest democracy went under the world’s biggest lockdown Wednesday, with India’s 1.3 billion people ordered to stay home
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Nearly one billion people confined to homes to curb virus
Almost one billion people were confined to their homes worldwide Saturday as the global coronavirus death toll shot past 11,000
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