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FDA looks to swap out ‘sell by’ dates for ‘best if used by’

Cassidy Morrison · May 23, 2019 9:17 pm

Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., the ranking member, and Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, meet before the start of a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2017, the morning after they reached a deal to resume federal payments to health insurers that President Donald Trump had halted. Sen. Alexander says Trump called him Wednesday morning "to be encouraging" of bipartisan efforts to come up with a plan to stabilize health insurance premiums.

Alexander and Murray release wide-ranging bipartisan plan to lower healthcare costs

Cassidy Morrison · May 23, 2019 5:35 pm

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Daily on Healthcare, presented by the Alzheimer’s Association: Paid family leave gains momentum

Cassidy Morrison, Kimberly Leonard · May 23, 2019 2:58 pm

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Daily on Healthcare, presented by the Alzheimer’s Association: ‘Medicare for all’ gets big hearing

Cassidy Morrison, Kimberly Leonard · May 22, 2019 2:51 pm

"Ultrasound provides factual, medical information that should not be withheld from women," said Minnesota Citizens Concerned for Life Legislative Director Andrea Rau. (iStock by Getty Images)

Nevada legislature passes abortion protections

Cassidy Morrison · May 21, 2019 9:43 pm

A nurse measuring the blood pressure of an elderly woman.

20 Democratic state attorneys general sue to stop Trump religious discrimination protections for healthcare workers

Cassidy Morrison · May 21, 2019 8:26 pm

Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, announced on Tuesday that Alex Azar (pictured above), President Trump's nominee to become Secretary of Health and Human Services, will be part of a hearing next week.

HHS Secretary Alex Azar blames ‘complacency’ for falling vaccination rates

Cassidy Morrison · May 21, 2019 4:44 pm

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Daily on Healthcare, presented by the Alzheimer’s Association: The dermatologist in Congress

Cassidy Morrison, Kimberly Leonard · May 21, 2019 3:00 pm

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Daily on Healthcare, presented by the Alzheimer’s Association: Presidential candidates weigh in on abortion in wake of bans

Cassidy Morrison, Kimberly Leonard · May 20, 2019 3:33 pm

FILE - In this Nov. 6, 2018, file photo, Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., steps on stage to deliver a concession speech in St. Louis. McCaskill of Missouri says she will not run for office again after losing last month to Republican Attorney General Josh Hawley in her bid for a third Senate term. But McCaskill told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch that she will remain active in politics, perhaps mentoring other Democrats.

Missouri moves a step closer to enacting eight-week abortion restriction

Cassidy Morrison · May 17, 2019 6:01 pm

The dermatologist in Congress

Cassidy Morrison · May 17, 2019 4:00 am

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., meets with reporters following escalation of tensions this week between the U.S. and Iran, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2020, on Capitol Hill in Washington. The House will vote Thursday on a measure limiting President Donald Trump's ability to take military action against Iran as Democratic criticism of the U.S. killing of a top Iranian general intensified.

House Democrats pass bill to lower drug prices and shore up Obamacare

Cassidy Morrison · May 17, 2019 12:00 am