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Trump just announced a 250% tariff on pharmaceutical imports. “We want pharmaceuticals made in our country,” he told CNBC. The plan starts with a small tariff, then jumps to 150%, then 250% within 18 months. https://www.cnbc.com/2025/08/05/trump-says-pharma-tariffs-could-eventually-reach-up-to-250percent.html India and China are the top two drug suppliers. India shipped $9.8 billion in meds to the U.S. last …
Millions of Americans depend on daily medication to function, to work, to stay alive. Blood pressure pills. Antidepressants. Insulin. Thyroid tablets. Inhalers. Medications for epilepsy, anxiety, heart conditions, diabetes. Take a guess how many people in the U.S. are prescribed drugs long-term. Over 131 million. That’s more than half the population. And in a crisis, …
A woman from northern Manitoba with no criminal charges spent a month in jail after public health officials ordered her detained to treat her tuberculosis, even though she wasn’t infectious at the time. Geraldine Mason, 36, was arrested under the Public Health Act on Oct. 27 and initially ordered to spend three months at the …
US drug shortages reach record high with 323 meds now in short supply. “There are myriad reasons for the hundreds of drug shortages now facing doctors and patients, many of which remain unclear. But, as Ars has reported before, the root cause of shortages of low-cost, off-patent generic drugs is well established. These drugs have razor-thin …