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The proposed new laws would demand legitimate safety studies for all vaccines, and they are facing strong opposition from the vaccine industry and lobbyists. Legislators have introduced several new vaccine measures (links are provided below), one of them being S.B.2350 which would mandate the need for legitimate new vaccine safety studies, and the legislators are …
In the near future doctor’s appointments may be different, with insurers paying a monthly fee for routine access to your doctor without patients having to pay a copay, as reported in Business Insider. The Iora model for the new type of clinic will work with sponsors, which are mainly employers or private health plans that …
The estimated cost of developing a new drug is over $1 Billion according to the pharmaceutical industry, but it has been suggested the actual cost is less than $125 Million. Chief executive officer Andrew Witty of GlaxoSmithKline says “the high cost is one of the greatest myths of the industry”, according to Rueters, and “was …
A new study from the University of Bern shows that people can learn from scratch while they are in slumber, as published in the journal Current Biology. Delicate neurological connections forming the basis of memory have been shown to strengthen during deep sleep, and previous studies have shown words learned during consciousness can be consolidated …