HIGHER DRUG COSTS
A study published in the peer-reviewed journal JAMA found that one in five adults over 65 skipped or delayed medication in 2022 because of costs. Back in 2016, only one in seven seniors had the same issue, marking a sharp increase in the past 6 years. The study cited both high inflation and rising prescription drug costs for the issue and found that even among those who didn't skip medication, 8 percent cut down on necessities like gas or groceries in order to afford it.
TIKTOKERS STRIKE BACK
TikTok creators in Montana are suing the state after it passed a law banning the Chinese-owned video sharing app. The creators are claiming that the law is unconstitutional and an infringement on their free speech rights. The five plaintiffs include podcaster and cosplayer 'Lady Dred Knot' and mountaineer Alice Held, who both have over 200 thousand followers. Iin addition to the creators named in the suit, some of TikTok's biggest names are based in the state, including author Hank Green, who has over 7 million followers.
The family of a 19-year-old woman who died in a hotel's freezer six years ago has settled a lawsuit against the hotel for $10 million.
Prince Harry has won his lawsuit against the publisher of UK tabloid, The Daily Mirror.
Among them were fruity disposable e-cigarettes made by Elf Bar, the most popular brand with teenagers who vape.
The White House has unveiled a list of 48 drugs that drugmakers will have to pay rebates to the federal government on due to raising their prices higher than the cost of inflation during this year.
Two people were arrested after seven fourth-grade students at a Virginia elementary school experienced a reaction after consuming gummy bears laced with fentanyl.
A woman has filed a lawsuit against a Boston fertility doctor accusing him of secretly impregnating her with his own sperm.
A man has been charged for the October fatal stabbing of Detroit synagogue leader Samantha Wool.
Emmy-winning actor Andre Braugher, best known in TV shows like 'Brooklyn Nine-Nine' and 'Homicide: Life on the Street,' died on Monday at the age of 61.
A man has been charged with first-degree murder after the stabbing death of a Catholic priest in Nebraska on Sunday.
Four women who attended the U.S. Coast Guard Academy testified to Congress Tuesday about sexual assault and harassment that they suffered while there.
