Author Archives: Health

Stephen Hahn, F.D.A. Chief, Is Caught Between Scientists and the President

As the coronavirus surged across the Sunbelt, President Trump told a crowd gathered at the White House on July 4 that 99 percent of virus cases are “totally harmless.” The next morning on CNN, the host Dana Bash asked Dr. Stephen Hahn, the commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration and one of the nation’s… Read More »

Trump to sign executive order requiring insurers to cover preexisting conditions

President Donald Trump said he would soon be signing an executive order requiring health insurers to cover preexisting conditions. This is something that’s never been done before, Trump said during a press conference Friday at the Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, New Jersey. “Over the next two weeks I’ll be pursuing a major executive… Read More »

FDA Approves Blenrep (belantamab mafodotin-blmf) for the Treatment of Patients with Relapsed or Refractory Multiple Myeloma

FDA Approves Blenrep (belantamab mafodotin-blmf) for the Treatment of Patients with Relapsed or Refractory Multiple Myeloma Print this page London UK 05 August 2020 — GlaxoSmithKline announced the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Blenrep (belantamab mafodotin-blmf) as a monotherapy treatment for adult patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma who have received… Read More »