Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued an emergency use authorization for the drug remdesivir, “for the treatment of suspected or laboratory-confirmed COVID-19”. Although, the FDA warned “there is limited information known about the safety and effectiveness of using remdesivir to treat people in the hospital with COVID-19”. Recent…
Florida Cancer Treatment Center to Pay $100 Million Fine for Antitrust Crime
May 1, 2020
A cancer specialists and research group in Florida will pay a $100 million fine for “conspiring to allocate medical and radiation oncology treatments for cancer patients in Southwest Florida”. Working with an unnamed co-conspirator, Florida Cancer Specialists & Research Institute LLC (FCS) worked to “suppress and eliminate competition” of medical…
Education Department Provides $1.4 Billion in Funding to Schools for Minorty and Low-Income Students
May 1, 2020
The U.S. Department of Education is providing “nearly $1.4 billion” in funding to institutions serving minority and low-income students. Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) will collectively receive $577 million. Funding is intended to be used “to cover the cost of technology associated with a transition to distance education”, during…
U.S. Military Sees 3% Increase in Sexual Assault, 81% of Victims Female
April 30, 2020
According to a Department of Defense (DOD) annual report on sexual assault in the U.S. military, in 2019 there were “7,825 reports of sexual assault involving Service members as either victims or subjects…, approximately a 3 percent increase from reports made in [2018].” They found that 81 percent of these…