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White House to spend $10 billion to bolster vaccine effort

Health Politics Loading the player… The White House announced Thursday that it is dedicating another $ 10 billion to try to drive up vaccination rates in low-income, minority and rural enclaves throughout the country. The effort, which is funded through the $ 1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package passed earlier this month, will include $ 6 billion in… Read More »

Longtime Health Advocate Donna Shalala Loses House Reelection Race

Use Our Content This story can be republished for free (details). Rep. Donna E. Shalala of Florida, the first-term Democratic member of Congress and former Health and Human Services secretary in the Clinton administration, lost her campaign for reelection Tuesday. Shalala’s loss to Maria Elvira Salazar — a Republican and former television journalist who compared… Read More »

Pelosi gives White House 48 hours to reach coronavirus stimulus deal before election

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has called on the Trump administration to reconcile remaining disputes on coronavirus stimulus legislation within 48 hours as lawmakers attempt to pass a bill before the 2020 election. Pelosi set the 48-hour deadline on negotiations after speaking with Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Saturday night for more than an hour. They agreed… Read More »

White House physician clarifies timeline on Trump’s coronavirus progress after confusion

White House physician Dr. Sean Conley clarified President Trump’s coronavirus timeline after media confusion on Saturday. Conley’s timeline of Trump’s diagnosis and treatment during a press conference on Saturday morning had some confused, as he said at around 11:45 a.m. that the president was 72 hours into his diagnosis. He clarified that Trump was tested… Read More »

Watch live: Pharma executives testify at House hearing on drug pricing

[embedded content] [The stream is slated to start at 10 a.m. ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see a player above at that time.] The U.S. House of Representatives Oversight and Reform Committee is holding a hearing Wednesday with current and former executives of three major drug companies on the high cost… Read More »

House panel to hold hearing on VA delay of first EHR go-live

The chair of the House subcommittee charged with legislative oversight of the VA’s Cerner electronic health record implementation is concerned about the agency’s decision to delay the EHR’s initial go-live. “I’m concerned that as we’ve moved closer to the go-live date, we have been told repeatedly that there were no showstoppers in the implementation, that… Read More »

Polls show Democrats favored on healthcare in three Florida House races

Voters in three close House races in Florida approve of a Democrat handling healthcare more than the GOP incumbent, results that a pro-Obamacare group hopes gives Democrats a boost in the upcoming midterm elections. Democratic polling firm Public Policy Polling released three polls on Friday conducted on behalf of the pro-Obamacare group Protect Our Care.… Read More »