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AstraZeneca, the UK-based maker of popular inhalers like Symbicort and Airsupra, announced Monday it plans to cap costs for patients using its inhalers in the U.S. at $35 per month starting June 1. The inhalers treat asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, which combined affect roughly 41 million Americans and can make breathing extremely difficult.Do We Have to Send Humans to Mars for Exploration?The announcement comes after rival company Boehringer Ingelheim announced earlier this month that the cost of its…

The fact that something is normal or normalized doesn’t magically make it ethical, moral, or right. Sure, it does feel like the issue has reached a point where folks quite literally don’t see it or just don’t care enough about it and everyone’s cool with that, but it doesn’t detract from the idea that it can be flat out messed up and that something definitely needs to change.Folks on Reddit recently gathered to discuss such issues, specifically sharing the things that are widely normalized but are actually really messed…

Samsung‘s March update is widely rolling out to the Galaxy S24 series in the US. The update is available nationwide for carrier-locked and unlocked units across all major networks. It brings over 40 security fixes, including patches for at least two critical Android OS vulnerabilities. Galaxy S24 widely getting the March update in the US Samsung released the March 2024 security update for the GalaxyS 24 series on the first day of the month. The rollout began in Europe and soon expanded to other regions. While it isn’t…

Samsung‘s most recent Fan Edition (FE) smartphone, the Galaxy S23 FE, is receiving the February 2024 security update in the US. The latest security patch is also rolling out to the factory-unlocked variants of the Galaxy S22 series. These phones have already picked up the new SMR (Security Maintenance Release) in most international markets. Galaxy S23 FE receives Samsung’s February 2024 security update Samsung started pushing the February 2024 update to the Galaxy S23 FE around two weeks ago. The company initially…

For most people, AI is just not a tool they use daily – in last week’s poll the majority has not used AI besides maybe a few quick experiments to see what all the buzz is about. However, a third of voters do find occasional use for it and some 15% even use AI daily. What do they use it for? Surprisingly, gaming was by far the least common answer, despite being the first of the current branch of AI to be deployed at scale – Nvidia launched the GeForce 20 series in 2019 with DLSS and has kept improving it ever since.…

Whether we like it or not, cooking is something most of us have to do almost every day of our lives. Unless we really love this process, it can sometimes get quite tedious, and thus, all the little hacks that make it faster or more rewarding are always welcomed.However, not all of this advice is actually helpful and has any proof of working, despite what many people might believe just because they heard it countless times. While it’s usually not really harmful, getting rid of it is still a positive thing, and this…

Credit: https://lawatlas.org/datasets/debt-collection-litigation-laws While most states have laws that specifically govern debt collection lawsuits, the laws vary widely and few offer protections for consumers, according to new data released today by the Center for Public Health Law Research at Temple University Beasley School of Law. In addition to…

New research suggests that bottled alkaline water is ineffective for preventing urinary stones due to its negligible alkali content, despite its higher pH compared to regular water. Alternative treatments like orange juice or baking soda, with higher alkali content, might be more effective and cost-efficient.The Journal of Urology reports that other options offer a higher alkali content for increasing pH levels.A recent study published in The Journal of Urology, suggests that bottled water labeled as “alkaline water” may…

Coronavirus levels are high and rising throughout California amid a post-holiday spike in infections. The uptick, documented through wastewater surveillance, is coinciding with a sharp rise in flu activity — a one-two punch for what’s proving to be a busy respiratory virus season. “We are certainly in some high levels of viral transmission. Flu is one of the bigger drivers of that right now,” state epidemiologist Dr. Erica Pan said in a recent briefing. “We are seeing some increases in COVID-19 activity, especially…

Xiaomi is done with MIUI. Back in October, the company's CEO, Lei Jun, officially unveiled the next iteration of the company's skin on top of Android. It's called HyperOS and it will soon be rolling out to a bunch of Xiaomi, Redmi, and Poco devices. Today, HyperOS has started widely going out to Xiaomi 13T Pro units in Europe. It arrives over-the-air as a 5.8GB download, so make sure you have enough space for it before you proceed. Xiaomi 13T Pro Hyper OS update with…