FDA Proposes Ban on Menthol Cigarettes "Long-awaited action" should reduce youth smoking, health disparities Apr 28, 2022
FDA Approves First Drug for Recurrent Yeast Infections Vivjoa indicated for infertile or postmenopausal women Apr 28, 2022
Biden Administration Beefs Up Access to COVID Antiviral Pills Secures 20 million courses of Paxlovid, plans to offer antiviral at up to 20,000 more pharmacies Apr 26, 2022
Hospitals Turn to Signing Bonuses to Lure Nurses, Survey Says A fourth of hospital leaders said they expect 100 or more nurse position openings in 2022 Apr 21, 2022
Biden Administration Working to Rescind Trump-Era 'Conscience Clause' Rule Regulation would have enforced health workers' rights to decline participation in some procedures Apr 20, 2022
Rash of Heart Attacks After Biden-Trump Election Do major political events factor into cardiovascular risk? Apr 20, 2022
FDA Issues Warning on Prenatal Genetic Tests Relying on results could lead to inappropriate medical decisions, agency warns Apr 19, 2022
Everybody Loves CHIP, So Why Isn't It Permanently Funded? It has more to do with political will and finding the right way to achieve it, analyst says Apr 15, 2022
Healthcare Consolidation Expected to Continue, Expert Says Small-scale players will merge with others, especially in the second half of 2022, she predicts Apr 14, 2022
Medicare Finalizes Limits on Aducanumab Coverage But decision allows flexibility for some anti-amyloid Alzheimer's drugs Apr 08, 2022
Changes Needed in How We Address Mental Health, Says U.S. Policy Advisor Susan Rice outlines three goals in Biden administration's plan to address mental health crisis Apr 07, 2022
$150K Prostate Cancer Drug Draws New Attention to 'March-In' Rights Advocates want Biden administration to enable Xtandi generics; industry warns against it Apr 06, 2022
White House Rolls Out National Plan to Fight Long COVID New initiative aims to better understand, prevent, detect, and treat the condition Apr 05, 2022
First Topical Therapy for Facial Angiofibroma Nabs FDA Approval New alternative to dermabrasion, laser treatment, surgery Apr 04, 2022
HHS Claws Back $100 Million in Provider Pandemic Relief Money Providers who did not comply with agency's reporting requirements forced to pay back pandemic aid Apr 01, 2022
CDC Reports Warn of Teen 'Mental Health Crisis' During Pandemic In survey, over one-third of high school students reported poor mental health Mar 31, 2022
ALS Drug Needs More Evidence, FDA Advisors Say But vote was close and panelists remain hopeful about AMX0035 Mar 31, 2022
Make Naloxone More Accessible to At-Risk Americans, Experts Say Allow OTC sale, reimburse pharmacists, and support harm-reduction groups, they urged Mar 30, 2022
House Members Remain Divided on Universal Healthcare Republicans, Democrats differ on potential costs and effects of Medicare for All Mar 29, 2022
Another Oral Testosterone Undecanoate OK'd for Hypogonadism FDA approval of Tlando follows in the footsteps of Jatenzo Mar 29, 2022
Permanent Daylight Saving Time Is the Wrong Choice The Sunshine Protection Act will cause circadian misalignment with serious health consequences Mar 28, 2022
Novel Fixed-Dose Immunotherapy Combo Wins FDA Approval Nivolumab plus relatlimab doubled progression-free survival in unresectable melanoma Mar 21, 2022
Military Exposure to Burn Pits Under Scrutiny Wearable technology, better registries, "compassionate common sense" urged over denials of harm Mar 17, 2022
Medicare Claws Back Money for Dubious Birth-Tissue Stem Cell Shots Government seeks to recoup more than 2 years of payments for unproven treatments Mar 16, 2022
Meet the Primary Care Doc Who Wants the World to Go Back to Normal Lucy McBride, MD, has become a loud, controversial voice in the debate on COVID precautions Mar 15, 2022
No Medicare Payment Hike Needed for Docs in 2023, MedPAC Says Beneficiaries seem to have adequate access to care, and few physicians are dropping out Mar 15, 2022
First Generic OK'd for Popular Asthma, COPD Inhaler FDA approves Mylan's Symbicort copy, reflecting agency's commitment to "increase competition" Mar 15, 2022
FDA Warns on Using Surgical Device for Aesthetic Skin Procedures Agency details potentially life-threatening adverse events with plasma-generating device Mar 14, 2022
FDA OKs PARP Inhibitor as Adjuvant Therapy in Early Breast Cancer Olaparib (Lynparza) approved for high-risk patients with germline BRCA mutations Mar 14, 2022
CMS Sepsis Measurement Under Fire Measure doesn't work and its re-endorsement process was flawed, critics say Mar 08, 2022
FDA Begins Releasing Pfizer COVID Vax Documents Court-ordered release runs risk of "cherry picking and taking things out of context" Mar 07, 2022
End to Public Health Emergency Is Bad News for Millions on Medicaid Coverage losses are likely to hit children particularly hard Mar 03, 2022
Simone Gold Reaches Plea Deal on Capitol Insurrection Charge Controversial America's Frontline Doctors founder pleaded guilty to one of five criminal counts Mar 03, 2022
White House COVID Plan Stresses 'New Moment' in the Pandemic Congressional funding necessary to step up access to treatment, enhanced surveillance Mar 02, 2022
Dr. Bronner's Offering Its Workers Psychedelic Therapy Coverage Soap company to cover ketamine-assisted therapy for employees with new industry nonprofit Mar 01, 2022
Biden Administration Announces Steps to Improve Nursing Home Care Measures include those aimed at increasing staffing and cutting down on unnecessary treatment Feb 28, 2022
CMS Revamps Direct Contracting Model Participants in current GPDC Direct Contracting must meet new equity and governance requirements Feb 25, 2022
Biden Nominates Ketanji Brown Jackson for Supreme Court Seat Appeals court judge has a history of litigating for reproductive rights Feb 25, 2022
Costs Soaring for Ground Ambulance Transport Surprise billing law doesn't apply to ambulance rides Feb 22, 2022
Ukrainian Doctor's Family Lives Under Threat of War Roksolana Vaskul, MD, says it's "surreal" to imagine her family under attack in Ukraine Feb 17, 2022
