White House urges Americans to wear cloth face coverings in public in bid to slow coronavirus spread
WASHINGTON — President Trump on Friday announced new federal guidance that encourages Americans to use…
Category: White House
White House expected to recommend all Americans wear cloth masks to prevent coronavirus spread
WASHINGTON — The White House is expected to announce a new policy, based on guidance…
Social distancing, politicized: Trump allies are urging an end to isolation, worrying public health experts
WASHINGTON — How and whether to prevent disease is suddenly a political question. And in…
Trump says his belief in one potential coronavirus drug is ‘just a feeling’
WASHINGTON — President Trump on Friday admitted that his enthusiasm for an antimalarial drug unproven…
‘A number of new stars’: The definitive guide to the Trump administration’s coronavirus response team
WASHINGTON — Vice President Mike Pence is in charge of the Trump administration’s response to…
Facing medical supply shortages, Trump invokes wartime law that could give government authority over private manufacturing
WASHINGTON — President Trump on Wednesday said he would invoke the Defense Production Act, a…
The White House is pinning its hopes on health tech to save the day. Can it deliver?
Over the past week, President Trump and his administration have made statements and taken other…
Trump lifts restrictions on telehealth services for seniors in hopes of limiting coronavirus spread
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration on Tuesday announced an unprecedented expansion of telehealth services for…
Explaining a mass quarantine: What does it mean to ‘shelter in place’? And who has the power to call for it?
WASHINGTON — Six counties in the San Francisco metro area made headlines when they announced…
Trump urges people to avoid discretionary travel and limit gatherings to fewer than 10 people
WASHINGTON — President Trump on Monday urged the public to avoid “discretionary” travel, frequenting restaurants…
Trump administration says it will launch mobile coronavirus test system this week
WASHINGTON — The federal government will roll out a nationwide coronavirus testing system at mobile…
Trump expands coronavirus travel ban to U.K. and Ireland, hints at domestic restrictions
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration on Saturday announced it would prevent non-Americans in the U.K….
.jpg)
There are several ways to declare a national emergency over the coronavirus. Here are the powers they unlock
WASHINGTON — President Trump is expected to declare the Covid-19 pandemic a national emergency on…
STAT Plus: Will Trump’s new plan to cap insulin costs in Medicare actually save seniors much money? It’s complicated
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration claims its newest plan to cap insulin copays could solve…
Why Trump’s coronavirus speech, designed to calm, deepened panic
President Donald Trump’s televised address on Wednesday was clearly aimed at calming the U.S. public,…
NIH official suggests large gatherings should be canceled due to coronavirus outbreak
WASHINGTON — Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease researcher, escalated his tone regarding the…
STAT Plus: Drug companies, Canadians, pharmacists and more blast Trump’s drug importation plan
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is being flooded with opposition to its plan for allowing…
Washington, the world’s handshake capital, adjusts to life in the coronavirus era
WASHINGTON — When Vice President Mike Pence reached for a handshake on Thursday, Jan Malcolm,…
The coronavirus outbreak has left medical supplies in short supply. Is the nation’s emergency stockpile ready to help?
WASHINGTON — The U.S. government has a secretive, $7 billion stash of emergency medical equipment…
Trump’s tone toward pharma shifts, as he looks to drug makers to help with coronavirus response
WASHINGTON — President Trump had billed the meeting with pharmaceutical executives as a scolding waiting…
Trump taps Pence to lead U.S. coronavirus response
WASHINGTON — President Trump on Wednesday said he had appointed Vice President Mike Pence to…
.jpg)
In their words: Warren, Buttigieg, Klobuchar, and other Democrats explain exactly how they’d lower drug prices
Every single Democratic presidential candidate agrees that the federal government should take a far more…
Opinion: Open science, publishing, and public research support: Could Trump have it right?
In the three years since Donald Trump was inaugurated as president, I have rarely supported…
Democrats interrupted Trump’s State of the Union to chant about their drug pricing bill
WASHINGTON — President Trump’s brief remarks on drug pricing during Tuesday’s State of the Union…
A bright spot amid the Iowa chaos: People with disabilities get an accessible caucus location
DES MOINES, Iowa — For a small handful of Iowans, simply participating in Monday’s caucuses…
STAT Plus: Pharmalittle: France indicts Sanofi over epilepsy drug risks; Trump talk of drug pricing in SOTU speech may backfire
Hello, everyone, and how are you today? We are doing just fine, thank you, despite…
More than a dozen Democrats are bringing people with sky-high insulin bills to the State of the Union
WASHINGTON — From the farmlands of Illinois to Florida’s Gulf Coast, insulin affordability advocates have…
It’s the insulin, stupid: How drug pricing’s simplest case study became a top issue for 2020 Democrats
WATERLOO, Iowa — Presidential candidates can’t stop talking about insulin. At a campaign stop here…
Want to know how contentious drug pricing is in Washington? Check the receipts
WASHINGTON — Pfizer, Johnson & Johnson, Merck and the 31 other major drug makers that…
Conservative group with pharma ties makes clear there are drug pricing reforms they can support
WASHINGTON — The conservative American Action Network launched a $4 million advertising campaign Tuesday to…
Trump touted a new antidepressant as a solution for veterans. Only 15 have been treated
In August, President Trump proudly proclaimed that he had directed the Department of Veterans Affairs…
2019 was supposed to be the year Washington lowered drug prices. What happened?
WASHINGTON — Lawmakers of all stripes made an agreement the day following the midterm elections…
STAT Plus: One drug maker has a lot more to lose than others, under early drafts of drug importation plans
WASHINGTON — President Trump’s plan to let states and drug wholesalers import medicines from Canada…
Revamped, bipartisan Senate package takes aim at drug prices — and props up other health programs, too
WASHINGTON — Leaders of a key Senate committee unveiled a new version of a sweeping,…
Opinion: Cutting 700,000 Americans from SNAP will increase health costs
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is our nation’s first line of defense against food…
Trump’s stalling on flavored vape ban draws blowback — and fears of lasting damage to American health
The Trump administration’s apparent decision to back off a plan to ban flavored e-cigarettes has…