[Vyera Pharmaceuticals Lawsuit]
Attorney General James: “Martin Shkreli and Vyera not only enriched themselves by despicably jacking up the price of this life-saving medication by 4,000 percent in a single day, but held this critical drug hostage from patients and competitors as they illegally sought to maintain their monopoly.”
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National Institutes of Health
CBS UNDER FIRE FOR PUBLISHING STORY QUOTING SCIENTIFICALLY FALSE STIGMATIZING HIV STATEMENTS BY POLICE OFFICIAL
[CBS News\HIV Stigmitization]
CBS New York published a stigmatizing article and social media post about a recent arrest and altercation with Port Authority Police at LaGuardia Airport that inappropriately stigmatized HIV and promoted misinformation and fear of HIV transmission via saliva…In the article, Port Authority Police Benevolent Association President Paul Nunziato is quoted using scientifically inaccurate language about transmission of HIV via saliva.
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CBC RELEASES “RING THE ALARM” REPORT ON BLACK YOUTH SUICIDE CRISIS
[Mental Health\Black Youth Suicide]
Texas Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson: “As a former chief psychiatric nurse, I am deeply concerned that suicide is the second leading cause of death among all Black American children between ten to nineteen years old. We can no longer be silent while our children struggle with mental illnesses.”
GEORGIA CONGRESSWOMAN MCBATH SECURES $ 25 MILLION FUNDING FOR GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION RESEARCH
[Congress\Gun Violence]
Representative Lucy McBath: “We have the responsibility to pursue life-saving research, and today we vote to end gun violence. As a survivor of gun violence, I could not be more proud of the measures we have taken to save the countless numbers of lives that may be affected by gun violence in the future.”
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OVER 100 DEMOCRATS SEND LETTER TO CONGRESSIONAL LEADERSHIP REQUESTING GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION FUNDING AND RESEARCH
[Congressional News\Gun Violence]
Congressman David Price: “There’s been too many gun violence deaths, and too little congressional action. Our letter with over 100 signers to support $50 million in gun violence prevention research shows that we refuse to stand by as the death toll continues to mount.”
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