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Opill's manufacturer, Perrigo, said it wants to make the pill "accessible and affordable" and it's still unclear if it can be covered by insurance, although advocates are pushing for the feds to make no-cost coverage without a prescription a requirement for all over-the-counter contraceptives.

The heat wave running rampant this summer could be responsible for 235,000 ER visits and over 56,000 hospital admissions for heat-related illnesses, a new study estimates.

A Pfizer manufacturing facility in North Carolina, responsible for making 25% of the company's sterile injectable medicines for hospitals, sustained heavy tornado damage, potentially worsening an already deep drug shortage.

The bill would require pharmacy benefit managers to submit detailed information to CMS each year that includes their interactions with the recommendation committees that decide on the drugs to be included in the formulary.

The effects of COVID-19 can still be felt in Sun Life's most recent report.

Even as COVID-19 wanes, lawyers representing the health care sector predict their days in court aren't about to end soon, as lawsuits abound questioning public health policies and hospitals' authority on mask and vaccine use.