Month: September 2024

FDA Approves First At-Home Nasal Spray Flu Vaccine

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Friday it has approved AstraZeneca’s nasal spray flu vaccine for self-administration, making it the first of its kind. FluMist is the first vaccine to prevent influenza that does not need to be administered by a healthcare… Read Full Article (External Site) Dr. David LowemannDr. David Lowemann, M.Sc, […]

Published on September 20, 2024

FTC Sues Drug ‘Gatekeepers’ Over High Insulin Prices

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission sued the country’s three largest pharmacy benefit managers on Friday, accusing them of steering diabetes patients towards higher priced insulin in order to reap millions of dollars in rebates from pharmaceutical companies. The case accuses… Read Full Article (External Site) Dr. David LowemannDr. David Lowemann, M.Sc, Ph.D., is a co-founder […]

Published on September 20, 2024

Adding nuance to link between brain structure and ideology

Using MRI scans of almost 1,000 Dutch people, researchers show that there is indeed a connection between brain structure and ideology. However, the connection is smaller than expected. Nevertheless, the researchers find it remarkable that differences in the brain are linked to something as abstract as ideology. Read Full Article (External Site) Dr. David LowemannDr. […]

Published on September 20, 2024