Walgreens and CVS to open 17 drive-thru coronavirus testing sites

Walgreens Boots Alliance and CVS Health Corp will be opening drive-thru coronavirus testing sites offering the new diagnostic that can provide a positive result in just five minutes. Both drugstore chains will be using the test developed by Illinois-based Abbott Laboratories, which has been praised by President Donald Trump.  CVS said it was launching two … Read more

Coronavirus patients treated with malaria drug fared NO better than those who didn’t get the drugs

The malaria drug that President Donald Trump has hailed as a ‘game-changer’ for treating coronavirus may be no better for treating the virus than standard care like being placed on a ventilator, a Chinese study found.  Clinical trials of the drug, hydroxychloroquine, began in New York on Tuesday, and US doctors can now prescribe it … Read more

Trump’s new plan to import cheaper drugs from abroad already FAILED in Massachusetts

On Thursday, President Trump insinuated that he would throw his weight behind the Florida governor’s proposed plan to help keep drug prices lower by importing medications from other countries.  It might be good for prices, but with recent reports of fake foreign drugs and widespread contamination in blockbuster medications manufactured abroad, it’s not clear the … Read more