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President Trump's May 12 Executive Order aimed at lowering prescription drug prices has sent the pharmaceutical industry scrambling to explore alternative delivery models, with many manufacturers embracing the direct-to-consumer (DTC) program. This shift is not new, as manufacturers had already identified the DTC model as a potential solution
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The Public Service Commission of Wisconsin is considering an application from Wisconsin Electric Power Company to construct a new liquefied natural gas facility and associated natural gas pipelines in the City of Oak Creek, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin. Citizens Utility Board (CUB) witness Mr. Burgess has testified against the project, suggesting
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Sandra L. Abbott, a petitioner under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program, has been awarded compensation for a shoulder injury related to vaccine administration following a tetanus-diphtheria-acellular pertussis vaccine she received on December 27, 2019. The United States Court of Federal Claims has issued a decision on attorney's
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Amit Patil, a petitioning under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program, has been awarded compensation for injuries allegedly sustained after receiving an influenza vaccination. On August 8, 2025, Chief Special Master Brian H. Corcoran issued a ruling stating that Patil is entitled to compensation for his Guillain-Barre syndrome, a condition
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The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality's Division of Water Resources (DWR) has approved the Clean Water Act Section 401 water quality certification for the proposed T-15 Reliability Project, a natural gas infrastructure project proposed by Public Services Company of North Carolina (PSNC), operating as Enbridge Gas North
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As part of its ongoing efforts to strengthen the country's organ transplant system, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is moving to decertify a major organ procurement organization, effective shutting it down and removing it from the nation's network of organ donation groups.
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A decision was issued on August 11, 2025, by Chief Special Master Corcoran in the United States Court of Federal Claims, awarding attorney's fees and costs to Ricardo Bush under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program. Bush had filed a petition on October 12, 2023, alleging a shoulder
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The Public Service Commission of Wisconsin has issued an update on the Application of Northern States Power Company-Wisconsin for Authority to Adjust Electric and Natural Gas Rates. The update involves a motion for leave to intervene and notice of appearance filed by the Secretary of Defense, on behalf of the
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The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) has voted to adopt a new recommendation for the child immunization schedule, recommending that toddlers through age three be immunized for varicella (chickenpox) through standalone vaccination rather than through the combination measles, mumps, rubella, and varicella (MMRV) vaccine. This decision was made after
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The United States Court of Federal Claims has issued a decision awarding attorneys' fees and costs to Shane Gabis, a petitioner in the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program. Gabis had filed a petition alleging that he suffered encephalitis as a result of an influenza vaccine he received on September
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The United States Court of Federal Claims has issued an opinion in the matter of Kristena Rivera, parent and natural guardian of L.R., a minor, seeking compensation under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program. After a thorough review, Chief Special Master Corcoran granted the motion for attorney's
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Michael Cervantes, a petitioning filed a claim under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program, 42 U.S.C. ยง 300aa-10, et seq., alleging a shoulder injury related to vaccine administration caused by a tetanus and diphtheria vaccine and a pneumococcal conjugate vaccine on September 13, 2018. On December 19, 2024, the
