Health Care

Trial begins for former Theranos president Ramesh ‘Sunny’ Balwani

Ramesh “Sunny” Balwani, former president of Theranos Inc., was one-half of a business duo that lied to cheat investors and patients out of money, a government prosecutor told a jury Tuesday as the second criminal-fraud trial involving the defunct blood-testing company got under way.

WHO says COVID-19 booster shots needed, reversing previous call

An expert group convened by the World Health Organization (WHO) said Tuesday it "strongly supports urgent and broad access" to booster doses of COVID-19 vaccine amid the global spread of omicron, capping a reversal of the U.N. agency’s repeated insistence last year that boosters weren't necessary and contributed to vaccine inequity.

Purdue’s Sacklers, states reach Opioid deal valued at up to $6 billion

Members of the Sackler family who own Purdue Pharma LP and grew wealthy from sales of OxyContin agreed to pay up to $6 billion to settle lawsuits accusing them of helping fuel the opioid-addiction epidemic, earning the unanimous support of state attorneys general to resolve the family’s liability and end the drugmaker’s bankruptcy case.

Biden SOTU addresses prescription drug prices

In his State of the Union address, President Biden focused on the impact inflation is having on Americans. One topic which has been an agenda item in particular is bringing down the cost of prescription drugs.

Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine less effective in ages 5-11: study

Two doses of the Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech SE COVID-19 vaccine was protective against severe disease in children aged 5 to 11 during the recent omicron variant surge, but quickly lost most of its ability to prevent infection in the age group, according to a study by New York State researchers.