by Zoe Singer | Feb 6, 2025 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — Testifying about near-death experiences and losing loved ones to fentanyl, witnesses emphasized their concerns about the drug epidemic during a hearing on Capitol Hill Thursday. “Someone intentionally laced that cocaine with fentanyl,” said Raymond...
by Rafaela Jinich | Jan 11, 2024 | Featured, Immigration
WASHINGTON — Republican lawmakers made a concerted effort on Wednesday to find grounds to impeach Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro N. Mayorkas by focusing on how border enforcement policies have increased drug trafficking. The hearing, led by Rep. Mark Green...
by Luis Castaneda | Oct 5, 2023 | Featured, Health & Science
WASHINGTON – The Biden administration announced Tuesday that all 10 drug manufacturers it selected for the Medicare Drug Price Negotiations Program have agreed to participate. The drugs selected for the negotiations range from blood thinners like Eliquis and Xarelto;...
by Hannah Zhihan Jiang | Dec 7, 2021 | Health & Science
WASHINGTON — Federal officials are urging a U.S. House committee to support President Joe Biden’s proposal to strengthen regulations on all fentanyl-related substances, with one calling it the most dangerous drug he’s seen. The Biden administration recommended...
by Safiya Merchant | Feb 21, 2012 | Health & Science
WASHINGTON – To counter the shortage of two important cancer drugs, the Food and Drug Administration reached out to U.S. and foreign manufacturers Tuesday in an attempt to increase the flow of the drugs to American markets and hospitals. FDA Commissioner...
