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A boy holds a handful of antiretroviral pills before taking his medication at Nkosi's Haven, in Johannesburg, South Africa, on November 28, 2014.

Executive Order to Lower U.S. Drug Prices Could Hurt the Poorest Countries

by Prashant Yadav

Cascading adoption of most-favored-nation drug pricing could erode affordable access to essential medicines

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People wait to receive medicine at a clinic.

Secret Shoppers Expose Antibiotic Overprescribing in India

by Ron Shinkman

Is it ethical to pose as a patient to reveal medical malpractice?

Michael Campbell, 58, receives his daily dose of medication for AIDS at Broadway House for Continuing care
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How a New HIV Medicine Reduced Carbon Emissions

by Vincent Bretin

The HIV medication dolutegravir is lowering the health sector's carbon footprint across several countries

Media crews work at the press room in the McCamish Pavilion on the Georgia Institute of Technology campus ahead of the first 2024 presidential debate between U.S. President Joe Biden and former U.S. President Donald Trump in Atlanta, Georgia, June 27, 2024.
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Health Policy Takeaways from 2024's First U.S. Presidential Debate

by Chloe Searchinger

Where the presidential debate mentioned or missed on COVID responses, drug pricing, Medicare, and reproductive health

A farmer checks marijuana plants before a harvest festival to showcase farms that have been converted to produce medicinal cannabis.
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What Big Cannabis Can Learn from Big Tobacco

by Brooke Worster

The budding cannabis industry should take steps to protect and inform consumers