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Politics Rachel Cohrs

The glaring health equity gap in Democrats’ drug pricing plan

As Democrats close in a major Medicare prescription drug overhaul, they’re ignoring a glaring health equity issue.

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Politics Lev Facher

Cities are lobbying to host the ARPA-H headquarters. Experts don’t understand why

Politics Andrew Joseph

Biden tests positive for Covid-19 again — in a case of ‘Paxlovid rebound’

Exclusive Matthew Herper and Lev Facher

White House to launch effort to develop next generation of Covid vaccines

Hospitals Rachel Cohrs

A rich Republican businessman is an unlikely champion for lower hospital prices — but he’s winning the fight

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Politics Lev Facher

White House summit sets lofty goals for new Covid vaccines — but largely sidesteps questions of funding

Politics Edward Chen

‘Critically important work’: Adm. Rachel Levine on efforts to combat gender-based discrimination in health care

Politics Nicholas St. Fleur

STATUS List Spotlight: Blazing a Trail for Transgender Rights ft. Admiral Rachel L. Levine

Politics Nicholas Florko

Senators demand answers about federal prisons’ scant use of Covid therapeutics

Politics Rachel Cohrs

‘What can we do?’: Pharma lobbyists face their biggest test in a decade, as Democrats barrel toward a vote on drug pricing

Politics Lev Facher

After STAT report, GOP lawmakers seek answers about defunct NIH oversight committee

Exclusive Lev Facher

Biden picks renowned cancer surgeon Monica Bertagnolli as NCI chief

Politics Andrew Joseph

President Biden tests positive for Covid-19, but has ‘very mild symptoms’

Politics Nicholas Florko

Powerful Senate Democrat outlines ‘plenty’ more drug pricing reforms to follow Medicare negotiation

Politics Matthew Perrone — Associated Press

FDA weighs oversight changes after Juul, formula troubles

Politics Nicholas Florko

The politics of passing a major FDA funding bill just got complicated

Politics Alan Fram — Associated Press

Biden tells Dems to quickly pass pared-down economic package

Politics Nicholas Florko

Major abortion pill maker GenBioPro hires its first lobbyists in Washington

Politics Nicholas Florko

Durbin, Collins blast FDA for failure to ban certain synthetic e-cigarettes

Politics Nicholas Florko

FDA appears to hold off on crackdown on synthetic nicotine products, despite calls from Congress

Politics Rachel Cohrs

Here’s what Democrats changed in their latest drug pricing bill

Exclusive Lev Facher

In the search for an ARPA-H director, the White House is zeroing in on DARPA veterans

Politics Rachel Cohrs

Democrats tweak their drug pricing plan in last-ditch effort to pass reforms

Politics Nicholas Florko

What we know — and what we may never know — about why the FDA banned Juul

Politics Nicholas Florko

The Biden administration wants to get tough on states’ abortion pill restrictions. It won’t be easy

Politics Mark Sherman — Associated Press

Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade; states can ban abortion

Politics Nicholas Florko

Despite fanfare, the FDA’s step toward lowering nicotine levels in cigarettes is a very early one

Politics Rachel Cohrs

New Senate proposal to lower insulin prices would let drugmakers lock in their current profits

Politics Lev Facher

Politics

The glaring health equity gap in Democrats’ drug pricing plan

Cities are lobbying to host the ARPA-H headquarters. Experts don’t understand why

Biden tests positive for Covid-19 again — in a case of ‘Paxlovid rebound’

White House to launch effort to develop next generation of Covid vaccines

A rich Republican businessman is an unlikely champion for lower hospital prices — but he’s winning the fight

All Coverage

White House summit sets lofty goals for new Covid vaccines — but largely sidesteps questions of funding

‘Critically important work’: Adm. Rachel Levine on efforts to combat gender-based discrimination in health care

STATUS List Spotlight: Blazing a Trail for Transgender Rights ft. Admiral Rachel L. Levine

Senators demand answers about federal prisons’ scant use of Covid therapeutics

‘What can we do?’: Pharma lobbyists face their biggest test in a decade, as Democrats barrel toward a vote on drug pricing

After STAT report, GOP lawmakers seek answers about defunct NIH oversight committee

Biden picks renowned cancer surgeon Monica Bertagnolli as NCI chief

President Biden tests positive for Covid-19, but has ‘very mild symptoms’

Powerful Senate Democrat outlines ‘plenty’ more drug pricing reforms to follow Medicare negotiation

FDA weighs oversight changes after Juul, formula troubles

The politics of passing a major FDA funding bill just got complicated

Biden tells Dems to quickly pass pared-down economic package

Major abortion pill maker GenBioPro hires its first lobbyists in Washington

Durbin, Collins blast FDA for failure to ban certain synthetic e-cigarettes

FDA appears to hold off on crackdown on synthetic nicotine products, despite calls from Congress

Here’s what Democrats changed in their latest drug pricing bill

In the search for an ARPA-H director, the White House is zeroing in on DARPA veterans

Democrats tweak their drug pricing plan in last-ditch effort to pass reforms

What we know — and what we may never know — about why the FDA banned Juul

The Biden administration wants to get tough on states’ abortion pill restrictions. It won’t be easy

Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade; states can ban abortion

Despite fanfare, the FDA’s step toward lowering nicotine levels in cigarettes is a very early one

New Senate proposal to lower insulin prices would let drugmakers lock in their current profits

Congress is closer than ever to formally authorizing ARPA-H. But the details aren’t as final as they seem

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