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SCOTUS Votes to Uphold Mifepristone Approval, Maintaining Access

April 24, 2023 - On Friday, April 21, 2023, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) issued a ruling upholding mifepristone approval, pending ongoing cases. The SCOTUS decision does not guarantee unlimited access to medication abortions; however, it slows a Texas judge’s attempt to reverse approval. Earlier this month, on April 7, 2023, two conflicting...

Pfizer Enters Phase Three Clinical Trial for Lyme Disease Vaccine

August 11, 2022 by Hayden Schmidt

Pfizer and specialty vaccine company Valneva are set to begin testing their VLA15 vaccine in 6,000 individuals across areas in the US and Europe where tickborne Lyme disease is highly endemic. The...

American Men Have the Highest Rate of Preventable Death

July 27, 2022 by Veronica Salib

A recent analysis of data from the Commonwealth Fund’s 2020 International Health Policy Survey and the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) found that men in the United...

Autoimmune Patients Struggle with Access to Medicine in Anti-Abortion States

July 21, 2022 by Hayden Schmidt

Methotrexate, originally developed as a chemotherapy agent, has been approved to treat leukemias, lymphomas, carcinomas, rheumatoid arthritis, juvenile arthritis, and severe psoriasis....

AMA Urges FDA to Make Oral Contraceptives Available Over the Counter

June 16, 2022 by Veronica Salib

The AMA’s press release urging the FDA to approve over-the-counter sales will revolutionize accessibility to oral contraceptives. Female contraceptives in the United States are offered in...

Thermo Fisher Launches System to Scale Gene Therapy Workflows

September 21, 2021 by Samantha McGrail

Thermo Fisher Scientific recently launched the integrated Gibco AAV-MAX Helper Free AAV Production System to enable scalable gene therapy workflows. The solution aims to simplify AAV vector production...