NBC News

The Biden administration said Thursday that it had reached an agreement with drugmakers to lower prices on the 10 costliest prescription drugs under Medicare. It's part of the federal government's first-ever drug pricing negotiations, a cost reduction it claims could help ease the financial burden on the estimated 1 in 7 older adults in the U.S. struggling to pay for their medications.

Medicare announces lower prices on 10 common, high-cost drugs

PBS NewsHour

The savings range from 79 percent for Januvia, a drug to treat diabetes, to 38 percent for Imbruvica, which is used to treat blood cancers.

Here's a list of drugs affected by Biden's latest Medicare pharmaceutical price cuts

Wisconsin State

Business Insider

Since jumping into the race, Harris has stormed ahead of Trump in national and swing-state polls, reversing Biden's deficits.

The polls have shifted in Kamala Harris' favor

(Reuters) - The Biden administration selected 10 prescription medicines for unprecedented price negotiations by the Medicare health program for older Americans that covers 66 million people. Below are details on the drugs, including their gross cost to Medicare between May 2022 and June 2023:. Eliquis. Blood thinner Eliquis from Bristol...

Factbox-Top Medicare Drugs Headed for Price Cuts

Getting older is a privilege, but often has some unwanted side effects on your body — your eyesight might start to go, your joints may be feeling creaky and maybe your hair is going gray, among other things. Which brings us to a couple forms of an age-old question...

What Age Do Men Stop Getting “Excited?”

Snopes

An online article read, "Questions Surround Simone Biles As Investigation Dives Into Her 'Performance Enhancers.'"

Fact Check: Simone Biles Investigated by Olympic Commission for Performance-Enhancing Drugs?

Vice President Kamala Harris will call for a federal ban on food and grocery price gouging on Friday. Within her first 100 days in office, the Democratic presidential candidate will push for the first-ever federal ban on “corporate price gouging” by food companies to prevent them from “unfairly jacking up prices on consumers,” her campaign said Wednesday. Harris also wants to provide the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and state attorneys general with the authority to impose stiff penalties on corporations that violate such a ban.

Kamala Harris's plan to lower your grocery bills includes a ban on corporate 'price gouging'

Entrepreneur

A hacking group allegedly leaked 2.7 billion pieces of data.

Everyone's Social Security Number Has Reportedly Been Compromised in a Massive Data Hack

Mediaite

Former federal prosecutor and NBC legal analyst Glenn Kirschner said that if Donald Trump loses the 2024 election, he will “spend the rest of his miserable life in court” or in prison. During a conversation on SiriusXM’s The Dean Obeidallah Show, host Dean Obeidallah asked about how and...

Former Federal Prosecutor: If Trump Loses Election He Spends ‘Rest of His Miserable Life’ in Court or Prison

Fox News

Fox News host Laura Ingraham discusses problems working-class Americans are facing under the Biden-Harris administration on "The Ingraham Angle."

LAURA INGRAHAM: There's something 'deeply wrong' with Kamala Harris

HuffPost

Republicans have reportedly been pleading with Trump to stay on message — but his campaign just can't seem to help itself.

The Trump Campaign Just Tweeted Something Really Racist

I took my standard weekly shopping list to Trader Joe's and Walmart to see which grocery chain had the best variety, deals, and experience.

I took the same grocery list to Trader Joe's and Walmart. My money went way further at the bigger chain, and I found cool stuff.

Hendersonville, NC

The US Sun

A FURIOUS Walmart shopper has hit out at the retailer, claiming their checkout process is disorganized and inefficient. The chain's reliance on self-checkout in several stores across the US has been a source of controversy for many. Shoppers have flooded to social media to complain about understaffed stores and long...

‘Just walked out’ fumes Walmart shopper who left cart with $130 of groceries after store had 19 unmanned registers

Cymbalta is the brand name for duloxetine, and Effexor XR contains the active drug venlafaxine. These are prescription drugs called serotonin-norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors (SNRIs). They are used to treat different forms of depression and anxiety. Although they are in the same drug class, they are quite different. They are approved...

Cymbalta vs. Effexor: Which Should You Choose?

Reuters

(Reuters) -Trial results show Eli Lilly's weight loss drug Zepbound reduces the risk of hospitalization, death and other outcomes for obese adults with a common type of heart failure, the company said on Thursday as it continues to build a case for the medication's wider health benefits.

Lilly says weight loss drug cuts heart failure risk by 38% in trial

Nevada State

Social media users were delighted by the former Donald Trump adviser's ineffectual line of attack.

Kellyanne Conway's Dig At Kamala Harris Goes Left After She Fires Off... Compliments

The Hill

Journalist Steve Krauker joins Rising for an in-depth conversation on the state of the presidential race and the media's coverage.

Kamala Harris might be installed in Biden's stead as president before election: Steve Krakauer

"After losing millions of subscribers and billions in market cap, Netflix backed down," one Facebook post read.

Fact Check: No, Netflix Did Not 'Reverse Support' for Harris, Saying 'We Made a Huge Mistake'

WASHINGTON (AP) — As thousands of immigrants approached the U.S. border in early 2021, President Joe Biden tapped his second-in-command to address the influx. The decision has exposed Vice President Kamala Harris to one of her biggest political liabilities. Harris’ assignment was to tackle the “root causes” of migration...

Takeaways: Harris' Approach to Migration Was More Nuanced Than Critics or Allies Portray It

Colorado State

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David Heitz

A bill quietly introduced this spring in the Colorado legislature to decriminalize the possession of drug paraphernalia obtained by harm reductionists has become law. As low-key as the legislation was introduced, the bill was signed into law without fanfare June 6. It garnered little to no media attention.

Colorado legalizes needles, pipes for meth and crack if obtained by harm reduction group

NewsBreak

Biden Administration Reveals Medicare Price Cuts for 10 Popular Drugs

The Biden administration on Thursday released the newly negotiated prices of 10 widely prescribed medications after months of back-and-forth between Medicare and drug manufacturers. The reduced...

Biden Administration Reveals Medicare Price Cuts for 10 Popular Drugs

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