+2 Local News Featured To vax or not? By Anna Kristina Moseidjord Bay City News Foundation Dec 27, 2022 Although the Bay Area leads the nation in child vaccination rates, a surprising number of parents express hesitation and fear as they navigate…
State Drug companies win in California opioid crisis lawsuit By ROBERT JABLON and DONALD THOMPSON Associated Press Nov 2, 2021 LOS ANGELES (AP) — A California judge has ruled for top drug manufacturers as local governments seek billions of dollars to cover their costs …
National Countries urge drug companies to share vaccine know-how By MARIA CHENG and LORI HINNANT Associated Press Mar 1, 2021 PARIS (AP) — In an industrial neighborhood on the outskirts of Bangladesh's largest city lies a factory with gleaming new equipment imported f…
National Push to bring coronavirus vaccines to the poor faces trouble By MARIA CHENG and LORI HINNANT Associated Press Oct 1, 2020 LONDON (AP) — An ambitious humanitarian project to deliver coronavirus vaccines to the world's poorest people is facing potential shortages of…
Health Global vaccine plan may allow rich countries to buy more By MARIA CHENG AP Medical Writer Jul 14, 2020 LONDON (AP) — Politicians and public health leaders have publicly committed to equitably sharing any coronavirus vaccine that works, but the t…
Health Doctors: Execution drugs could help COVID-19 patients By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press Apr 21, 2020 HOUSTON (AP) — Secrecy surrounding executions could hinder efforts by a group of medical professionals who are asking the nation's death penal…
Business Four companies pay California $70 million for delaying drugs By DON THOMPSON Associated Press Jul 29, 2019 SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Four pharmaceutical companies collectively are agreeing to pay California nearly $70 million to settle allegations t…
Health As the nation's opioid crisis grew, the pills got stronger By GEOFF MULVIHILL and RIIN ALJAS Associated Press Jul 24, 2019 WASHINGTON (AP) — In 2012, as the death toll from the nation's opioid crisis mounted, drug companies shipped out enough of the powerful and ad…
