The food industry has tried to stack a key nutrition policy panel with its preferred experts, documents show
WASHINGTON — There’s a panel of 20 nutrition experts that has outsized influence on the…
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Opinion: Why isn’t there any enforcement of the ACA mandate to support breastfeeding?
Eleven years ago, the Affordable Care Act codified a critical aspect of postpartum care: breastfeeding…
Opinion: It’s long past time for a more comprehensive Covid treatment approach
Because Covid cases and hospitalizations are no longer front-page news, many Americans might be surprised…
‘Shocking’ heat waves persist through August as federal officials warn of far-ranging health risks
WASHINGTON — An already record-setting summer heat wave will continue through August and will put…
NIH begins long-delayed clinical trials for long Covid, announces new research office
WASHINGTON — The National Institutes of Health on Monday took long-delayed steps to begin enrolling patients…
National panel will explore requiring free Covid tests
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force will discuss recommending Covid-19 screening, the first…
STAT+: Key House Republican escalates rhetoric against PBMs
WASHINGTON — A key House Republican ramped up his criticism of pharmacy benefit managers Tuesday,…
STAT+: Democrats blast Biden administration over Alzheimer’s drug plans
WASHINGTON — Ahead of a major Food and Drug Administration meeting on a new Alzheimer’s…
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‘Tantamount to extortion:’ Merck sues U.S. government over Medicare negotiation program
WASHINGTON — Merck on Tuesday sued to stop the federal government from implementing a new…
The NIH has poured $1 billion into long Covid research — with little to show for it
WASHINGTON — The federal government has burned through more than $1 billion to study long…
The Biden administration will hang on to some Covid pandemic emergency powers
WASHINGTON — Even though the Biden administration is ending its highest-profile Covid-19 emergency declaration next…
STAT+: Federal group studying surprise ambulance bills will finally meet — five months late
The federal committee in charge of finding ways to stop surprise billing from ground ambulances…
Republicans press Becerra on gender-affirming care, reproductive rights
WASHINGTON — Republicans hammered the health secretary in hearings Tuesday, previewing a line of health-…
STAT+: Senators interrogate health secretary Becerra on Alzheimer’s drug coverage
WASHINGTON — The future of Alzheimer’s treatments and coverage hung heavily over lawmakers’ Wednesday hearing…
Opinion: The staggering financial burden of a proposed HIPAA rule
The already beleaguered U.S. health care system is facing a new and costly threat that…
STAT+: White House chooses a location for ARPA-H — sort of
WASHINGTON — Officials at the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health are moving ahead with…
Becerra: Judge set to rule on abortion pill is ‘beginning to read the law’
WASHINGTON — Health secretary Xavier Becerra on Tuesday warned of dramatic consequences if a federal…
HHS’ Becerra on enrolling in Medicare, annual Covid vaccines, and seniors’ mental health
WASHINGTON — The hottest birthday spot in town: A Hispanic senior center in northwest D.C….
HHS needs better oversight of research that alters pathogens, government watchdog says
WASHINGTON — The health department’s oversight of research that could enhance dangerous pathogens has vague…
Will America’s public health reckoning ever come?
WASHINGTON — After 9/11, Congress created an entirely new government agency to address the threat of…
STAT+: HHS will decide how to resolve $1 billion in payments for 340B hospitals
WASHINGTON — The Department of Health and Human Services will get to decide how to…
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STAT+: 3 drug pricing issues to watch in 2023
WASHINGTON — The legislative saga on drug pricing is mostly over for now, but drug…
Priorities pile up for HHS, FDA, CMS, NIH, and other health agencies
WASHINGTON — The nation’s health agencies already have a long to-do list for 2023. Top…
STAT+: Patient groups push federal government to enforce health care price estimates
People don’t receive bills after going to a grocery store or a mechanic’s shop. They…
A Democratic Senate improves the outlook for Biden health and science priorities, including key nominees
WASHINGTON — The outlook for the White House’s health and science priorities just got a…
STAT+: Despite its threats, PhRMA is still supporting Democrats who voted for Medicare negotiation
Drugmakers’ powerhouse lobby did not exactly make good on its early August threat to hold…
A minuscule new HHS office has a mammoth goal: tackling environmental justice
WASHINGTON — Ask 10 people how a federal health care agency might tackle “environmental justice,”…
Medicare provides insufficient access to opioid addiction treatment, report finds
Medicare is vastly underserving older Americans with opioid use disorder, with only 18% of enrollees…
Judge invalidates parts of the ACA that mandate health coverage of many preventive services and drugs
A federal judge in Texas has ruled that parts of the Affordable Care Act mandating…
STAT+: In a new lawsuit, pharma-backed patient groups fight federal rule around copay coupons
Three patient advocacy groups are suing the Biden administration to challenge a federal regulation they…
‘Critically important work’: Adm. Rachel Levine on efforts to combat gender-based discrimination in health care
A day after the Department of Health and Human Services announced plans to strengthen protections…
Biden administration won’t lower seniors’ Medicare premiums this year, despite changes to coverage of new Alzheimer’s drug
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration on Friday said it will not lower Medicare premiums for…
STAT+: There may be a backdoor way for hospitals to get paid for uninsured Covid-19 care
WASHINGTON — The federal health department shut down a program that paid hospitals and clinics…
STAT+: Former top Medicare official says Medicare Advantage’s coding industry offers ‘no benefit to society’
Parts of the Medicare Advantage program — essentially, private Medicare plan options — are ripe…
Medicare premiums could decrease ‘soon,’ after decision on Alzheimer’s drug Aduhelm
WASHINGTON — Whether seniors get an unprecedented mid-year discount on Medicare premiums will hinge on…