Actemra Lacks Much Needed Warning Label
In 2010, Actemra was approved by the FDA, lauded as the first medication designed to treat rheumatoid arthritis (RA) without the usual side-effects. Many drugs treating RA, an autoimmune disease mainly...
View ArticleDHS Will Start Monitoring Immigrants’ Social Media Activity
A new rule published by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will effectively expand the surveillance capabilities of the US government, adding “social media handles, aliases, associated...
View ArticleGAO Report Says Climate Change Comes With Great Costs
Ever since January, Donald Trump and his acolytes have been cutting regulations in great numbers. In the first five months alone, the administration chucked or delayed 860 rule proposals. A fair number...
View ArticleAssisted Living Facilities Receive Very Little Oversight, Says GAO Report
A recent Government Accountability Office (GAO) report found that nearly half of the 48 states offering Medicaid-covered assisted living services could not provide basic data pertaining to issues of...
View ArticleNursing Home Company Files for Bankruptcy
After a slew of personal injury lawsuits, the senior care conglomerate, Preferred Care Group, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, a step that owner, Thomas Scott, hopes will keep the company afloat while...
View ArticleSupreme Court Weighs-In on State Taxes and Online Retailers
On April 17th, the highest court considered a case involving some hairy questions around states’ sales tax and whether certain online retailers should collect it. The case before the court, South...
View ArticleTrump Administration Attacks Rules Meant to Protect Against Discrimination
The Fair Housing Act has suffered blows under the Trump Administration, with HUD Secretary Ben Carson leading the charge against certain Obama-era regulations requiring equitable treatment in the...
View ArticleWhen the President and the Law Collide
The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) is the federal agency responsible for auditing the actions of the Federal Government and ensuring that Congress and all agencies within the government...
View ArticleWhistleblowers Allege Key Trump Administration Officials Pushed To Build...
The Trump Administration has had an unfortunate numbing effect on the country’s political and ethical consciousness. Every day there is a new headline about a new scandal, any one of which would have...
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