PHARMACIST STEVE

Fauci Makes Surprising Concession Regarding COVID-19 Vaccines https://www.theepochtimes.com/fauci-makes-surprising-concession-regarding-covid-19-vaccines_4595318.html White House COVID-19 adviser Anthony Fauci conceded Wednesday morning that COVID-19 vaccines don’t protect “overly well” against the virus. Speaking during a Fox News interview, Fauci told host Neil Cavuto that “one of the things that’s clear from the data [is] that … vaccines—because of the high […]

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Medicare Advantage Tied to Less Use of Pricey Diabetes Drugs https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/977181 US Medicare beneficiaries with type 2 diabetes who had health coverage through a Medicare Advantage (MA) plan received treatment with an SGLT2 inhibitor or GLP-1 receptor agonist significantly less often than patients with traditional fee-for-service (FFS) Medicare coverage in 2014-2019, according to a study […]

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U.S. Public Health Agencies Aren’t ‘Following the Science,’ Officials Say ‘People are getting bad advice and we can’t say anything.’ https://www.commonsense.news/p/us-public-health-agencies-arent-following The calls and text messages are relentless. On the other end are doctors and scientists at the top levels of the NIH, FDA and CDC. They are variously frustrated, exasperated and alarmed about the […]

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Supreme Court Tells Cops To Stop Playing Doctor https://www.acsh.org/news/2022/07/15/supreme-court-tells-cops-stop-playing-doctor-16434 A unanimous Supreme Court decision is a good first step for getting law enforcement out of prescription decisions. Drs. Jeffrey Singer and Josh Bloom in Reason Magazine. Image credit: Wikimedia Commons No one witnessing a burglary in progress would call 911 and ask for a doctor. […]

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Express Scripts Sued by AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) Over ‘Claw Backs’ https://www.aidshealth.org/2022/07/express-scripts-sued-by-ahf-over-claw-backs/ Sweeping federal lawsuit, asserting 14 claims of violations of law in nine U.S. states where AHF operates pharmacies, was filed in federal court in St. Louis, MO  AHF asserts Express Scripts, a huge pharmacy benefits manager, manipulates loophole in Medicare “Star Ratings” system […]

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Hi Steve, I came across your website and noticed you had your email listed. A pharmacist refused to fill a controlled substance for me after speaking with my physician from a nationally renowned clinic in the US. I was not provided a concrete reason, other than pharmacists have the right to not dispense. However, it […]

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A Case for Cigarettes Causing a Cornucopia of Diseases Outside the Lungs, Heart — Does smoking have a causal role in epilepsy, IBD, rheumatoid arthritis, and more? https://www.medpagetoday.com/pulmonology/smoking/99698 Mendelian randomization studies appeared to bring researchers closer to establishing a causal association between smoking and a wider range of diseases. Genetic variation in smoking liability, subject […]

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  VT BOP threaten to REVOKE the pharmacy license of ALL 32 WALGREEN PHARMACIES IN THE STATE It is a sad era: I remember when I told my father who I wanted to work for! I had just started college and my pride in this company was too big for others to understand! I had […]

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https://www.mychamplainvalley.com/news/local-news/vt-regulators-file-pharmacy-licensing-charges-against-walgreens/ The Vermont Office of Professional Regulation is asking the state Board of Pharmacy to punish Walgreens locations in the Green Mountain State. Should the pharmacy board do so, the punishment could lead to the pharmacies’ state licenses being revoked. The regulation office has filed seven charges against the pharmacy chain over a series of […]

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