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Democratic Sens. Elizabeth Warren (Mass.) and Tina Smith (Minn.) are reintroducing legislation aimed at strengthening U.S. pharmaceutical supply...
California declared a state of emergency this week over the spread of bird flu in the state as the virus continues to be detected among the state's...
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has reaffirmed that Mounjaro and Zepbound are no longer in shortage following a reevaluation of its decision to...
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) declared a state of emergency Wednesday in response to detection of bird flu in dairy cows, stating this action will...
Authorities have collected DNA evidence in their hunt for the suspect in the midtown Manhattan killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. The...
A new report released by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) found that if the Affordable Care Act's (ACA) extended subsidies are allowed to expire...
Republicans on Capitol Hill have sent a preliminary offer to Democrats for numerous health care policies to be tacked onto the continuing resolution...
The House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic held its final meeting on Wednesday and while Republicans signaled a feeling of...
House Democrats on the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic on Tuesday released their own report responding to the Republican-led panel's...
The House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic released its final report on Monday, laying out numerous conclusions from its review of the...
Significant cuts to Medicaid could be on the table next Congress as President-elect Trump and Republicans look for ways to offset tax cuts and...
Oregon Governor Tina Kotek (D) announced her state has secured a new supply of the abortion pill mifepristone to last nearly through the entirety of...
Robert Redfield, former director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) under the first Trump administration, gave a vote of...
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s goal of removing fluoride from the water supply faces challenges regardless of what role he plays on health care in the new...
Though the rate of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) remains high in the U.S., the spread of syphilis appears to be slowing down according to new...
The World Health Organization will convene a meeting later this month to determine whether the mpox outbreak occurring in Africa still constitutes a a...
Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care The Big Story Dems’ post-Roe abortion argument hits its limit With...
Montana voters have passed a ballot measure that will amend the state’s constitution to include the right to an abortion, cementing access to...
Former President Trump and former independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. have raised fluoride in water as a public health measure to...
Vice President Harris on Friday blasted Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s possible role as a public health authority in a second Trump administration, calling...
The results of a clinical trial published this week found that the active ingredient in the diabetes and weight loss medications Ozempic and Wegovy...
The diabetes and weight loss medications Ozempic and Wegovy are now considered to be available after more than two years after being declared in...
Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care The Big Story Meet the unwilling faces of GOP anti-trans ads Former...
Global tuberculosis cases reached an all-time high in 2023, with nearly 11 million people estimated to have become sick with the disease last year....
Presented by Alliance for Aging Research — McDonald's E.coli issue worsens {beacon} Health Care Health Care The Big Story Harris vs. Trump:...
The economy and healthcare are two of the top concerns for voters in this election cycle, and both tickets have promised to lower healthcare costs. ...
Lawmakers and physicians are growing anxious for COVID-era telemedicine flexibility measures to be extended for a third time, as federal regulators...
President Biden and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) will travel to New Hampshire on Tuesday to speak on health care savings achieved through the Biden...
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Hurricane Helene is gone but its ripple effects continue all across the U.S., with tens of thousands of dialysis patients now at risk of losing access...
Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care The Big Story The states where ballot measures could reverse abortion bans...
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.) have introduced legislation that would require pharmaceutical companies who have...
Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care The Big Story Red-leaning states reup efforts to weaken abortion pill...
Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle in the House and Senate are calling for COVID-era flexibilities on telemedicine services to be extended to ensure...
Federal regulators shook up the booming weight loss drug marketplace when they announced Mounjaro and Zepbound to be no longer in shortage after...
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Friday declared shortages of three intravenous drugs produced at a North Carolina plant that has been...
Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) called for the Justice Department to investigate youth residential treatment facilities operated by multiple national health...
Hospitals across the U.S. are feeling the impact of Hurricane Helene as experts warn of an imminent intravenous (IV) solution shortage due to the...
Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care The Big Story Harris proposes expanding Medicare benefits to home care ...
A trade organization representing compounding pharmacies that make unbranded versions of the weight loss drugs Mounjaro and Zepbound has filed a...
Republican vice presidential candidate Sen. JD Vance (Ohio) indicated over the weekend that a second Trump administration would again seek to defund...
Early estimates on the effectiveness of this year's flu vaccines indicate they may be less effective at preventing hospitalization than in years past,...
Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care The Big Story The need for clean water after Helene With Hurricane Helene...
The number of vaccine exemptions reported among U.S. kindergarteners reached another record high during the 2023-2024 academic year, exceeding last...
After nearly two years, federal regulators announced the shortage of the active ingredient in Mounjaro and Zepbound has been resolved. Tirzepatide,...
Rwanda has declared a public outbreak of the Marburg virus, confirming nearly 30 infections and at least nine deaths as of the end of September. The...
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is not anticipating a major impact on the availability of health care products stemming from the...
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) on Tuesday issued a consumer advisory to combat families being targeted by "illegal medical debt...
California Attorney General Rob Bonta (D) this week announced a lawsuit against Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center, alleging the hospital refused...
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced some Medicare enrollees will pay less for 54 drugs covered by Medicare Part B through the...