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Olena prescribed a course of antibiotics and checked on the baby several times a day.
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James Verini,
The Atlantic,
12 May 2026
The European Union reached a provisional deal to strengthen the supply of essential medicines — such as antibiotics, insulin, vaccines, and painkillers — and avoid shortages by boosting domestic production and reducing reliance on imports.
Gunfire broke out inside the Philippine Senate as authorities attempted to arrest a senator accused of crimes against humanity linked to former President Rodrigo Duterte’s drugs crackdown.
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Jeronimo Gonzalez,
semafor.com,
15 May 2026
Up until now, the playbook has mostly been for large drugmakers to license drugs that were discovered and underwent early testing in China, or essentially take experimental drugs out of China.
Gonzalez Rogers has scheduled a hearing Monday to begin considering options for remedies while the jury deliberates on questions of liability.
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David Ingram,
NBC news,
15 May 2026
At this point, this is a legal matter, and the most responsible path forward is accountability through the appropriate process with a focus on donor remedies including the return of funds to impacted donors.
The bill focuses on large health care companies that own pharmacies as well as insurers or pharmacy benefit managers, known as PBMs, which influence the prescription drugs Americans can get through insurance plans and how much those medications will cost.
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Ken Alltucker,
USA Today,
13 May 2026
Some experts believe that some people will need to take these medications for life to retain their results.
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Jackie Flynn Mogensen,
Scientific American,
13 May 2026
The hospital performed worse than average on urinary tract infections, patients falls and injuries, falls causing broken hips and communications about medicines.
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Eva Flowe
May 13,
Charlotte Observer,
13 May 2026
That would essentially allow the Medicare program to piggyback on other countries that negotiate the prices of some of the most expensive medicines.
My first job out of graduate school was to look into the economic potential for pharmaceuticals sourced from forests to pay for the protection of those ecosystems.
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John Reid,
The Atlantic,
14 May 2026
Asahi Kasei said future investment priorities will center on pharmaceuticals, electronics and other higher-growth businesses under its current medium-term management strategy.
This scatterplot of stars illuminated the process of stellar evolution and jump-started the field of stellar physics more than a century ago.
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K. R. Callaway,
Scientific American,
11 May 2026
The cargo haul includes about 620 pounds (280 kilograms) of scientific experiments in fluid physics and other fields, 1,540 pounds (700 kg) of propellant and the last of three new spacewalking spacesuits.