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What other newspapers are saying: Pharmacy benefit practices must be reformed

In 2021, the FDA approved a new insulin drug, Semglee, that was interchangeable with a brand-name insulin called Lantus. Lantus cost $292 for a 30-day supply. Drugmaker Viatris launched two versions of its drug — Semglee cost $269 and a generic version cost $99 for the same amount, according to the Biosimilars Council. Now, in a rational world, insurers would immediately switch to the generic drug so patients with diabetes could save money. Instead, pharmacy benefit managers — which determine what drugs insurers cover under what terms — wouldn’t put the unbranded drug into ...

A possible breakthrough in cancer research

“There’s no question we’re missing something,” said Dr. Marwan Fakih, a gastrointestinal oncologist at City of Hope in Duarte, Calif., while lamenting about a cancer mystery that is confounding doctors and other medical researchers. Fakih’s comment was included in an article in the ...

Executive orders sidestep necessity of compromise

Our concerns about the second Trump Administration’s executive actions on immigration are twofold: First, the White House should employ a greater focus on illegal immigration specifically and, second, executive orders violate the principles of our republic. As we noted in our editorials ...

Police officers deserve support, cooperation

We appreciate both the decision by Christopher Kriner to step up as the next chief of police for Lycoming Regional Police Department and his recognition of the importance of community relations and technology in fostering the climate law enforcement needs to better police our ...

What other newspapers are saying: Social media giants owe world more transparency

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has taken a lot of heat since he announced that he is pulling his company out of the fact-checking business and curtailing content moderation on its platforms. The criticism is understandable, given the uncertainty over how Meta’s new rules will handle misinformation and otherwise harmful material. Keep in mind, however, that the company’s content-moderation strategies — and indeed those of practically all social media platforms — have not worked as intended. As Zuckerberg noted in a video about the changes, Meta’s automated content screening often ...

Dream week about triumphs of past, work of future

“We still have a mission and that mission that we have today is to be the dream,” Patrick Jackson, member and worship leader at Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church told a crowd at a Monday Martin Luther King Jr. Dream Week event. “Be the dream by holding the country to its own ...