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Eliquis and Jardiance Among First Drugs Picked for Medicare Price Negotiations – The New York Times (Me: This is a BIG DEAL!)

1. Eliquis, for preventing strokes and blood clots, from Bristol Myers Squibb and Pfizer

2. Jardiance, for diabetes and heart failure, from Boehringer Ingelheim and Eli Lilly

3. Xarelto, for preventing strokes and blood clots, from Johnson & Johnson

4. Januvia, for diabetes, from Merck

5. Farxiga, for chronic kidney disease, from AstraZeneca

6. Entresto, for heart failure, from Novartis

7. Enbrel, for arthritis and other autoimmune conditions, from Amgen

8. Imbruvica, for blood cancers, from AbbVie and Johnson & Johnson

9. Stelara, for Crohn’s disease, from Johnson & Johnson

10. Fiasp and NovoLog insulin products, for diabetes, from Novo Nordisk

The racist murders in Jacksonville didn’t happen in a vacuum. Words came first | Reverend William Barber | The Guardian

…We can’t get distracted, and must expose fearmongers for what they are. Culture wars are distractions, but also potentially deadly. They seed hate, give license to hate. They reproduce hate until it’s no longer in the mouth, but in human acts and deeds… Source: The racist murders in Jacksonville didn’t happen in a vacuum. Words came first | Reverend William Barber | The Guardian

Dementia risk grows with increased exposure to air pollution – Los Angeles Times

…Researchers at the University of Michigan have concluded that people living with higher levels of fine particulate matter, or PM2.5, could face a greater risk of being stricken with dementia, according to a study published recently in the Journal of the American Medical Assn… Source: Dementia risk grows with increased exposure to air pollution – Los Angeles Times