Month: January 2025

The winter ‘quademic’? You may be sick with one of these 4 viruses

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January 27, 2025 0 5 mths

Sneezing, fever, chills, vomiting, coughing — it’s not just one virus wreaking havoc this winter; it’s a combination of four major illnesses.

Flu season

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January 10, 2025 0 6 mths

Flu and RSV cases spike in B.C., but COVID-19 remains low

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January 7, 2025 0 6 mths

‘The gift that keeps on giving’: Albertans describe struggle with this year’s virus season

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June 6, 2025 4 weeks

In Axing mRNA Contract, Trump Delivers Another Blow to US Biosecurity, Former Officials Say

The Trump administration’s cancellation of $766 million in contracts to develop mRNA vaccines against potential pandemic flu viruses is the latest blow to national defense, former health security officials said. They warned that the U.S. could be at the mercy of other countries in the […]

Pharmaceuticals

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June 4, 2025 4 weeks

Two Patients Faced Chemo. The One Who Survived Demanded a Test To See if It Was Safe.

JoEllen Zembruski-Ruple, while in the care of New York City’s renowned Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, swallowed the first three chemotherapy pills to treat her squamous cell carcinoma on Jan. 29, her family members said. They didn’t realize the drug could kill her. Six days […]

Pharmaceuticals

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May 20, 2025 1 mth

Trump Exaggerates Speed and Certainty of Prescription Drug Price Reductions

Under a new executive order, prescription drug prices will be reduced “almost immediately.” President Donald Trump, in a May 11 post on Truth Social President Donald Trump expressed high hopes for an executive order to reduce drug prices. On May 11, the day before he […]

Pharmaceuticals