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India eases sulphur emission rules | The Express Tribune

July 12, 2025 Admin No Comments

Listen to article NEW DELHI: India has reversed a decade-old mandate to install $30 billion worth of clean-air equipment, easing sulphur emission rules for most coal-fired power plants, a government order said. Reuters in December reported that the government was reviewing 2015 norms that required nearly 540 coal-based power units to install flue-gas desulphurisation (FGD) systems that…

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Medicaid cuts in Trump’s ‘big beautiful bill’ will leave millions uninsured, threaten rural hospitals

July 2, 2025 Admin No Comments

An aerial view of Valley Health Hampshire Memorial Hospital on June 17, 2025 in Romney, W.V. Ricky Carioti | The Washington Post | Getty Images President Donald Trump‘s “big beautiful bill” would make sweeping changes to U.S. health care, leaving millions of vulnerable Americans without health insurance and threatening the hospitals and centers that provide…

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SBP injects Rs12.38 trillion | The Express Tribune

June 27, 2025 Admin No Comments

Listen to article KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) injected Rs12.38 trillion into the financial system through two separate Open Market Operations (OMOs) on June 27, 2025, to manage the liquidity vacuum caused by Eid-related cash demand and fiscal needs of the government constrained by International Monetary Fund (IMF) conditions. The larger of the two was…

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Trump wants to slash U.S. drug prices with ‘most favored nation’ policy – here’s what to know

May 12, 2025 Admin No Comments

President Donald Trump, joined by National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director Jay Bhattacharya, speaks during a press conference in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on May 12, 2025, in Washington, DC. Andrew Harnik | Getty Images News | Getty Images President Donald Trump on Monday moved forward with a plan to lower U.S….

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Eli Lilly sues four telehealth sites selling compounded Zepbound, Mounjaro

April 24, 2025 Admin No Comments

An injection pen of Zepbound, Eli Lilly’s weight loss drug, is displayed in New York City on Dec. 11, 2023. Brendan McDermid | Reuters Eli Lilly is suing four telehealth companies selling compounded versions of the pharmaceutical giant’s weight loss drug Zepbound and its diabetes treatment Mounjaro, the company’s latest attempt to crack down on…

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Trump drops Biden’s proposal for Medicare to cover obesity drugs like Wegovy and Zepbound

April 4, 2025 Admin No Comments

A combination image shows an injection pen of Zepbound, Eli Lilly’s weight loss drug, and boxes of Wegovy, made by Novo Nordisk. Reuters President Donald Trump on Friday dropped a Biden administration proposal to have Medicare cover obesity drugs, including popular but costly GLP-1 treatments such as Novo Nordisk‘s Wegovy and Eli Lilly‘s Zepbound. But the Centers…

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UnitedHealth Group CEO addresses Brian Thompson death, says health-care system is ‘flawed’

December 13, 2024 Admin No Comments

Andrew Witty, CEO of UnitedHealth Group, testifies during the Senate Finance Committee hearing titled “Hacking America’s Health Care: Assessing the Change Healthcare Cyber Attack and What’s Next,” in the Dirksen Building in Washington, D.C., on May 1, 2024. Tom Williams | Cq-roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images UnitedHealth Group CEO Andrew Witty on Friday mourned…

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Amgen says obesity drug caused up to 20% weight loss after a year, with no plateau

November 26, 2024 Admin No Comments

The Amgen logo is displayed outside Amgen headquarters in Thousand Oaks, California, on May 17, 2023. Mario Tama | Getty Images Amgen on Tuesday said its experimental weight loss injection helped patients with obesity lose up to 20% of their weight on average after a year in a critical mid-stage trial, as the company races…

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What McDonald’s needs to do next after E. coli outbreak

October 25, 2024 Admin No Comments

In this photo illustration, a McDonald’s Quarter Pounder hamburger meal is seen at a McDonald’s on October 23, 2024 in the Flatbush neighborhood in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images As McDonald’s and health authorities race to contain a deadly E. coli outbreak, the burger chain faces challenges…

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CVS, UnitedHealth, Cigna say FTC should take Lina Khan and two commissioners off drug middlemen case

October 9, 2024 Admin No Comments

FTC Chairwoman Lina Khan testifies during the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government hearing titled “Fiscal Year 2025 Request for the Federal Trade Commission,” in Rayburn Building on Wednesday, May 15, 2024. Tom Williams | Cq-roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images CVS Health, UnitedHealth Group and Cigna are demanding Federal Trade Commission…

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