The Food and Drug Administration’s embattled vaccine chief, Dr. Vinay Prasad, is once again leaving the agency — the second time in less than a year that he’s departed after controversial decisions involving the review of vaccinations and specialty drugs for rare diseases.
William Way will demolish its LGBT Community Center and construct a building housing its new headquarters, including affordable apartments for seniors.
Bernard LaFayette, who died Thursday, laid the foundations of the Selma, Alabama, campaign that culminated in the passage of the Voting Rights Act. He was a Freedom Rider and helped found the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. n.pr/4csIbWh
Vanderbilt University, the elite private college in Nashville, plans to open a San Francisco campus in 2027. Here’s what we know about its location, cost, size and ambitions.
The codes only tell us whether it was routed thru a PBM (and if so, which PBM), but it doesn’t reveal much else.
Trump's "Golden Age of America."
Beyond Meat is dropping "meat" from its name as it moves beyond the struggling market for plant-based burgers, sausages and tenders and expands into new categories like protein drinks.
Right. Another Epstein distraction?
Consider that Cigna's Express Scripts has 2 primary formularies: its preferred National Preferred Formulary (NPF), and also National Preferred Flex Formulary which big employer plan sponsors who demand preference for generics and biosimilars. One cannot discern which formulary is used from codes.
The codes do not mean it IS GoodRx; because if that were true, it would also mean employer-sponsored insurance plans which use the same codes are also GoodRx. What it means is they are using the same PBMs, but each PBM also offers multiple formularies which may use the same codes but aren’t the same
Finland to lift full ban on hosting nuclear arms, government says reut.rs/4aTtL0j
Kristi Noem generated more scandals over the past year than a typical administration would muster in four—but what reportedly got her fired was “pointing the finger at her boss,” Jonathan Chait argues. theatln.tc/XPzSACXA
Trump fired Kristi Noem.
It wasn't because her immigration agents murdered American citizens. Or the repeated violations of due process. Or even her mismanagement of FEMA.
No, Noem was fired because she upstaged Trump. He wants to be on Mt. Rushmore, after all.
This is the mind of our president.
As Trump launches the first open-ended military campaign of his presidency, Europe's leaders find themselves holding something he still needs: their bases, airspace and strategic geography
#BREAKING: Super Bowl LX averaged 125 million viewers, making it the second most-watched Super Bowl event in TV history, per Nielsen data.
The Bad Bunny halftime show averaged just over 128 million viewers, Nielsen data shows.
NBC may not have shattered TV records with Super Bowl LX and the Bad Bunny halftime show, but it definitely broke records at Telemundo.
It's selling the amusement parks to a Kansas City-based real estate investment trust for $331 millon.
Truth be told, Trump Rx is just another coupon program similar to GoodRx. Mark Cuban says, the more, the merrier. But observe that his @costplusdrugs.com still beats Trump Rx on prices for like 36 of the 40 drugs which Trump Rx offers discounts on.
THE GOLDEN GIRLS is returning to free TV on MeTV.
And yes, MeTV is actively seeking to expand their audience w/ more recent classics, even if "some of our die-hard viewers may have changed the channel."
Good coverage from @matthewkeys.net at @thedesk.net
thedesk.net/2026/02/metv... #ClassicTV
THE BRADY BUNCH house in North Hollywood is now a protected historic landmark.
So, if you break Mom's vase, it's now a felony.
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Kristi Noem has used $200M+ in taxpayer funds to pay firms with close ties to her top aides to make anti-immigrant PSAs.
Her luxury jets will cost taxpayers nearly $300M.
Trump's lackeys rail against "government waste," but are happy to pilfer taxpayer funds for themselves.
BREAKING: Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem will be replaced with GOP Senator Markwayne Mullin, President Trump says.
But is she really fired? We shall see.
US Congressional panel votes to subpoena Pam Bondi over Epstein files ft.trib.al/p3BHcXJ
The Trump administration has offered all sorts of shifting reasons for the bombing, but the latest one is a real doozy.
Simply stated, there is NO reason for "compounded" versions of GLP-1 inhibitors, and that's because we already have efficacious generic GLP-1s on the market. blog.sstrumello.com/2026/02/we-a...
Trump said inflation is “plummeting."
That couldn't be further from the truth.
Americans should be alarmed by the nearly $111 billion Paramount/Warner Bros merger. The deal is bad news for our economy and our democracy.
For @contrariannews.org, @neeratanden.bsky.social explains why:
Cigna's COO Brian Evanko will replace David Cordani as CEO starting July 1. bia @bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
