Health
A study published on June 7 from researchers at Brigham and Women's Hospital shows that there is a growing life expectancy gap... Read More
A study published on June 7 from researchers at Brigham and Women's Hospital shows that there is a growing life expectancy gap between Democratic and Republican counties. The findings, published in the British Medical Journal, found a “mortality gap,” meaning there is... Read More
A report from the two largest cancer centers in the United States released on June 14 finds that the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted... Read More
A report from the two largest cancer centers in the United States released on June 14 finds that the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted clinical trials for cancer treatment and care. Published in the Annals of Oncology, the multi-center study evaluated clinical trial activities... Read More
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences and the Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System announced on June 7 that they will launch... Read More
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences and the Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System announced on June 7 that they will launch a study to examine if exposure to toxic burn pits can be linked to numerous health problems. The study will... Read More
A study published in the Journal of General Internal Medicine on June 9 from researchers in Hawaii finds that independent labs are... Read More
A study published in the Journal of General Internal Medicine on June 9 from researchers in Hawaii finds that independent labs are earning huge profits from Polymerase Chain Reaction testing, which could impact health care premiums. Prior research has examined the variation... Read More
WASHINGTON — The Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions voted on Tuesday to advance legislation that will reauthorize... Read More
WASHINGTON — The Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions voted on Tuesday to advance legislation that will reauthorize a number of important U.S. Food and Drug Administration user fee programs. “This is the most important, comprehensive FDA legislation... Read More
WASHINGTON — When Sholanda Thomas, 38, an inmate at the Central California Women’s Facility in Chowchilla, sent her own and... Read More
WASHINGTON — When Sholanda Thomas, 38, an inmate at the Central California Women’s Facility in Chowchilla, sent her own and other inmates’ personal identifying information to a friend on parole, she had the intention of committing pandemic fraud. Thomas falsely... Read More
The U.S. government failed to take basic steps at the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic to prevent fraud in a federal aid... Read More
The U.S. government failed to take basic steps at the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic to prevent fraud in a federal aid program intended to help small businesses, depleting the funds and making Americans more vulnerable to identity theft, the head of... Read More
WASHINGTON — The White House released an operational plan for COVID-19 vaccinations for children under 5 on Thursday. Next week, the... Read More
WASHINGTON — The White House released an operational plan for COVID-19 vaccinations for children under 5 on Thursday. Next week, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will consider whether to authorize and recommend the... Read More
The DC Public Health Lab confirmed on June 5 the first positive orthopoxvirus and potential monkeypox case in Washington, D.C. The patient... Read More
The DC Public Health Lab confirmed on June 5 the first positive orthopoxvirus and potential monkeypox case in Washington, D.C. The patient is currently in isolation, with close contacts being monitored. So far no other known cases have been identified. As of... Read More
A study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association Network Open on June 1 shows the COVID-19 pandemic worsened racial... Read More
A study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association Network Open on June 1 shows the COVID-19 pandemic worsened racial and ethnic disparities in the use of medications to treat patients with opioid use disorder. During the pandemic, overdose rates... Read More
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration recommended an emergency use authorization for a COVID-19 vaccine from Novavax, Inc. on Tuesday,... Read More
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration recommended an emergency use authorization for a COVID-19 vaccine from Novavax, Inc. on Tuesday, the second non-mRNA–based vaccine to be used in the U.S. The FDA held an all-day Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee... Read More
A study published on June 5 in The New England Journal of Medicine shows that a drug called Enhertu can lower the... Read More
A study published on June 5 in The New England Journal of Medicine shows that a drug called Enhertu can lower the risk of disease progression and death from low metastatic breast cancer by 50%. The drug is an antibody-chemotherapy combination distributed... Read More
The National Institutes of Health released a statement on June 1 that people with food allergies are less likely to be infected... Read More
The National Institutes of Health released a statement on June 1 that people with food allergies are less likely to be infected with the virus that causes COVID-19 infection than people without food allergies. The statement relates to the Human Epidemiology and... Read More
Members of the House introduced a new bill on June 3, which would allow military medical facilities to perform and pay for... Read More
Members of the House introduced a new bill on June 3, which would allow military medical facilities to perform and pay for abortions for service members and dependents. The move comes as Roe v. Wade, a legal case that protects abortion rights in... Read More
WASHINGTON — Families are already enjoying one of the benefits of the No Surprises Act, a law that passed in 2020... Read More
WASHINGTON — Families are already enjoying one of the benefits of the No Surprises Act, a law that passed in 2020 and became effective as of Jan. 1, 2022, to ban surprise medical billing practices by medical providers. “This report shows... Read More
