Scientists fear the omicron shots coming this fall won’t be much better at keeping people from getting Covid-19 than what’s come before. That’s pushing drugmakers to start working on next-generation vaccines that don’t have to be updated that often, if at all.

The HHS has launched an Environmental Justice Index to measure the cumulative impacts of environmental burden from the perspective of human health and health equity, the agency announced Wednesday.

Veterans Care Medical Equipment LLC failed to show that the Department of Veterans Affairs violated a small business rule before awarding an in-home oxygen services contract to Mid-Cities Home Medical Delivery Service LLC, according to a GAO decision.

Walgreen Co. pharmacies in San Francisco dispensed “hundreds of thousands of red flag opioid prescriptions,” many of which were diverted for illicit use and contributed to the opioid epidemic in the city, a federal judge ruled Wednesday.

Two more factories will begin producing Novo Nordisk A/S’s obesity medication Wegovy next year after manufacturing issues and high demand left the drug in short supply, Chief Executive Officer Lars Fruergaard Jørgensen said in an interview Wednesday.

Expanding Obamacare subsidies under the Inflation Reduction Act will prevent premiums from rising more than 50% on average for 13 million people, but they also are likely to lead to more health-care inflation and fewer small businesses offering health insurance, according to health-care analysts.