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‘Price gouging’ complaint filed against $800K anti-malarial drug sale to state

Better Utah April 28, 2020

This article originally appeared on KSL News. Read it in its entirety here. SALT LAKE CITY — The group Alliance for a Better Utah filed a “price gouging” complaint Tuesday against the Utah pharmacy Meds in Motion, which last month sold the state 20,000 doses of anti-malarial drugs for $800,000 amid the COVID-19 pandemic. “The people of Utah deserve to have this matter investigated,” Chase Thomas,

More deaths, no benefit from drug touted by Trump to treat coronavirus, study finds

Better Utah April 22, 2020

This article originally appeared on CBS News. Read it in its entirety here. A malaria drug widely touted by President Donald Trump for treating the new coronavirus showed no benefit in a large analysis of its use in U.S. veterans hospitals. There were more deaths among those given hydroxychloroquine versus standard care, researchers reported. The nationwide study was not a rigorous experiment. But with 368 patients, it’s the largest look

Utah Senate passed bill to protect gravel pits, mining businesses from local interference

Better Utah March 18, 2019

This article originally appeared on KJZZ. Read it in its entirety here. SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) — The Utah Senate has passed a bill which protects gravel pits and mining businesses from local interference. Originally failing in the House, H.B. 288 bounced back to the Utah Senate, where it was amended and passed late Thursday night. The Utah

Advocates petition Hatch to prioritize CHIP, offer chocolate chips to ‘sweeten deal’

Better Utah December 11, 2017

Source: Deseret News, KSL Alliance for a Better Utah supporters, asking that Sen. Orrin Hatch prioritize renewal of the Children’s Health Insurance Program, visited his Salt Lake office Monday equipped with a petition — and 20,000 chocolate chips to “sweeten the deal.” “We have 20,000 chocolate chips to remind him of all the Utah children waiting

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‘Price gouging’ complaint filed against $800K anti-malarial drug sale to state

More deaths, no benefit from drug touted by Trump to treat coronavirus, study finds

Utah Senate passed bill to protect gravel pits, mining businesses from local interference

Advocates petition Hatch to prioritize CHIP, offer chocolate chips to ‘sweeten deal’

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