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Agriculture is currently working to implement a new framework aimed at transforming food systems,... Read More
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Agriculture is currently working to implement a new framework aimed at transforming food systems, especially for underserved communities. “It’s a new way of thinking about how to transform the food system to meet the... Read More
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has issued a series of warnings to health care systems and... Read More
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has issued a series of warnings to health care systems and other organizations that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine could increase the risk of malicious cyberattacks. The agency now seeks to increase... Read More
WASHINGTON — Telehealth service providers offering abortion pills by mail have been preparing for service changes that could occur by... Read More
WASHINGTON — Telehealth service providers offering abortion pills by mail have been preparing for service changes that could occur by the end of the month if the U.S. Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade, a legal case which has protected... Read More
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Vaccine and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee will hold an advisory meeting on June 7 to... Read More
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Vaccine and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee will hold an advisory meeting on June 7 to consider an emergency use authorization for the Novavax COVID-19 vaccine for use in adults 18 and older. One of the... Read More
A report released on May 31 from Kaufman Hall, a health care management consulting company, shows that U.S. hospitals and health systems... Read More
A report released on May 31 from Kaufman Hall, a health care management consulting company, shows that U.S. hospitals and health systems experienced low volumes of patients in April and saw revenues plummet. According to the analysis, which is based on data... Read More
Kaiser Permanente, an integrated managed care consortium based in California, announced on May 29 that it will establish a Center for Gun... Read More
Kaiser Permanente, an integrated managed care consortium based in California, announced on May 29 that it will establish a Center for Gun Violence Research and Education to better understand how to prevent gun violence and the health implications it has on society. ... Read More
Reps. Tom O’Halleran, D-Ariz., Adrian Smith, R-Neb., and Kelly Armstrong, R-N.D., introduced legislation on May 24 to enable rural health... Read More
Reps. Tom O’Halleran, D-Ariz., Adrian Smith, R-Neb., and Kelly Armstrong, R-N.D., introduced legislation on May 24 to enable rural health providers to continue operating and treating patients by extending telehealth flexibilities implemented during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Connecting Rural Telehealth... Read More
The National Library of Medicine awarded $1.2 million to researchers at the Medical University of South Carolina and Clemson University... Read More
The National Library of Medicine awarded $1.2 million to researchers at the Medical University of South Carolina and Clemson University to establish a training program for data scientists on health inequities. The program, SC BIDS4HEALTH, will recruit individuals from the... Read More
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration, along with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Public Health Agency of... Read More
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration, along with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Public Health Agency of Canada and other partners, issued an advisory on May 28 that there has been a multistate outbreak of hepatitis A infections in... Read More
The World Health Organization will release a policy brief on June 3 with new findings on how climate change poses... Read More
The World Health Organization will release a policy brief on June 3 with new findings on how climate change poses a rising threat to mental health and psychosocial well-being. “The policy brief highlights five important approaches for governments to address... Read More
WASHINGTON — The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, will... Read More
WASHINGTON — The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, will soon direct millions in funds towards examining the impact of social media use on the mental health of teens and... Read More
In late October of last year, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that a few children presented... Read More
In late October of last year, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that a few children presented with liver injury and positive adenovirus. There were nine cases of children under the age of 10 who were identified... Read More
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a health advisory on Tuesday for health care providers, public health departments and the... Read More
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a health advisory on Tuesday for health care providers, public health departments and the public regarding a “COVID-19 rebound,” in some patients who were treated with the antiviral treatment Paxlovid. Paxlovid treatment is given... Read More
The J.M. Smucker Company issued a voluntary recall of more than 45 select Jif peanut butter products on May 20,... Read More
The J.M. Smucker Company issued a voluntary recall of more than 45 select Jif peanut butter products on May 20, after 14 cases of salmonella were identified in 12 states. In an advisory the U.S. Food and Drug Administration warned consumers not... Read More
Members of the World Health Organization gathered in Geneva, Switzerland, on Sunday for the 75th World Health Assembly, which was... Read More
Members of the World Health Organization gathered in Geneva, Switzerland, on Sunday for the 75th World Health Assembly, which was held in person for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic began. WHO members discussed proposed amendments to the International Health... Read More