A top Republican senator on Thursday pushed back hard against calls from Biden administration health officials for more funding to fight COVID-19, saying that he will be a “roadblock,” until the officials provide sufficient justification that the money is needed.   The comments from Sen. Richard Burr (R-N.C.), the top Republican on the Senate Health Committee, illustrate how hard it will be for […]

A new effort is aimed at helping digital health startups bake regulatory considerations into their business strategy early on – and spare them from nasty surprises when they seek approvals for their products. By early 2023, the Digital Health Regulatory Pathways project plans to unveil a free, open-access resource that will guide startups along the right regulatory path. Boston-based Digital […]

THCB Gang Joining Matthew Holt (@boltyboy) on #THCBGang on Thursday June 16 are medical historian Mike Magee (@drmikemagee); patient safety expert and all around wit Michael Millenson (@mlmillenson); Queen of all employer benefits Jennifer Benz (@jenbenz); and Suntra Modern Recovery CEO JL Neptune (@JeanLucNeptune), who these days also hosts the Is It Serious podcast. You can see the video below live (and […]

What’s a parent to do when their usual baby formula is in short supply? Changing any aspects of your infant’s diet can be scary, and with good reason—your baby needs a diet rich in certain nutrients to keep growing strong and healthy. It’s important to be cautious when making any changes to your infant’s diet. Ask your child’s pediatrician for […]

AUSTIN, Texas — Heat waves are getting hotter and becoming more frequent because of rising rates of air pollution, putting children’s health at risk, a wide-ranging new report finds. A June 15 article in the New England Journal of Medicine reviews current research to take a sweeping inventory of how air pollution and climate change interact to adversely affect people’s […]

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A group of House Democrats is urging the Biden administration to further soften sanctions against Cuba to aid distribution of the Caribbean nation’s COVID-19 vaccines worldwide. In a letter led by Reps. Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.) and Steve Cohen (D-Tenn.), the lawmakers praised President Biden’s loosening of travel and remittance restrictions to the island, while asking for bilateral cooperation on public […]

Editor’s note: Heather Korbulic is the senior policy and strategy lead at GetInsured, where she helps healthcare policy leaders develop strategies for the provision of healthcare and other public benefits. She was previously the executive director of Nevada’s health insurance marketplace, the Silver State Health Insurance Exchange. The COVID-19 pandemic forced the United States to cope with a health insurance […]

KFF’s Kaiser Health News (KHN) and NPR today launched a yearlong investigative project that explores the scale, impact, and causes of the health care debt crisis in the United States. Drawing upon a special KFF poll conducted for the project, original data analysis, and hundreds of interviews, the investigation reveals a problem far more pervasive than previously reported. That’s because […]

Walgreens plans to launch clinical trials with drugmakers and biotech manufacturers later this year, in what executives say is an attempt to increase recruitment and diversity in medical research. The retail giant will use its network of primary care, home health and in-store clinics and pharmacies to staff the trials, and hire more physicians to oversee the research. Walgreens also […]