Health

North Carolina residents receiving food assistance through SNAP and WIC will continue to receive benefits through October, according to the state’s Department of Health and Human Services. More than 1.4 million rely on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), and approximately 262,000 women, infants, and children are supported by the WIC program.

Sonoma County, California, announced that masks are to be worn in health facilities beginning November 1 through March 31.

Amgen announced that it will offer discounted, direct-to-consumer sales of the injectable drug Repatha, used to treat high cholesterol.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention now says that each individual is responsible for choosing whether or not to receive the COVID-19 vaccine.

The Department of Health and Human Services announced this week that it is doubling its funding of its Childhood Cancer Data Initiative at the National Cancer Institute to promote the development of "improved diagnostics, treatments, and prevention strategies."

Walmart announced that it will remove synthetic dyes from its products.

President Donald Trump announced that his administration reached a deal with Pfizer as part of an effort to reduce pharmaceutical prices.

Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt (R) announced that the state arrested nearly 130 illegal immigrant truck drivers in a state-wide operation.

A Scranton, PA ER crisis is worsening as hospital resources shrink, and Mayor Paige Cognetti’s (D) zoning decisions are under scrutiny.

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced that the United States rejected the United Nations Political Declaration on Non-Communicable Diseases.