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Burnham urged to ditch dangerous #UK-US NHS #drug deal

#Burnham urged to scrap the UK-US trade deal on #medicines as #health organisations and #doctors’ groups warn it is dangerous and prioritises #pharmaceutical company profits over the lives of #NHS #patients

Health groups call on expected next PM to rip up agreement, which analysis suggests could lead to 229,000 excess deaths by 2036

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/jul/07/burnham-urged-to-ditch-dangerous-uk-us-nhs-drug-deal?link_id=0&can_id=9eb7c2045c0b1266aa836156c39c70ca&source=email-our-letter-to-andy-burnham&email_referrer=email_3311268&email_subject=our-letter-to-andy-burnham&&

#SaveOurNHS #CorporateGreed #USAggression #OurNHS

What different gardening catalogs offer https://www.allforgardening.com/1689294/what-different-gardening-catalogs-offer/ ##hub #Administration #and #drug #food #garden #gardening #home #HomeImprovementHub #improvement #maintenance #Overall #OverallPositive #positive #U.S. #U.S.FoodAndDrugAdministration #yard #YardMaintenance

#Trump #DOJ plans to press ahead with a merger of its 2 agencies that investigate #drug & #firearms offenses, though the effort would still need *approval* from #Congress, 4 sources familiar with the matter told Reuters.

In a meeting on Thurs, ofcls from the #DEA & the #ATF [Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives] were informed that the merger could be executed as soon as October, one of the sources said….

#law #crime #TrumpPurge #TrumpCoup #NationalSecurity
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-justice-dept-takes-next-steps-merge-atf-dea-sources-say-2025-05-16/

Fantastic. Inspirational, that MD introduced a bill to make this easier. Cautionary, that insurance companies haven't heard of these. GOOD NEWS STORY will send you into the weekend w/ a smile.
#vacant #property #abandoned #houses #refurbished #rented to #employees #recovering #drug #addicts #alcoholics #wood #working #carpenters #electricians #now #non #profit #worker #owned #business #waterbottle #cooperative #baltimore #social #enterprise #democratic #business #system https://www.thebaltimorebanner.com/community/housing/baltimore-vacants-waterbottle-co-op-GMLSZKTVKFG43NMT25UFPKZLGU/

Federal #court in #Texas dismissed #lawsuit brought by heavy-hitting #pharmaceutical trade group, #PhRMA, which argued forcing #drug makers to negotiate #Medicare #drugprices is #unconstitutional. The big pharmaceutical companies suing government directly over negotiations include J&J, #BristolMyersSquibb, #NovoNordisk, #Merck, and #AstraZeneca. District Judge David Ezra found they first need to bring claims through an administrative review process under the #MedicareAct https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/02/judge-tosses-big-pharma-suit-claiming-drug-price-negotiation-is-unconstitutional/

Experimental #antibiotic kills deadly #superbug, opens whole new class of #drugs
Relatively large molecule clogs a transport system, leading to lethal toxicity. In this case, the new #drug—dubbed #zosurabalpin—fights off the #GramNegative #bacterium carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii, aka CRAB. Though it may sound obscure, it's an opportunistic, invasive #bacteria that often strikes hospitalized and critically ill patients, causing deadly #infections worldwide. https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/01/experimental-antibiotic-reveals-entirely-new-way-to-kill-drug-resistant-bacteria/

The little-known #history of #GHB, from #anesthetic to #preworkout to #dangerous #party #drug.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #SubstanceAbuse

https://www.queerty.com/the-little-known-history-of-ghb-from-anesthetic-to-pre-workout-to-dangerous-party-drug-20230712

#Indian #LGBTQ+ #groups push to #widen #access to #HIV #prevention #drug #prep

“#PrEP is like a bodyguard for me,” said Ravalkar, who primarily scrapes a living from #begging in #Pune, western #India

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQIA #India #Health #Healthcare #HIV #Aids https://www.gaytimes.co.uk/life/indian-lgbtq-groups-push-to-widen-access-to-hiv-prevention-pill/