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verbput under influence of medication

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Clark said she apologized for letting her try out in the first place when the cheer handbook had a zero-tolerance drug policy that called for a ban the following season.

SCHOOL SPORTS BECAME ‘CLUBS’ AMID THE PANDEMIC – NOW TWO COACHES ARE OUTASHLY MCGLONESEPTEMBER 17, 2020VOICE OF SAN DIEGO

These treatments include cheap and readily available drugs like dexamethasone and hydrocortisone, which can cut the risk of dying in very sick patients by a third.

THE NEW COVID-19 CASE SURGE IN EUROPE, EXPLAINEDJULIA BELLUZSEPTEMBER 17, 2020VOX

The department plans to negotiate in 2021 with the Fraternal Order of Police that they expand random drug testing to make sure every officer is tested at least once a year.

THE POLICING REFORMS IN THE BREONNA TAYLOR SETTLEMENT, EXPLAINEDFABIOLA CINEASSEPTEMBER 17, 2020VOX

This isn’t unusual for drug companies to withhold information about a potential medication that has yet to reach the market.

ASTRAZENECA RESUMED ITS COVID-19 VACCINE TRIALS AFTER UNCOVERING A MYSTERIOUS REACTIONCLAIRE MALDARELLISEPTEMBER 15, 2020POPULAR-SCIENCE

Earlier this year, the US Congress passed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act, which requires manufacturers to report real or potential drug shortages to the FDA.

THE ‘INACTIVE' INGREDIENTS IN YOUR PILLS COULD HARM YOUBY YELENA IONOVA/THE CONVERSATIONSEPTEMBER 15, 2020POPULAR-SCIENCE

At the time, Gillum denied using any drugs and said he had “too much to drink.”

ANDREW GILLUM COMES OUT AS BISEXUALCHRIS JOHNSONSEPTEMBER 14, 2020WASHINGTON BLADE

Release of a drug before all the data is gathered risks undermining the foundational principle of vaccination, which depends on inoculating very large numbers of people.

AMERICA IS ABOUT TO LOSE ITS 200,000TH LIFE TO CORONAVIRUS. HOW MANY MORE HAVE TO DIE?BY STEPHEN ENGELBERGSEPTEMBER 14, 2020PROPUBLICA

This is the essence of drug development, the randomized clinical trial that helps determine whether or not an experimental treatment actually has a significant effect.

PFIZER’S CEO IS STILL HOPEFUL FOR COVID VACCINE PROGRESS BY OCTOBER—AND SAYS A SENSE OF PURPOSE IS FUELING HIMSY MUKHERJEESEPTEMBER 10, 2020FORTUNE

Economists have also found that drug development responds to incentives created by the patent system.

TIMES OF STRIFE CAN LEAD TO MEDICAL INNOVATION—WHEN GOVERNMENTS ARE WILLINGBY JEFFREY CLEMENS/THE CONVERSATIONSEPTEMBER 9, 2020POPULAR-SCIENCE

In fact, the entire point of late stage testing—phases 2 and 3, which this vaccine candidate is currently in—is to identify rare, potentially dangerous side effects that might only be found when the drug is administered to thousands of people.

ASTRAZENECA JUST PAUSED ITS COVID-19 VACCINE TRIAL, AND THAT’S A GOOD THINGCLAIRE MALDARELLISEPTEMBER 9, 2020POPULAR-SCIENCE

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