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US FDA approves AbbVie’s drug for a type of lung cancer

(Reuters) -The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved AbbVie’s drug to treat adults with a type of lung cancer who have received previous treatment, the drugmaker said on Wednesday. The treatment, branded as Emrelis, belongs to a class of drugs known as antibody-drug conjugates ...
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US drug overdose deaths dropped to 5-year low in 2024, CDC data shows

By Mariam Sunny (Reuters) -Drug overdose deaths in the United States fell nearly 27% in 2024, federal estimates showed on Wednesday, marking the steepest decline ever and reaching the lowest levels since 2019. Nearly 80,391 people died from drug overdose in the U.S. in 2024, ...
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France’s Sanofi to invest at least $20 billion in US through 2030

(Reuters) – Sanofi plans to invest at least $20 billion in the United States through 2030 to boost manufacturing and research, joining other drugmakers in expanding their U.S. presence in response to President Donald Trump’s trade policies. The French drugmaker, one ...
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California governor announces $12 billion budget deficit

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California is staring down an $12 billion budget deficit, Gov. Gavin Newsom said Wednesday. The Democratic governor shared the number as he laid out his nearly $322 billion state spending plan for the upcoming fiscal year. He says the deficit is partly ...
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Roche says Trump’s drug price order threatens its $50 billion US investment plans

By Maggie Fick LONDON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump’s executive order on drug pricing threatens Roche’s planned $50 billion investment in the United States, the company said on Wednesday. Trump’s order, signed on Monday, directs drugmakers to lower prices of brand-name ...
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RFK Jr. says people should not take medical advice from him, defends HHS cuts during House hearing

(WASHINGTON) -- Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., one of the nation's most publicly recognized vaccine skeptics, took a softened approach on vaccines when he answered questions before a House committee Wednesday morning, avoiding sharing his personal views and instead deferring ...
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South Carolina Supreme Court decides heartbeat definition allows six-week abortion ban

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The South Carolina Supreme Court ruled Wednesday the state can keep banning abortions around six weeks after conception by agreeing with the earliest interpretation offered of when a heartbeat starts. The justices unanimously ruled that while the medical language in the ...
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RFK Jr. defends widespread HHS cuts, response to measles outbreak during House hearing

(WASHINGTON) -- Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., before a House committee Wednesday morning, defended the massive cuts to the department's workforce and laid out his priorities for the Trump administration's proposed budget -- all while he is expected to field ...
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US drug overdose deaths fell by nearly 27% last year, reaching lowest levels since 2019: CDC

(NEW YORK) -- Drug overdose deaths dropped in the United States last year to the lowest levels seen in five years, according to a new federal report published Wednesday morning.The provisional report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center for Health ...
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Illinois quick hits: Chicago to remove degree requirement for city workers

Chicago to remove degree requirement for city workers A Chicago City Council committee ...
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US overdose deaths fell 27% last year, the largest one-year decline ever seen

There were 30,000 fewer U.S. drug overdose deaths in 2024 than the year before — the largest one-year decline ever recorded. An estimated 80,000 people died from overdoses last year, according to provisional Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data released Wednesday. That’s down 27% ...
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US overdose deaths fell 27% last year but remain above prepandemic levels

There were 30,000 fewer U.S. drug overdose deaths in 2024 than the year before — the largest one-year decline ever recorded. An estimated 80,000 people died from overdoses last year, according to provisional Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data released Wednesday. That’s down 27% ...
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