Policy · 119th Congress
The whoppers of 2025
On Nov. 1, 2024, just before the election, the BLS report showed growth of just 12,000 jobs in October and downward revisions for the prior two months.↵↵Signalgate: Not "total exoneration."
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Policy · 119th Congress
Lawyers say new CDC policy may violate federal disability law
short-term situations allowing for up to 80 hours, or two weeks, of telework, Pamela Protzel Berman, deputy director for the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, told her staff in a Dec. 1
Health · 119th Congress
Cassidy suggests HHS is anti-science ahead of hepatitis B meeting
Roger Marshall, R-Kan., who's also a physician, said while he's "grateful for the vaccine," he harbors concerns about giving it to 1-day-old babies and worries it could impact their immune systems negatively
Policy · 118th Congress
Biden mixes doable, aspirational health messages in speech
“There are millions of other Americans who are not on Medicare, including 200,000 young people with Type 1 diabetes who need insulin to stay alive,” Biden said to applause from Democrats and a few
Policy · 118th Congress
US tells Supreme Court that health policy will change border case
Oral argument is scheduled for March 1, and a decision would be expected by the conclusion of the term at the end of June.
Policy · 117th Congress
Post-pandemic, CDC faces ‘uphill battle’ for backing in new Congress
The U.S. reported its first case of mpox on May 17 and the agency had its vaccination strategy in place by June 28, but it took until Sept. 1 for the agency to access data on how the vaccination had been
Policy · 117th Congress
Older adults face Medicare hurdles for substance use treatment
At least 2 percent of Medicare beneficiaries 65 or older — about 1 million people — had a past-year alcohol or drug use disorder between 2015 and 2019, according to a study published in the American
Policy · 117th Congress
Pediatricians beg for more federal help to fight wave of RSV
Just 1 percent of all hospitals receive funding from the program, but they train roughly half of all pediatric residents and fellows, according to data from the Children’s Hospital Association.
Policy · 117th Congress
As hepatitis C proliferates, states lift barriers to treatment
Alabama removes requirement Alabama removed its sobriety requirement to qualify for the antiviral drugs as of Oct. 1, four months after advocates issued a complaint to the Justice Department’s civil
Policy · 117th Congress
Top CDC official says Title 42 border policy ‘came from outside’
Border agents logged more than 1 million Title 42 expulsions at the southwest border from October 2021 through August, according to the latest data published by Customs and Border Protection.
Policy · 117th Congress
CDC advisers back use of updated COVID-19 vaccine boosters
In two separate 13-1 votes, the CDC Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices recommended both vaccines, sending the recommendations to CDC Director Rochelle Walensky for her endorsement.
Policy · 117th Congress
FDA greenlights new COVID-19 booster despite limited data
Both Australia and Switzerland authorized Moderna’s BA.1 shot this week.
Policy · 117th Congress
Federal officials hopeful about monkeypox trajectory
Nearly 1 in 5 respondents said they had received at least one dose of the monkeypox vaccine, with uptake highest among Hispanic or Latino men, at 27.1 percent.
Policy · 117th Congress
Panel urges expanded free school meals ahead of hunger summit
The CDC says 88 million adults, more than 1 in 3, have pre-diabetes, and more than 8 in 10 of them don’t know they have it.
Congress · 117th Congress
Thune breaks through Democratic bloc on ‘vote-a-rama’ amendments
James Lankford, R-Okla., offered an amendment to provide $1 million for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to continue to implement Title 42 until 120 days after the termination of the COVID
Congress · 117th Congress
Lobbying ramps up around new health agency headquarters
Congress officially enacted ARPA-H with $1 billion in the fiscal 2022 omnibus spending package, but competing bills in the House and Senate would fill in the details of how the agency would operate, how
Policy · 117th Congress
EPA sets stricter advisories for ‘forever chemicals’ in water
The EPA announced it was making $1 billion available in grants to help communities address PFAS contamination.
Congress · 117th Congress
Mental health becomes focal point of Senate gun framework
than perpetrators While about 8 percent of people who perpetrate mass shootings have a history of lifetime psychotic symptoms, according to a 2021 study, deaths from such shootings make up less than 1
Policy · 117th Congress
Access, hesitancy loom over COVID-19 vaccine rollout for toddlers
But even so, less than 1 in 5 parents of kids under 5 plan to vaccinate their child right away, according to May polling from the Kaiser Family Foundation.
Policy · 117th Congress
Doctors, advocates worry end of Roe v. Wade could endanger infertility treatment
There are an estimated 1 million frozen embryos in the U.S., according to The National Embryo Donation Center in Knoxville, Tenn. ‘Scared’ Since a draft decision in the case Dobbs vs.