White House Holds Second COVID-19 Summit

WASHINGTON — A bipartisan Senate bill would provide $275 million to advance federal research and enhance medical services for women experiencing menopause. The bill, the Advancing Menopause Care and Mid-Life Women’s Health Act, was introduced Thursday by Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., chair of the Senate Appropriations... Read More

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration on Friday expanded access to Affordable Care Act coverage to Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals recipients. Starting in November, DACA recipients — individuals who were brought into the U.S. illegally as children by a parent or other adult, known as “Dreamers”... Read More

Approaches to quantifying the value of novel medicines evolved rapidly in the past few decades due to improved methods and available data. But how do we estimate how much a medicine is worth? Strangely enough, that answer depends on where you are.  In the United States,... Read More

In a March opinion piece in The Hill, Dr. Joanna Cohen contends that the concept of tobacco harm reduction is a ruse by the tobacco industry, a cover for its “greed” to seek new customers and profits. This contention is based on two premises, that the industry... Read More

PHOENIX — Arizona lawmakers voted to repeal the state’s controversial, Civil War-era ban on abortion on Wednesday with two Republicans joining with Democrats to ensure the measure passed. The vote in the Republican-controlled Arizona state Senate was 16-14, with every Democrat in the chamber and Republicans... Read More

The impact of the Inflation Reduction Act on the price of medicine is starting to play out. Measures to cap the price of insulin at $35 a month for Medicare enrollees took effect on Jan. 1. In 2025, the IRA will cap annual out-of-pocket prescription drug... Read More