by Shravya Pant | Oct 25, 2023 | Featured, Health & Science
WASHINGTON – The nomination for Dr. Monica Bertagnolli, Biden’s pick to lead the National Institutes of Health, cleared the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee on Wednesday despite Chairman Sen. Bernie Sanders’ (I-Vt.) opposition after several...
by Luis Castaneda | Oct 19, 2023 | Featured, Health & Science
WASHINGTON – Dr. Gerald W. Parker, chair of the National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity (NSABB), told House lawmakers on Wednesday that research laboratories worldwide handling dangerous pathogens continue to pose a credible threat in producing future...
by Shravya Pant | Oct 18, 2023 | Featured, Health & Science
WASHINGTON – Senators finally held a confirmation hearing on Wednesday for President Biden’s nominee to lead the National Institutes of Health, Dr. Monica Bertagnolli, for a position that has been vacant for nearly two years. Bertagnolli was nominated in May after...
by Julian Andreone | Oct 18, 2023 | Featured, Health & Science
WASHINGTON — Reform proposals targeting deceptive marketing practices that private insurance companies use against seniors and Americans with disabilities to turn profits appeared to receive broad bipartisan support from members of the Senate Committee on Finance in a...
by Luis Castaneda | Oct 17, 2023 | Featured, Health & Science
WASHINGTON — The Novavax COVID-19 vaccine is now available after receiving approval from the CDC and FDA last week. This year, the COVID-19 shots will be commercialized, selling on the market between $120-$130. 92.3% of Americans, according to the CDC, are currently...
by Shravya Pant | Oct 5, 2023 | Featured, Health & Science
SPRINGFIELD, Va. – The largest health care strike in U.S. history kicked off on Wednesday, with 180 Washington, Maryland and Virginia-area Kaiser Permanente pharmacists and optometrists joining the picket line outside Springfield Medical Center, only a fraction of the...
by Luis Castaneda | Oct 5, 2023 | Featured, Health & Science
WASHINGTON – The Biden administration announced Tuesday that all 10 drug manufacturers it selected for the Medicare Drug Price Negotiations Program have agreed to participate. The drugs selected for the negotiations range from blood thinners like Eliquis and Xarelto;...
by Cate Bikales | Sep 28, 2023 | Featured, Health & Science
WASHINGTON — A freshman congressman from the Nashville area became the latest lawmaker seeking to restrict abortion by introducing a bill on Thursday morning that would prohibit medical abortions and penalize the selling or distribution of abortion pills. Rep. Andy...
by Elleiana Green | Sep 27, 2023 | Featured, Health & Science
WASHINGTON — Fearing executive overreach, Republican lawmakers hammered the Assistant Secretary of Labor for the Occupational Safety and Health Administration about the agency’s new rules for excessive heat in the workplace on Wednesday. Lawmakers questioned Douglas...
by Avani Kalra | Apr 19, 2023 | Health & Science, Politics
Since the federal right to an abortion was overturned last year, 24 states have banned or severely restricted the right to terminate a pregnancy. Except in extremely rare circumstances, doctors are not able to perform or prescribe abortions to patients needing or...
by Ishmael Bonsu | Apr 18, 2023 | Health & Science, Topics
WASHINGTON – Former Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe testified before lawmakers on Tuesday and said the COVID-19 Chinese lab leak theory is the “only plausible explanation” and is backed by “our intelligence, by science, and by common...
by Ishmael Bonsu | Mar 23, 2023 | Health & Science
WASHINGTON – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) pressed Moderna CEO Stéphane Bancel on the company’s plan to increase the price of their COVID-19 vaccine to $130 per dose as sales shift to the commercial market in May when the Biden administration ends the national...
