The House Energy & Commerce Committee unanimously passed the Food and Drug Amendments of 2022, its version of the Food and Drug Administration’s user fee legislation on Wednesday. The bill combines aspects of both of the Democratic and Republican’s proposed bills, while nixing others. The bill allows the FDA to hire and maintain the personnel … Read more
In this column for the JAMA Health Forum, Larry Levitt highlights four changes implemented during the COVID-19 pandemic that helped make health care more accessible and affordable and the prospects for those changes to telehealth, COVID-19 coverage, Medicaid and marketplace premiums continuing beyond the pandemic’s end.
Virginia is the latest state to earn approval for a reinsurance program, which will reimburse certain insurers for high-cost claims. With the decision on Virginia by federal regulators Wednesday, 16 states have been approved for reinsurance programs. Virginia expects the program to decrease premiums by an average of 15.6% across the state in 2023. Individual … Read more
Legislation that aims to protect low-income families from infant formula shortages passed the Senate by unanimous consent on Thursday. The Access to Baby Formula Act passed the House late Wednesday on a rare bipartisan vote of 414 to 9, and now heads to President Biden’s desk for his signature. “It’s rare that we have unanimity … Read more
By Alan Mozes HealthDay Reporter THURSDAY, May 19, 2022 (HealthDay News) – A new report on how Black Americans are faring against cancer offers up a decidedly mixed picture. The risk that a Black man or woman in America will die from cancer has steadily declined over the last two decades, the newly published research … Read more
Yesterday afternoon, I called the UCLA epidemiologist Anne Rimoin to ask about the European outbreak of monkeypox — a rare but potentially severe viral illness with dozens of confirmed or suspected cases in the United Kingdom, Spain, and Portugal. “If we see those clusters, given the amount of travel between the United States and Europe, … Read more
Can’t see the audio player? Click here to listen on Acast. You can also listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Pocket Casts or wherever you listen to podcasts. The federal government finally addressed the infant formula shortage, as a growing number of families found themselves without anything to feed their babies. But it will likely … Read more
The healthcare industry is still in recovery two years after the start of the pandemic. In a Twitter poll of almost 750 industry leaders, nearly 38 percent say that staff shortages are the biggest issue currently facing the healthcare system. #HealthIT leaders: What’s your biggest health IT concern? – HealthTech Magazine (@HealthTechMag) April 4, 2022 … Read more
Cancer death rates have steadily declined among Black people but remain higher than in other racial and ethnic groups, a US government study released Thursday shows. Cancer deaths have been dropping for all Americans for the past two decades because of lower smoking rates and advances in early detection and treatment. The rates among Black … Read more
In our Covid pandemic times, the aspirations of the world are pinned on the pharmaceutical industry. With new viruses appearing each year, big data analytics play a critical role in drug and vaccine development. Data collected from Covid-19-hit countries like the total number of cases, intensive care requirements, number of deaths and recovery rates provide … Read more