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Medicare drug price negotiations start, a potential help in Berkshire County where 16.5% are insured by Medicare

Medicare drug price negotiations start, a potential help in Berkshire County where 16.5% are insured by Medicare

by Emma Sullivan | Feb 1, 2024 | Featured, Health & Science

WASHINGTON — In an effort to lower drug costs, Medicare will begin price negotiations with drug manufacturers on Thursday for the 10 most costly prescriptions covered by Medicare.  It marks the first step in historic negotiations under the Medicare Drug Price...
President Biden commemorates World AIDS Day, updates national strategy to combat HIV/AIDS

President Biden commemorates World AIDS Day, updates national strategy to combat HIV/AIDS

by Henry Rogers | Dec 1, 2021 | Health & Science

WASHINGTON — In the summer of 1981, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported a rare type of pneumonia afflicting five otherwise healthy gay men in Los Angeles. The cases would be identified a year later as the first AIDS diagnoses in the U.S., and the...

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