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Tax revenue from regulated marijuana sales could help restore communities most impacted by prohibition. Photo credit: Ayehab/Adobe Stock. (https://duckysonline.com/) NEW YORK – Drug-policy reform advocates say New York’s…

Truvada, produced by Gilead Sciences, offers HIV prevention in a pill. Truvada can be used for what is called PrEP, short for pre-exposure prophylaxis, the practice of using antiretroviral drugs to prevent HIV infection. Photo Source:…

Senator Ted Kennedy, U.S. Senator from Massachusetts, giving a presentation on his healthcare proposal in June 1971. Six years earlier he assured us that the change in our immigration laws would not be a problem or have an adverse effect…

Registered nurse Suzanne Hsu adjusts the robotic arms of a da Vinci surgical robot before an automated calibration of the machine at the Helford Clinical Research Hospital at City of Hope in Duarte, Calif., in 2006. Hospitals around the…

After months of closed-door meetings and high-profile hearings, the Senate Finance Committee voted 19-9 to advance legislation introduced by Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) to rein in drug costs in the Medicare and…

One of the most significant proposals would cap price increases on brand-name drugs and biologic drugs covered by Medicare to ensure they do not outpace inflation, and triggering rebates when they do. File photo: Pixabay. WASHINGTON -…

After reporting by KHN, NPR and CBS, Fresenius has agreed to waive Sovereign Valentine’s huge bill for out-of-network dialysis care. Photo credit: Tommy Martino for KHN. PHILADELPHIA, PA –  Fresenius, one of the two largest…

A new effort in California aims to normalize workplace mental health in the same ways that employers already promote physical health, so that an employee having severe mental health symptoms feels comfortable taking medical leave. File…

Corey Walsh, who began using the drug Truvada when it was about $400. With a monthly price tag approaching ,000, many private health plans have put the drug in a specialty drug tier with high co-payments or coinsurance. (…

Republican strategist and former Trump campaign adviser Roger Stone as he talked about the Trump presidency as well as his book on politics, Stone’s Rules: How to Win at Politics, Business, and Style. JUNE 17, 2018, File photo: C-SPAN. …

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg as he testified before the House Energy and Commerce Committee regarding the company’s use and protection of user data following the Cambridge Analytica breach. During the nearly five hour hearing, Mr.…

Former Vice President Joe Biden and current front-runner released an outline of his proposed approach to the nation’s healthcare system echoing the infamous words of former President Obama by saying that, under his proposal, If you like…

Sheriff Gregory Tony serves as the 17th Sheriff of Broward County, Florida. He was appointed by Governor Ron DeSantis after the suspension of former Sheriff Scott Israel who was suspended for neglected duty and incompetence linked to the…

On July 4, 2019 a large group of approximately sixty people stormed Walgreens. Once inside, they threw merchandise at store employees, resulting in injuries. If you see these suspects do not approach, contact 911 immediately. To submit a…

According to a court brief filed by a bipartisan group of economists and other health policy experts billions of dollars of private and public investment — impacting every corner of the American health system — have been made based on the…

According to the 2019 Match report, 8,116 internal medicine positions were offered, the highest number on record and the most positions offered within any specialty, but only 41.5% were filled by seniors pursuing their M.D.s from U.S.…

According to Rotten Tomato's movie review website, "heartwarming, funny, and beautifully animated, Toy Story 4 manages the unlikely feat of extending -- and perhaps concluding -- a practically perfect animated saga." The movie scores a 98%…

White House advisor, Jared Kushner, who is currently senior advisor to his father-in-law, Donald Trump, the President of the United States. Photo credit: C-SPAN. BOCA RATON – "The Palestinians are ingrates! They don't want peace!" These…

The oyster populations from Maine to Florida has shrunk to less than 10% of its historic size. Nulovetoyo/Adobe Stock. NEW YORK - The efforts to restore shellfish to New York Harbor and Long Island have made real progress, but there's…

With enactment of the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act, the Empire State will be on track to set the most ambitious legislative mandate for carbon reductions in the world. Photo credit: Kovalenko I/Adobe Stock NEW YORK -…

The Annie E. Casey Foundation's 2019 KIDS COUNT Data Book ranks New York 42nd in the nation for the economic well-being of its children. Photo: Sean Locke Photography, Adobe Stock. NEW YORK - New York is one of the richest states in the…

NY Senate Bill S6419 introduced June 10, 2019, has been proposed and, if passed, will be the first statewide law in this country to decriminalize prostitution, or the sex trade, involving consenting adults. BAYSIDE, NY - In Albany, a…

According to the Fiscal Policy Institute, a public policy research and advocacy organization,, Green Light New York will make 265,000 illegal immigrants eligible for driver licenses. File photo: Pixabay. ALBANY N.Y. - Labor leaders are…

Restaurateur Jimmy Neary, who first lived in a Washington Height’s boarding house soon found a job as a swimming pool porter at the New York Athletic Club, and shortly later was hired as bar-boy in Manhattan’s P.J. Moriarty’s Restaurant.…

NY Senate Bill S6419 introduced June 10, 2019, would amend the penal law, in relation to decriminalizing sex work; and to repeal provisions relating to prostitution; amend the criminal procedure law, civil practice law and rules, social…

With all of the potential cost of staffing your website, it’s no wonder some businesses will not only avoid a web presence all together, but go as far as suggesting that their business 'does not need' a website, or their industry doesn’t…

Investment in clean energy and energy efficiency is predicted to create thousands of good-paying jobs in New York State. Photo credit: Somchaikhun, Adobe Stock. ALBANY, N.Y. - With the legislative session drawing to a close, a bill that…

According to reports, on May 31, 2019, Quest Diagnostics announced that an unauthorized user had access to the personal information of approximately 11.9 million patients through a third-party billing collections vendor. (…

Environmental Advocates of New York say a new bill would establish a list of chemicals that all public water supplies should be tested for, and set a deadline for the New York State Department of Health to implement testing. File photo:…

Presidential hopeful Kamala Harris seen here asking about the behavior of the administration on immigration, priorities on non-criminal action and deportation during a Homeland Security oversight hearing in January 2018. Harris is one of…