AstraZeneca is a defendant in a class-action lawsuit in the U.K. by 51 claimants alleging serious injuries from the drug. Twelve of the claimants are acting on behalf of a loved one who allegedly died from vaccine-induced blood-clotting issues.

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Pfizer is developing a direct-to-consumer platform to sell some of its drugs online, including Paxlovid, which costs $1,400 for a five-day dose, and a migraine nasal spray, the Financial Times reported.

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Laval University in Quebec City, Canada, fired Patrick Provost, Ph.D., for publicly questioning the safety and necessity of COVID-19 vaccines for children. Two weeks later, the university received $42 million from the Canada Foundation for Innovation to set up a center to prepare for future pandemics.

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Officials at the U.S. Department of Agriculture last month refused to allow two scientists to speak with U.S. Right to Know, a nonprofit public health research group.

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A comprehensive systematic review of nearly 10 million participants found that higher consumption of ultra-processed foods was directly associated with increased risk for obesity, heart disease, cancer, cognitive decline and premature death, according to a study published in The BMJ.

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