After a federal judge ruled that the Federal Trade Commission’s case against pharmacy benefit managers could move forward, the PBMs have upped their claim by filing an appeal. Express Scripts, Caremark, OptumRx and others filed their appeal Friday to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.

Recent floods, wildfires, hurricanes and other weather events impact not just our physical but our financial health, which affects our ability to buy medicines or even healthy food, says Dr. Manijeh Berenji, assistant clinical professor of environmental and occupational health at the UC Irvine School of Medicine.  

Last week a federal judge in Maryland temporarily barred the Trump Administration from halting federal support for diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs, saying Trump’s executive orders likely violate the First Amendment.