pandemics

Chief Executive Officers of pharmaceutical companies testify before the Senate Finance Committee on "Drug Pricing in America: A Prescription for Change, Part II" February 26, 2019 in Washington, DC. From left to right are Richard A.…

By DAVID A. LIEB and ANDREW DeMILLO - Associated Press More than 1 million people have been dropped from Medicaid in the past couple months as some states moved swiftly to halt health care…

By DAVID A. LIEB and ANDREW DeMILLO - Associated Press More than 1 million people have been dropped from Medicaid in the past couple months as some states moved swiftly to halt health care…

Dr. Mandy Cohen speaks at a news conference at the Emergency Operations Center in Raleigh, North Carolina, Nov. 10, 2021.Bryan Anderson | APPresident Joe Biden on Friday said he will appoint Dr. Mandy Cohen to lead the Centers for Disease…

By MADDIE BURAKOFF - AP Science Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Confidence in the scientific community declined among U.S. adults in 2022, a major survey shows, driven by a partisan divide in views of…

In this photo illustration, packages of Mifepristone tablets are displayed at a family planning clinic on April 13, 2023 in Rockville, Maryland. Anna Moneymaker | Getty ImagesHouse Democrats on Thursday called on Walmart, Costco, Kroger,…

By MIKE STOBBE - AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The homicide rate for older U.S. teenagers rose to its highest point in nearly 25 years during the COVID-19 pandemic, and the suicide rate for…

By MIKE STOBBE - AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The homicide rate for older U.S. teenagers rose to its highest point in nearly 25 years during the COVID-19 pandemic, and the suicide rate for…

By RANDALL CHASE - Associated Press DOVER, Del. (AP) — The University of Delaware has agreed to pay $6.3 million to settle a lawsuit over its campus shutdown in 2020 and the halting of…

By JILL LAWLESS - Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A mammoth three-year public inquiry into the U.K. government's handling of the response to COVID-19 opened Tuesday by asking whether suffering…