Tag: Healthcare

The pharmaceutical industry has taken heat from Congress and states over the past year for high-cost specialty drugs that insurers and public health programs such as Medicare are struggling to afford.

Faith, Freedom, and Self-Reliance

Affordable prescription drugs need bipartisan patent reform

Bobby Jindal, Charlie Katebi · February 14, 2024 6:00 am

Silhouette of pregnant woman.

Maternal syphilis rates more than tripled since 2016

Gabrielle M. Etzel · February 13, 2024 11:30 am

Early blood testing may predict dementia, research finds

Gabrielle M. Etzel · February 12, 2024 4:47 pm

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., testifies before a House Judiciary Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, July 20, 2023.

Beltway Confidential

RFK Jr.’s popularity worries me as someone with autism

Mathieu Vaillancourt · February 12, 2024 3:16 pm

This March 6, 2020, file photo shows the headquarters for Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta.

State public health agencies demand swifter action from CDC to correct for COVID-19

Gabrielle M. Etzel · February 12, 2024 1:36 pm

A stock photo of a hospice nurse visiting an elderly male patient who is receiving hospice/palliative care.

Beltway Confidential

Congress needs to cut QALYs

Sally Pipes · February 12, 2024 10:50 am

A dose of the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine is displayed at the Neighborcare Health clinics at Vashon Island High School in Vashon Island, Washington, on May 15, 2019.

Measles outbreaks: What to know about growing concern

Gabrielle M. Etzel · February 11, 2024 3:00 am

Oregon human plague case likely came from domestic cat

Gabrielle M. Etzel · February 10, 2024 12:07 pm

Increasing taxpayer cost of migrants health care in Illinois raises concerns

Kevin Bessler | The Center Square · February 9, 2024 7:21 am

Abortion-rights activists sue to undo Michigan 24-hour waiting period

Gabrielle M. Etzel · February 7, 2024 5:13 pm

Florida Supreme Court hears oral arguments on abortion amendment

Gabrielle M. Etzel · February 7, 2024 1:43 pm

House votes to ban use of ‘quality-adjusted life years’ in federal health programs

Gabrielle M. Etzel · February 7, 2024 11:19 am