Health
The Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange and the Confidentiality Coalition recently sent a letter to the Secretary of Health and Human Services... Read More
The Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange and the Confidentiality Coalition recently sent a letter to the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Secretary of Commerce with recommendations to better protect patient health information from third-party apps. The WEDI, formed by... Read More
The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy held an event on Tuesday to discuss the science behind clean... Read More
The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy held an event on Tuesday to discuss the science behind clean indoor air and why Americans should care. Since May 2021, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advised the main... Read More
On Wednesday, President Joe Biden delivered remarks regarding the roll out of COVID.gov, a new one-stop shop website for people in... Read More
On Wednesday, President Joe Biden delivered remarks regarding the roll out of COVID.gov, a new one-stop shop website for people in the U.S. to access vaccines, tests, treatments, masks and receive local COVID-19 updates. The president outlined new tools, like a... Read More
Researchers from the University of Minnesota will soon begin a human trial to develop a new birth control method for... Read More
Researchers from the University of Minnesota will soon begin a human trial to develop a new birth control method for men using a compound known as YCT529. There are currently only two forms of male birth control: condoms and vasectomies. ... Read More
On Wednesday, the House Rules Committee considered legislation to federally legalize marijuana under the Marijuana Opportunity, Reinvestment and Expungement Act. ... Read More
On Wednesday, the House Rules Committee considered legislation to federally legalize marijuana under the Marijuana Opportunity, Reinvestment and Expungement Act. An earlier version of the MORE Act was passed by the House in 2020. The House is expected to pass... Read More
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration held an advisory committee meeting on Wednesday to review concerns over evidence from Amylyx Pharmaceuticals on... Read More
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration held an advisory committee meeting on Wednesday to review concerns over evidence from Amylyx Pharmaceuticals on the ability of a drug, AMX0035, to treat amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. ALS is a rapidly progressive and fatal neurodegenerative disease... Read More
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Office of the Actuary released a 2021-2030 National Health Expenditure report on Monday regarding health... Read More
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Office of the Actuary released a 2021-2030 National Health Expenditure report on Monday regarding health spending and enrollment projections for the coming decade. According to the report, the annual growth in national health spending is... Read More
This week, President Joe Biden released his fiscal year 2023 budget, which includes investments in strengthening mental health services, innovating health... Read More
This week, President Joe Biden released his fiscal year 2023 budget, which includes investments in strengthening mental health services, innovating health research and laying the groundwork to respond to future pandemics. Specifically, the budget requests $81.7 billion in mandatory funding over... Read More
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs met Tuesday to explore how effective credit bureaus... Read More
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs met Tuesday to explore how effective credit bureaus will be in lightening the heavy load of medical debt many Americans are carrying. “After increasing scrutiny and pressure, the... Read More
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden received a second booster dose of the Pfizer vaccine on Wednesday, a day after federal... Read More
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden received a second booster dose of the Pfizer vaccine on Wednesday, a day after federal regulators approved a fourth shot for those aged 50 and older. He took the precautionary step as the White House... Read More
WASHINGTON —A manual used by clinicians and researchers to diagnose and classify mental disorders, known as the Diagnostic and Statical... Read More
WASHINGTON —A manual used by clinicians and researchers to diagnose and classify mental disorders, known as the Diagnostic and Statical Manual, or DSM, was revised for the first time in nearly a decade to include "prolonged grief disorder." The latest... Read More
WASHINGTON — Bypassing its review panel of independent experts, the Food and Drug Administration authorized a fourth dose of the... Read More
WASHINGTON — Bypassing its review panel of independent experts, the Food and Drug Administration authorized a fourth dose of the Pfizer and Moderna coronavirus vaccine for people 50 and older. The authorization for the fourth shot comes as an omicron... Read More
The Biden administration is requesting $700 million to launch the new 988 line for those in a mental health crisis,... Read More
The Biden administration is requesting $700 million to launch the new 988 line for those in a mental health crisis, by July 16, 2022. “There’s a level of excitement because 988 is a chance to improve mental health care services... Read More
On Wednesday, the Senate Special Committee on Aging held a hearing to examine the importance of home-based health care services... Read More
On Wednesday, the Senate Special Committee on Aging held a hearing to examine the importance of home-based health care services and how to lower costs for families in need. According to data presented at the hearing, more than 3 million... Read More
An executive order in Alaska will require the Department of Health and Social Services to restructure, creating two separate departments... Read More
An executive order in Alaska will require the Department of Health and Social Services to restructure, creating two separate departments by July 1. Starting July 1, the two departments — the Department of Family and Community Services and the Department... Read More
