Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) National News (Master Feed)
Eisai, Biogen Alzheimer’s drug Leqembi would cost US Medicare up to $5 billion a year, study finds
By Deena Beasley (Reuters) - Wide coverage of Alzheimer's drug Leqembi would raise future costs for the U.S. Medicare health plan by $2 billion to $5 billion a year, according to a study led by resear...
May 11, 2023
US State Department approves potential sale of Chinook helicopters to Germany, Pentagon says
By Mike Stone WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department has approved the potential sale of CH-47F Chinook helicopters and related equipment to Germany for as much as $8.5 billion, the Pentagon ...
May 11, 2023
Coal-fired power fleet in US to halve by 2050, EIA projects
(Reuters) - The capacity of coal-fired power plants in the United States by 2050 will decline by more than half from 2022 levels, as environmental regulations raise costs and new plants powered by nat...
May 11, 2023
US senators accuse Pentagon of hindering war crimes prosecution of Russia
By Phil Stewart and Idrees Ali WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Lawmakers accused the Pentagon on Thursday of effectively undermining war crimes prosecution of Russia by blocking the sharing of U.S. military in...
May 11, 2023
Teen mental health emergency visits decline in U.S. as pandemic eases, CDC says
(Reuters) - U.S. adolescents made fewer weekly emergency department (ED) visits for mental health conditions in Fall 2022 compared to a year earlier, researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and...
May 11, 2023
U.S. safety board investigating new Norfolk Southern derailment
(Reuters) - The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said on Thursday it is investigating the derailment of a Norfolk Southern freight train near New Castle, Pennsylvania, the latest incident i...
May 11, 2023
U.S. homeland security chief says border facilities strained by new arrivals
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is already seeing high number of border encounters in certain areas, U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said on Thursday ahead of a COVID-19 i...
May 11, 2023
US House Republicans raise ‘deep concern’ on TikTok content decisions
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The chair of a U.S. House of Representatives committee on China's Communist Party and other lawmakers on Thursday raised "deep concern" and sought answers over reports Chinese-o...
May 11, 2023
US FDA eases restrictions on blood donation
(Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday set guidelines for blood donation organizations, recommending they screen donors based on one set of criteria, ending a restrictive policy...
May 11, 2023
U.S. Supreme Court tosses former Cuomo aide’s bribery conviction
By Nate Raymond (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday overturned the bribery conviction of Joseph Percoco, an ex-aide to Democratic former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, in a ruling that furt...
May 11, 2023
