The Inflation Reduction Act allows the federal Medicare health plan for people age 65 and older and the disabled to negotiate prices on some of its most costly drugs.

In 2022, the CDC reported that more than 110,000 people died within a 12-month period from a drug overdose.

“And the hope is you can avoid that turning into a military conflict. But we will be competitors with China technologically, commercially, geopolitically, and militarily, from our capability perspective, for the rest of our lifetimes. This entire century will be defined by that competition.”

While many international rescue teams have left the vast quake zone, survivors were still emerging from under a multitude of flattened homes, defying all the odds.

The Illinois Supreme Court in a 4-3 decision said fast food chain White Castle System Inc must face claims that it repeatedly scanned the fingerprints of nearly 9,500 employees without their consent, which the company says could cost it more than $17 billion.

The new guidance does not address personnel who were separated from the Navy for refusing the vaccine. It also gives commanders the authority to implement future health-related requirements at any time.