On World Water Day, which was observed on March 22, the United Nations released a 2022 report on World Water Development to... Read More
On World Water Day, which was observed on March 22, the United Nations released a 2022 report on World Water Development to empower policymakers with the tools to implement sustainable uses of water resources. In the 300-page report, researchers find that nearly... Read More
White House officials warned this week that the federal government does not have enough money to pay for additional COVID-19... Read More
White House officials warned this week that the federal government does not have enough money to pay for additional COVID-19 vaccine boosters for all Americans, if needed. “Right now, we don’t have enough money for fourth doses, if they’re called... Read More
President Joe Biden signed the Lorna Breen Act last Friday to support behavioral health services for health care workers. Over the next... Read More
President Joe Biden signed the Lorna Breen Act last Friday to support behavioral health services for health care workers. Over the next three years the act will provide up to $135 million to train health care providers on suicide prevention and behavioral... Read More
On Monday, the Department of Health and Human Services recognized the one-year anniversary of the Health Resources and Services Administration’s Health... Read More
On Monday, the Department of Health and Human Services recognized the one-year anniversary of the Health Resources and Services Administration’s Health Center COVID-19 Vaccine Program. With funds provided by the American Rescue Plan, the program administered more than 20 million vaccines... Read More
This week, researchers from Washington University School of Medicine released preclinical data that shows a long-acting antibody combination called Evusheld can neutralize... Read More
This week, researchers from Washington University School of Medicine released preclinical data that shows a long-acting antibody combination called Evusheld can neutralize activity against omicron variants of the COVID-19 virus, including BA.2. To conduct the study, researchers used in vivo data generated... Read More
WASHINGTON — The U.S. is scaling back COVID-19 response efforts, despite a recent uptick of infections involving an omicron subvariant... Read More
WASHINGTON — The U.S. is scaling back COVID-19 response efforts, despite a recent uptick of infections involving an omicron subvariant known as BA.2 which now accounts for about 35% of all positive COVID infections in the country. “BA.2 is omicron... Read More
WASHINGTON — In honor of World Water Day and to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Clean... Read More
WASHINGTON — In honor of World Water Day and to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Clean Water Act, Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton, D-DC, joined representatives from the Potomac Riverkeeper Network at The Wharf’s District Pier, where... Read More
ARLINGTON, Va. — School food directors and nutrition advocates are warning that without an extension to pandemic child nutrition waivers,... Read More
ARLINGTON, Va. — School food directors and nutrition advocates are warning that without an extension to pandemic child nutrition waivers, schools across the country will be forced to cancel or scale back meal services for local families. The waivers, which... Read More
WASHINGTON — A House panel scheduled to kick the tires on roughly 20 different health care-related bills on Thursday spent... Read More
WASHINGTON — A House panel scheduled to kick the tires on roughly 20 different health care-related bills on Thursday spent time considering the Food and Drug Administration’s decision to grant accelerated approval to the first disease-modifying treatment for Alzheimer’s disease... Read More
WASHINGTON — The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health panel Thursday spent the majority of their time considering the... Read More
WASHINGTON — The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health panel Thursday spent the majority of their time considering the future of the Food and Drug Administration's so-called Accelerated Approval Program. A number of the 20 different health care-related bills... Read More
WASHINGTON — As the Senate Finance Committee waded into the hot-button topic of prescription drug prices on Wednesday two things... Read More
WASHINGTON — As the Senate Finance Committee waded into the hot-button topic of prescription drug prices on Wednesday two things were clear from the outset: everyone agrees something needs to be done to make drugs like insulin more affordable and... Read More
WASHINGTON — The $1.5 trillion omnibus spending package signed into law by President Joe Biden on March 15 includes funds... Read More
WASHINGTON — The $1.5 trillion omnibus spending package signed into law by President Joe Biden on March 15 includes funds to modernize the VA infrastructure and allow registered nurses and physician assistants in the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs to... Read More
Pfizer-BioNTech announced that they will seek emergency authorization from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for a second booster shot for... Read More
Pfizer-BioNTech announced that they will seek emergency authorization from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for a second booster shot for adults 65 and older. The decision to submit an application to the FDA comes after real-world data sets from Israeli... Read More
An audit released Tuesday from New York Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli confirms that nursing home deaths in the state of New York were... Read More
An audit released Tuesday from New York Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli confirms that nursing home deaths in the state of New York were hidden from the public during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic. According to the audit, the Department of Health... Read More
A report released this week from the Emergency Care Research Institute, a nonprofit organization that studies how to improve patient care, identifies... Read More
A report released this week from the Emergency Care Research Institute, a nonprofit organization that studies how to improve patient care, identifies 10 of the top patient safety concerns of 2022. There was one topic this year that was identified by patients... Read More