STAT+: Biden administration’s $3.2 billion antiviral pandemic plan is fizzling out
NEW YORK — Sixteen floors above Central Park, Kris White keeps his gentler pathogens behind…
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Clinical trials exclude disabled Americans because federal agencies failed them, new report finds
People with disabilities are largely excluded from clinical trials that could benefit them because federal…
Opinion: HHS says it is working against climate change. But it’s really climate washing
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has stated it will do all that…
STAT+: Why U.S. health care cybersecurity laws are better at protecting a corpse’s privacy than patients’ lives
Two days into a cyberattack on his hospital system, Nate Couture reached the end of…
STAT+: 7 key people who could shape Trump’s health care policy
WASHINGTON — A second Trump administration would bring a new wave of health policy officials…
Six questions about Medicare’s proposed plan to cover digital therapeutics
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STAT+: Federal regulation of health data and AI expected to get a boost after HHS revamp
A little-known office within the Department of Health and Human Services is getting a shot…
Vertex sues U.S. government over access to fertility support services for Casgevy patients
One of the makers of the Casgevy — the world’s first CRISPR-based medicine — filed a lawsuit…
STAT+: Top Biden administration officials withdraw from Coalition for Health AI
Top Biden administration officials have withdrawn from an industry body formed to set safety standards…
Q&A: Lessons from the HHS secretary who ran Bush’s bird flu response
WASHINGTON — Mike Leavitt is in the small club of government officials who’ve led an…
STAT+: HHS finalizes penalties for providers resorting to ‘information blocking’
The federal government has cemented a key part of its strategy for making patients’ medical…
This federal rule didn’t stop coercive sterilization — but it blocked contraceptive access. Can it be fixed?
Sonya Borrero didn’t learn about forced sterilization in medical school. She learned about it from…
Opinion: Pandemic lessons must spur federal action to protect nursing home residents
About one-third of Americans who reach age 65 will need nursing home care in their…
Opinion: HHS’s proposed rule pays lip service to addressing the climate crisis, the greatest threat to human health
In April, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the world’s most powerful health…
Backers of menthol cigarette ban vow to keep up the fight, but concede it will be a long battle
WASHINGTON — Advocates of a federal ban on menthol cigarettes have spent the better part…
Biden administration finalizes abortion privacy protections
WASHINGTON — Biden officials are still pressing to shore up abortion protections amid an onslaught…
STAT+: Hospital price transparency rules are seeding a new crop of health tech startups
Federal rules forcing hospitals and insurers to post rates for medical procedures have taken effect,…
New HHS guidance requires consent for pelvic, breast, and other sensitive examinations
Hospitals performing pelvic and other sensitive exams for training purposes without patients’ explicit consent, including…
Senators press HHS secretary on Change HealthCare cyberattack fallout
WASHINGTON— Senators want answers from the Biden administration on the recent cyberattack that froze millions…
STAT+: Here’s what you might have missed in Biden’s budget proposal
WASHINGTON — President Biden on Monday unveiled his requests for the 2025 budget, potentially his…
Key congressman blasts HHS for lack of cooperation on Covid-19
The Health and Human Services Department’s lack of cooperation with a congressional committee investigating the…
HHS fills key vaccine advisory panel slots
The Department of Health and Human Services announced Thursday that it is filling eight vacancies,…
STAT+: More than half the slots on a key vaccine advisory panel are vacant. Where’s HHS?
A critical government advisory committee charged with charting U.S. vaccination policy appears to be atrophying,…
CDC and social media: The new misinformation war
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Supreme Court to weigh whether Covid misinformation is protected speech
WASHINGTON — As social media sites were flooded with misleading posts about vaccine safety, mask…
Let the Medicare Advantage lobbying begin
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STAT+: New Medicare Advantage rule is boon for providers, drag on insurers
Starting this year, private Medicare plans have to cover their members’ hospitalizations at the higher…
Methadone treatment gets first major update in over 20 years
The federal government is unveiling new regulations meant to modernize methadone treatment, the first major…
Congressmen: This Covid hearing ‘could have been an email’
WASHINGTON — House Republicans have repeatedly accused Biden health officials of withholding and censoring documents…
Opinion: A new HHS rule rules takes a far too narrow approach to health care data interoperability
In 2016, the 21st Century Cures Act required that the U.S. make progress toward interoperability,…
Health care negotiations on Capitol Hill are clear as mud
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Anthony Fauci talked Covid in Congress in a nine-hour, closed-door grilling — and that was just day one
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STAT+: HHS’s Xavier Becerra, once an ‘invisible’ secretary, is racing to cement a clearer legacy
WASHINGTON — He’s been called the “invisible” secretary. So far removed from the White House…
UnitedHealth’s next physician acquisition & the January health insurance churn
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STAT+: HHS names inaugural chief competition officer
The Department of Health and Human Services will name Stacy Sanders as its new chief…
Health data breaches hit an all-time high in 2023
Odds are, you’ve gotten at least one of the unnerving letters in your mailbox this…
What the new health counsels at FTC, DOJ, and HHS might do
Three major government agencies are adding new officials to investigate price-gouging in health care —…
Diabetes ‘epidemic’ gets a Senate hearing
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STAT+: Cancer drug shortages won’t get better under Biden’s latest plan
WASHINGTON — President Biden’s new plan to curb drug shortages by boosting domestic drug production…
Sen. Bernie Sanders moves toward another hearing with pharma CEOs
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STAT+: HHS secretaries Becerra, Azar face off on lowering drug prices
WASHINGTON — Two very different health secretaries took the stage Monday to defend their presidents’…
STAT+: Medicare proceeds with plan to claw back hospital funds after Supreme Court decision
WASHINGTON — Medicare officials are moving forward with a plan to claw back money from certain…
STAT+: HHS leader on health and climate change talks health sector emissions and heat emergencies
Renee Salas, an emergency medicine physician at Massachusetts General Hospital, blames climate change for the…
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STAT+: HHS dispatches millions to next-generation Covid targets, including intranasal vaccine
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration announced Friday that it is investing in three potential vaccines…
Did you have Obamacare on your GOP debate bingo card?
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STAT+: Senate committee chair tries to spark negotiations to keep Medicare solvent
WASHINGTON — The Senate Budget Committee started what could become a bipartisan effort to extend…
STAT+: Bernie Sanders, Bill Cassidy clash over proposal to increase primary care doctors, nurses
WASHINGTON — In a striking display of discord Thursday, leaders of the Senate’s health committee…
Free Covid tests will be offered again to all U.S. households
The federal government is again offering free Covid-19 tests to Americans, providing a fifth round…
Opinion: Where are HHS and the FTC on online privacy for people with substance use disorder?
The era of rampant, unconsented, and unregulated online data collection may finally be winding down…
Is there a path forward for PEPFAR?
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