Tag: medication
US accuses Walgreens of filling millions of illegitimate prescriptions
DEERFIELD, Ill. -- The U.S. Justice Department is accusing Walgreens of filling millions of prescriptions in the last decade and more without a...
What to do if you have to evacuate without your medications
The Los Angeles fires have forced thousands to evacuate indefinitely from their homes, often without necessary medications or medical devices. Here’s what...
Drug overdose deaths plummet in San Francisco. What's changed?
SAN FRANCISCO — After surging during the COVID pandemic into a crushing public health emergency, drug overdose deaths in San Francisco plummeted...
McKinsey & Company agrees to pay $650 million to settle federal probe over opioids work
WASHINGTON -- McKinsey & Company consulting firm has agreed to pay $650 million to settle a federal investigation into its work for opioids...
How should the opioid settlements be spent? Those hit hardest often don’t have a say
People with substance use disorder across the country are not getting a formal say in how most of the approximately $50 billion in...
Better drugs through AI? Insitro CEO on what machine learning can teach Big Pharma
WASHINGTON -- Artificial intelligence is changing the way companies do business — helping programmers write code and fielding customer service calls with chatbots.But...