Health Policy
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CDER chief reflects on advances in rare diseases
“People always call me fearless, but I feel like I just state the facts,” Dr. Janet Woodcock said.
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Surgeon general pushes for improved hypertension control
“We cannot wait to deal with this epidemic of uncontrolled high blood pressure” that affects more than 82 million American, U.S. Surgeon General...
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CDC flips, acknowledges aerosol spread of COVID-19
The update acknowledges the existence of some published reports showing limited, uncommon circumstances where people with COVID-19 infected others...
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Inside the flawed White House testing scheme that did not protect Trump
An early antigen test used by the White House was woefully inaccurate. But the new antigen test the White House is using has not been...
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‘Celebration’ will be ‘short-lived’ if COVID vaccine rushed: Experts
US regulators eventually could safely approve vaccines for COVID-19 if the process is kept free of political pressure regarding time lines, study...
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‘Overwhelming evidence’ FDA’s opioid approval process is shoddy
The majority of approvals of opioids for the treatment of chronic pain during 1997-2018 were based on pivotal trials that lacked critical safety...
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Understanding the enduring power of caste
Reading “Caste” is akin to the experience of gaining relief after struggling for years with a chronic malady, say Dr. Constance E. Dunlap and Dr....
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CDC playbook prepares states for rollout of COVID-19 vaccine if one is approved
The agency has asked states to submit plans for vaccine distribution by mid-October.
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A young physician hopes to buck the status quo in Congress
“I balance the work of direct patient care and patient advocacy in different spaces,” said Dr. Bryant Cameron Webb.
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Without Ginsburg, judicial threats to the ACA, reproductive rights heighten
As Nicholas Bagley, a law professor at the University of Michigan who specializes in health issues, tweeted: “Among...
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HHS plan to improve rural health focuses on better broadband, telehealth services
The announcement includes technical initiatives, such as a contract to help clinics and hospitals integrate care.