Medicare, the federal health insurance program that covers Americans over 65, is facing an impossible dilemma: Should it cover a new and expensive medication for “The new Alzheimer’s drug that could break Medicare”
Month: March 2022
What the Novavax vaccine means for the global fight against Covid-19
Another Covid-19 vaccine, this one from the biotech firm Novavax, has posted superb results in a phase 3 clinical trial, the company announced on Monday. “What the Novavax vaccine means for the global fight against Covid-19”
What’s with these invasive “crazy” worms and why can’t we get rid of them?
Tiny, wriggling horrors are hatching right now, under our feet, across the country. No, not the billions of Brood X cicadas emerging throughout the eastern “What’s with these invasive “crazy” worms and why can’t we get rid of them?”
The West has all the ingredients for another terrible wildfire season
Summer has not officially started yet, but wildfire season has already arrived in the US. Now an intense heat wave coupled with extreme drought is “The West has all the ingredients for another terrible wildfire season”
The World Health Organization broke its own rules to spend millions on BCG consultants
The world’s leading health organization, the WHO, repeatedly broke its own rules and spent millions of dollars on high-priced management consultants, according to a new “The World Health Organization broke its own rules to spend millions on BCG consultants”
How Indigenous memories can help save species from extinction
From his home in remote coastal British Columbia, Ernest Mason, a 77-year-old elder and hereditary chief of the Kitasoo/Xai’xais Nation, remembers. He remembers a childhood “How Indigenous memories can help save species from extinction”
We admire these do-gooders. We just don’t want to date them.
Picture this: You’ve worked hard all year. You’re burned out. Every atom in your brain and body is crying out for a relaxing vacation. Luckily, “We admire these do-gooders. We just don’t want to date them.”
Cork’s sole 2021 All-Star nominee likely to miss rest of season
Click:Guizhou China Map SEAN MEEHAN LOOKS set to miss the rest of Cork’s season as he undergoes surgery to repair a hamstring injury. The talented “Cork’s sole 2021 All-Star nominee likely to miss rest of season”
Big wins for Louth and Laois in Division 3, as promotion race from basement heats up
National Football League results Division 3 Wicklow 0-8 Laois 1-17 Fermanagh 0-14 Louth 2-12 Division 4 Sligo 3-19 London 0-10 Carlow 1-10 Leitrim 2-14 Cavan “Big wins for Louth and Laois in Division 3, as promotion race from basement heats up”
18 cards dished out as Roscommon and Derry share the spoils at the Hyde
Roscommon 0-12 Derry 0-12 LIKE A DAYTIME TV soap opera, this afternoon’s contest between Roscommon and Derry was far more about drama than style or “18 cards dished out as Roscommon and Derry share the spoils at the Hyde”