Health
WASHINGTON — This week the World Health Organization has begun monitoring two new subvariants of the omicron strain known as... Read More
WASHINGTON — This week the World Health Organization has begun monitoring two new subvariants of the omicron strain known as BA.4 and BA.5, adding to a lengthy tracking list which already includes omicron subvariants BA.2.12 and BA.2.12.1, and the new... Read More
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The Alabama Department of Public Health sent notifications to the public and providers recently to warn that... Read More
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The Alabama Department of Public Health sent notifications to the public and providers recently to warn that nine children under the age of 10 were identified as testing positive for adenovirus, a common virus that typically causes... Read More
FARGO, N.D. (AP) — A majority of Americans continue to support a mask requirement for people traveling on airplanes and... Read More
FARGO, N.D. (AP) — A majority of Americans continue to support a mask requirement for people traveling on airplanes and other shared transportation, a new poll finds. A ruling by a federal judge has put the government’s transportation mask mandate on hold. The... Read More
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — A federal judge's decision to strike down a national mask mandate was met with cheers... Read More
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — A federal judge's decision to strike down a national mask mandate was met with cheers on some airplanes but also concern about whether it's really time to end one of the most visible vestiges of... Read More
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a 15-week abortion ban into law Thursday as the state joined... Read More
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a 15-week abortion ban into law Thursday as the state joined a growing conservative push to restrict access to the procedure ahead of a U.S. Supreme Court decision that could roll... Read More
WASHINGTON — Rep. Alma Adams, D-N.C., hosted a forum on Wednesday on Black maternal health to highlight the efforts being... Read More
WASHINGTON — Rep. Alma Adams, D-N.C., hosted a forum on Wednesday on Black maternal health to highlight the efforts being made to address reproductive issues in the U.S. for women of color. The forum aligns with Black Maternal Health Week... Read More
WASHINGTON — Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, issued a letter this... Read More
WASHINGTON — Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, issued a letter this week to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Robert Califf, requesting the FDA step up efforts to ensure the... Read More
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force released a draft recommendation statement Tuesday regarding suicide screenings for adolescents and children. According to the... Read More
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force released a draft recommendation statement Tuesday regarding suicide screenings for adolescents and children. According to the recommendations, screenings for major depressive disorders are not recommended for children aged 11 or younger. The task force advised that... Read More
Reps. Joe Neguse, D-Colo., Lucy McBath, D-Ga., and several other Democratic members of Congress sent a letter to President Biden on April... Read More
Reps. Joe Neguse, D-Colo., Lucy McBath, D-Ga., and several other Democratic members of Congress sent a letter to President Biden on April 8, reiterating a request to establish an Interagency Task Force on Gun Violence Prevention. In the letter, the representatives recall... Read More
On April 8, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration released updated cybersecurity guidance for medical device manufacturers. According to the new guidance,... Read More
On April 8, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration released updated cybersecurity guidance for medical device manufacturers. According to the new guidance, “cybersecurity incidents have rendered medical devices and hospital networks inoperable, disrupting the delivery of patient care across health care facilities... Read More
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Wednesday the mask mandate for federal public transportation will be extended... Read More
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Wednesday the mask mandate for federal public transportation will be extended through May 3. The federal mask mandate, initially set to expire on April 18, applies to airports and airplanes, trains... Read More
A study published in JAMA Health Forum on April 8 suggests that turnover rates are returning to pre-pandemic levels across most groups... Read More
A study published in JAMA Health Forum on April 8 suggests that turnover rates are returning to pre-pandemic levels across most groups of health care workers. Despite this finding, the recovery is uneven across the health care sector, and the report recommends... Read More
U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., and Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, D-N.Y., Chairwoman of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform,... Read More
U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., and Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, D-N.Y., Chairwoman of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform, along with Sens. Maggie Hassan, D-N.H., and Angus King, I-Maine, and Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick, R-Pa., led a bicameral, bipartisan group... Read More
A report released this week by the Government Accountability Office provides a detailed explanation of the relationship between labor force participation and... Read More
A report released this week by the Government Accountability Office provides a detailed explanation of the relationship between labor force participation and substance use. The nearly 40-page report analyzes data collected from 2015-2019 from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s... Read More
Reps. A. Donald McEachin, D-Va., Dan Kildee, D-Mich., and Antonio Delgado, D-N.Y., led a bipartisan group of 38 lawmakers this... Read More
Reps. A. Donald McEachin, D-Va., Dan Kildee, D-Mich., and Antonio Delgado, D-N.Y., led a bipartisan group of 38 lawmakers this week in penning a letter urging the Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention to close a reporting loophole allowing hundreds of... Read More
