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By Erica Thomas, managing editor TRUSSVILLE There are now three retired U.S. flag drop-off boxes in the city of Trussville, thanks to a Boy Scout with Troup 216. Zachary Stanley built the boxes for his Eagle Scout project. “I heard that the Daughters of the American Revolution were looking for a way to collect flags and I saw that not many people outside of scouts and police and fire departments knew a whole lot about flag retirement,” said Stanley. “So, I thought this would be a good way to get people to learn about flag retirement and how to properly retire their flags when they are no longer useful.” ....
Modernaâs CEO says he âdidnât lose a minute of sleepâ over potential waiver of vaccine patents By Jonathan Saltzman Globe Staff,Updated May 6, 2021, 8:39 p.m. Email to a Friend Modernaâs production and lab facility in Norwood is doubling in size.John Tlumacki/Globe Staff Moderna chief executive Stephane Bancel on Thursday shrugged off the Biden administrationâs support for suspending patents for coronavirus vaccines, saying drug firms in other countries would struggle to mass-produce a rival to the blockbuster vaccine that has made his company a household name. Speaking during a first-quarter earnings call, the head of the Cambridge biotech said he âdidnât lose a minute of sleepâ after the administration said it would endorse the temporary waiver of patents to bolster vaccine production in developing nations ....
As lawmakers prepared to scrutinize the health and human services chunk of his fiscal 2022 budget Tuesday, Gov. Charlie Baker held an interstate press conference with Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont to talk up their nearly identical proposals to control the rising costs of prescription drugs. Baker s budget recommendation (H 1) includes an outside section that would impose a penalty on drug manufacturers whose prices increase by more than the consumer price index plus 2%. This will instantly help people plan from one year to the next. It will also help limit the growth in drug prices to a more affordable level and I m hopeful that we ll be able to work with our colleagues in the Legislature to get this measure done this year as part of our legislative session, Baker said. ....