Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz hands over insulin card, insulin, glucometer BSR strips and a box of needles to a diabetic child on May 26, 2025. — Facebook/ Maryam Nawaz Sharif LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz on Monday formally launched a programme “CM Insulin for Diabetes” for young children suffering from type-I congenital diabetes. CM Maryam along with Pakistan …
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Trump Seeks to Lower Drug Prices Through Medicare and Some Imports
President Trump signed an executive order on Tuesday outlining a series of actions intended to lower drug prices, including helping states import drugs from Canada. The policies were more modest than proposals to reduce drug prices that Mr. Trump offered in his first term. And one of his new directives could increase drug prices. It calls for the Trump administration …
Read More »Why Older People May Not Need to Watch Blood Sugar So Closely
By now, Ora Larson recognizes what’s happening. “It feels like you’re shaking inside,” she said. “I’m speeded up. I’m anxious.” If someone asks whether she would like a salad for lunch, she doesn’t know how to respond. She has had several such episodes this year, and they seem to be coming more frequently. “She stares and gets a gray color …
Read More »Insulin Prices Dropped. But Some Poor Patients Are Paying More.
Maricruz Salgado was bringing her diabetes under control. Thanks to a federal program that allowed health clinics that serve poor people to buy drugs at steeply discounted prices, she was able to pay less than $75 for all five of her diabetes medications every three months. But in July, the cost of three of those drugs soared. Ms. Salgado, who …
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