WASHINGTON — The federal COVID-19 public health emergency, first declared Jan. 27, 2020, was set to expire on April 16.... Read More
WASHINGTON — The federal COVID-19 public health emergency, first declared Jan. 27, 2020, was set to expire on April 16. Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra on Wednesday extended the COVID-19 public health emergency for 90 days. A number... Read More
CLEVELAND, Ohio — A new study from researchers at University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center provides evidence as to why people... Read More
CLEVELAND, Ohio — A new study from researchers at University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center provides evidence as to why people suffer from overnutrition and possible therapeutics that could be developed to treat metabolic syndrome. “I was always interested in body... Read More
WASHINGTON — Since the Biden administration’s announcement marking the expected end of the Title 42 migrant expulsion health authority, bipartisan... Read More
WASHINGTON — Since the Biden administration’s announcement marking the expected end of the Title 42 migrant expulsion health authority, bipartisan and bicameral lawmakers have pushed back on the policy’s revocation. Legislation was introduced last week by Sens. James Lankford, R-Okla.,... Read More
WASHINGTON — Despite pressure to go another way, Medicare on Thursday evening announced it will only cover the new Alzheimer’s... Read More
WASHINGTON — Despite pressure to go another way, Medicare on Thursday evening announced it will only cover the new Alzheimer’s disease drug Aduhelm for people participating in a clinical trial. The decision came as something of a surprise as Medicare... Read More
WASHINGTON — This week the U.S. House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations held a hearing to discuss the... Read More
WASHINGTON — This week the U.S. House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations held a hearing to discuss the opioid crisis in tribal communities. “Opioid overdose deaths during the pandemic increased more in Native American communities than … for... Read More
A hearing was held on Tuesday by the House Energy and Commerce Committee's Subcommittee on Health to discuss 19 mental... Read More
A hearing was held on Tuesday by the House Energy and Commerce Committee's Subcommittee on Health to discuss 19 mental health bills, several of which have already passed the House. A number of the bills support establishing better links to... Read More
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration held a meeting on Wednesday to discuss future COVID-19 vaccine booster doses and the process for... Read More
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration held a meeting on Wednesday to discuss future COVID-19 vaccine booster doses and the process for selecting specific strains of the SARS-CoV-2 virus for vaccines to address current and emerging variants. The big debate of the... Read More
A coalition of Puerto Rican health care members recently sent a letter to the Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra and Centers... Read More
A coalition of Puerto Rican health care members recently sent a letter to the Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, requesting equity in the Medicare Advantage program. “Seniors in Puerto Rico are... Read More
A study developed by researchers at Northwestern University finds that light exposure during sleep impairs cardiometabolic function. The study, published in the Proceedings... Read More
A study developed by researchers at Northwestern University finds that light exposure during sleep impairs cardiometabolic function. The study, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, shows that in healthy adults one night of moderate light exposure during sleep can... Read More
Researchers from the University of Bristol have published two papers in the Journal of Royal Society Interface that give the... Read More
Researchers from the University of Bristol have published two papers in the Journal of Royal Society Interface that give the first in-depth comparison of an artificial fingertip with neural recordings of the human sense of touch. Evidence from the first and second papers shows... Read More
A paper published on Monday in Nature finds that researchers in an African clinical trial called ANTICOV, which aims to find COVID-19... Read More
A paper published on Monday in Nature finds that researchers in an African clinical trial called ANTICOV, which aims to find COVID-19 treatments that are effective in resource-poor settings, have been denied access to key antiviral drugs. According to the paper, the... Read More
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration will institute new efforts this week to accelerate prevention, detection and treatment of long COVID.... Read More
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration will institute new efforts this week to accelerate prevention, detection and treatment of long COVID. “There are federal efforts underway at the [U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention] and the [National Institutes of Health]... Read More
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia heard an oral argument Monday from National... Read More
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia heard an oral argument Monday from National Nurses United regarding the Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration's emergency temporary standard for protecting health care workers... Read More
WASHINGTON — The U.S. health care system does a poor job of serving women of reproductive age compared to 10... Read More
WASHINGTON — The U.S. health care system does a poor job of serving women of reproductive age compared to 10 other wealthy countries, according to a new Commonwealth Fund report. “Women use the health care system more than men do,”... Read More
WASHINGTON (AP) — The House has passed a bill capping the monthly cost of insulin at $35 for insured patients,... Read More
WASHINGTON (AP) — The House has passed a bill capping the monthly cost of insulin at $35 for insured patients, part of an election-year push by Democrats for price curbs on prescription drugs at a time of rising inflation. Experts... Read More