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Republicans divided on controversial drug importation championed by Trump and now Biden

The Republican Party has long been divided in allowing the importation of cheaper prescription drugs from Canada, a policy proposal President Joe Biden revived in a sweeping executive order after the Trump administration’s similar efforts fizzled in 2020. BIDEN AIMS FOR CANADIAN PRESCRIPTION IMPORTS IN NEW DRUG PRICE EXECUTIVE ORDER Biden directed the Food and… Read More »

Trump knew testing Covid-19 vaccines would take months, Woodward book shows

Trump also suggests that’s why he initially pushed so hard for the use of the malaria drug hydroxychloroquine, because the malaria drug had already been tested and approved for other uses. “Well, we’re doing great on vaccines,” Woodward quotes Trump as saying in his latest book, “Rage.” “The problem with a vaccine is a vaccine… Read More »

Trump Ethics Panel Urges Rejection of Fetal Tissue Research

WASHINGTON — A new federal ethics advisory board created to evaluate scientific research involving fetal tissue has advised the Trump administration to reject funding for nearly every proposal it considered — a de facto government ban on the work. In a report issued on Tuesday, the Human Fetal Tissue Research Ethics Advisory Board, established in… Read More »

CMS proposes telehealth changes under Trump executive order

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has started implementing the proposed rules needed to fulfill President Trump’s executive order on Monday to make temporary telehealth services permanent, especially for rural areas. As directed by Trump’s order “Improving Rural and Telehealth Access,” CMS said it is taking steps to extend the availability of certain telemedicine… Read More »

Trump pushes to reopen schools, says closures will probably cause ‘more death’

President Donald Trump on Thursday continued his push for schools to reopen as fall approaches regardless of the state of the U.S. coronavirus outbreak, adding that keeping schools closed “is causing death also.”  Trump called on Democrats to work with Republicans to pass the latest coronavirus relief bill, which currently includes $ 105 billion to help… Read More »

Trump looks to replace HHS watchdog who identified crucial hospital supply shortages

President Donald Trump speaks on protecting Americas seniors from the COVID-19 pandemic in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC on April 30, 2020. Mandel Ngan | AFP | Getty Images The White House has moved to oust an inspector general at the Department of Health and Human Services weeks after the… Read More »

Former Trump Staffer Jason Miller Denies Accusations of Sneaking an Abortion Pill into Pregnant Lover's Smoothie

Getty ImagesEDUARDO MUNOZ ALVAREZ Two former Trump staffers’ court battle just took quite the turn. The Trump campaign members in question, Jason Miller and A.J. Delgado, had an extramarital affair and have been in a custody battle over their child. Earlier this month Delgado’s legal team filed a request for Miller to take a psychological… Read More »