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Lisa Jarvis: Five key questions about Medicare’s new drug pricing

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:04:48 GMT

After months of speculation, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (known as CMS) has finally released the list of medicines that will be subject to the agency’s new price-negotiating powers.The list should give the public hope that — assuming legal challenges from drugmakers are defeated — the program could yield significant savings and more equitable healthcare access. However, key questions remain about what this means for the healthcare system and consumers.Does the list make sense?Industry watchers see no big surprises in the drugs chosen. Those included blood thinners and diabetes medications that have been on the market for years, are used by millions, and weigh heaviest on Medicare’s budget. “This was not CMS hand-picking a list of drugs,” says Benjamin Rome, a health policy researcher at Harvard Medical School. “This is CMS following very clear, explicit instructions from Congress on what drugs to choose.”While a few ...

Water main break and boil water advisory in Amsterdam

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:04:48 GMT

AMSTERDAM, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- The City of Amsterdam has announced a water shutdown due to a water main break. Several roads will have little to no water. Get the latest news, weather, sports and more delivered right to your inbox! Residents on the following roads will have to boil their water until further notice until the water is turned back on:Locust Ave: Brookside intersection to Harding RoadBecker St.Elias St.Krull St.Taft Pl.Hayes Pl.Garfield Pl.Harding RoadMcKinnley AveHarrison AveRoosevelt Road $36K winning TAKE 5 ticket sold in Essex County Residents are told to bring their water to a rolling boil for one minute. Anyone with questions about the water shutdown or boil water advisory is asked to call

Troy eatery gets new name, new menu, focus on music

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:04:48 GMT

TROY, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- Saturday, September 2 will be your last day to get Slidin' Dirty's famous sliders at the Troy restaurant. The eatery is getting a new name, a new menu, and a new focus on music. Get the latest news, weather, sports and more delivered right to your inbox! After Saturday, Slidin' Dirty will rebrand to Twisted Fiddler. After some remodeling, the restaurant will reopen on September 7. A grand opening will be held on September 22.“As soon as you walk into Twisted Fiddler, you’re going to feel the music vibe, whether it’s live music or a video playing on the TVs,” said owner Tim Taney. Frozen yogurt chain opening location in Crossgates Taney founded Slidin' Dirty as a food truck and catering service in 2012. He opened the restaurant in Troy in 2014. Slidin’ Dirty had another location in Schenectady from 2017 to 2019.Taney said the new focus is motivated by the success of live music events the restaurant has hosted. The remodeled tavern space will have a portable...

$36K winning TAKE 5 ticket sold in Essex County

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:04:48 GMT

CROWN POINT, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- A lucky Eleven Deli Mart customer purchased a top-prize winning TAKE 5 ticket worth $36,538.00. The winning ticket was from the August 31 evening TAKE 5 drawing. Get the latest news, weather, sports and more delivered right to your inbox! The ticket was purchased at the 2781 Main Street location. The winning numbers were 4, 12, 20, 27, and 28. The winning numbers are drawn from a field of one through 39.The drawings are televised once at 2:30 p.m., and again at 10:30 p.m. According to the New York Lottery, a lottery draw game prize of any amount may be claimed up to one year from the original drawing date. Groundbreaking for Albany County solar project The New York Lottery is North America’s largest and most profitable lottery, contributing $3.7B in the 2022-2023 fiscal year to support education in New York. New Yorkers struggling with a gambling problem can contact the confidential HOPEline at 1-877-846-7369 or text HOPENY (467369). Standard text r...

Crews respond to I-70 WB car fire, lanes cleared

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:04:48 GMT

ST. LOUIS - Crews responded to a crash that left a car in flames on Interstate 70 Friday morning. The crash took place on I-70 westbound, near Airflight. White smoke could be seen at the location as crews are still put out the flames. License plate reader leads to arrests in stolen identity ring All lanes were blocked except the far right lane. No injuries have been reported. FOX 2 will update this story with more information as it becomes available.

Michael Spinks and Evander Holyfield preview 'Save Our Youth' boxing event

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:04:48 GMT

ST. LOUIS - It may be the knockout punch we need to save our youth from violence.The 4th annual amateur boxing show returns. FOX 2's Margie Ellisor spoke with Michael Spinks and Evander Holyfield about what fans can expect and how the event leaves a positive impact on the city. Hundreds of flimsy stop signs failing across St. Louis For more information click here.

State Representative Chantelle Nickson-Clark sponsors Mike Parson's breast cancer awareness bill

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:04:48 GMT

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – This past Monday, State Representative Chantelle Nickson-Clark sponsored a breast cancer awareness bill that Missouri Governor Mike Parson signed.Nickson-Clark says the disease has touched several members of her family.“My mom died from breast cancer. My aunt passed away from breast cancer.”Nickson-Clark was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2010 and again last year, one week before the election.“It was like a gut punch. I didn't know what to do coming from stage 1 to stage 3; I thought the worst,” said Nickson-Clark. License plate reader leads to arrests in stolen identity ring Nickson-Clark, a two-time breast cancer survivor, is an inspiration. She works unrelentingly to support women and men diagnosed with the disease through the non-profit she founded, The Pink Angels Foundation.The foundation offers a wealth of resources and information about breast cancer and treatment options to anyone in need.“Technology and the treatments now are nowhere near what they...

Japanese Festival returning to Missouri Botanical Garden for 46th year this weekend

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:04:48 GMT

ST. LOUIS - The Japanese Festival is returning this weekend to the Missouri Botanical Garden. It's the 46th year and features cultural fun, including sumo wrestling.Things are still pretty quiet at the moment, but that will all change once the event gets going on Saturday. License plate reader leads to arrests in stolen identity ring FOX 2's Chris Regnier spoke to Missouri Botanical Garden's Laura Schertz about what visitors can expect.

Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter in Denver, Boulder on same night

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:04:48 GMT

Here’s something you don’t see every day in Colorado: two former members of trumpeter Miles Davis’ “Second Great Quintet” from the 1960s will appear, albeit on separate stages, in Denver and Boulder on the same night.Keyboard innovator Herbie Hancock and bassist Ron Carter will perform in the area on Sept. 12: Hancock and his band at Boulder’s Chautauqua Auditorium, and Carter’s Golden Striker Trio at the new Dazzle location in the Denver Center for the Performing Arts. (Carter’s gig will extend to three evenings, through Sept. 14.)Both are among the most accomplished artists of the last 60 years. Hancock has successfully performed in a dizzying array of styles, and has two platinum albums (sales of 1 million units or more), “Head Hunters” and “Future Shock,” to his credit. Carter, meanwhile, has appeared on more than 2,200 recordings in his astounding career, holding a Guinness World Record as the most recorded jazz bassist in history. Judging by the Carter-featured recordings I’ve...

Global controversy after AI art-win prompts rule changes at Colorado State Fair

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:04:48 GMT

After Pueblo-based designer Jason Allen used the artificial intelligence software Midjourney to help create the sci-fi-tinged “Théâtre D’opéra Spatial” last year, the art world took notice.Jason Allen is appealing the second U.S. Copyright Office ruling denying his 2022 artwork copyright protection, with a decision expected in November. (Photo by RJ Sangosti/The Denver Post)The twist? Judges for the Colorado State Fair’s annual art competition didn’t learn about Allen’s use of AI until after the piece had won the Blue Ribbon in the amateur division of the digital art category last September. This time around — the fair wraps up its two-week run on Monday, Sept. 4 — the rules will be a little different. Artists will be required to say whether they are using AI.“Last year was new to us, and new to the world,” said Scott Stoller, general manager of the 151-year-old fair. “We got to be ground zero for that debate, because it...