December 15, 2025 | 5:00 AM
Pennsylvania restricts weight-loss drugs for Medicaid patients amid budget woes
The change will save hundreds of millions of dollars, the Shapiro administration estimates.
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December 3, 2022 | 8:32 AM
Mpox will not be renewed as a public health emergency next year
Mpox cases fell steadily over the past months to an average of seven cases by the end of November
March 9, 2021 | 5:46 PM
Lawsuit argues ‘ticking time bomb’ could invalidate thousands of health rules
Thousands of health regulations could disappear without warning because of the Trump administration’s Securing Updated and Necessary Statutory Evaluations Timely or SUNSET rule, finalized the day before President Biden’s inauguration.
February 17, 2021 | 3:08 PM
White House announces expanded COVID-19 testing, manufacturing and virus sequencing
The administration says there will only be a few million doses of Johnson & Johnson’s vaccine available to distribute right away, assuming the company gets FDA authorization in the next few weeks.
December 11, 2020 | 8:01 AM
House oversight committee Chair: Testimony points to political interference at CDC
A new kerfuffle is unfolding in a House oversight committee with the Democratic chair accusing White House appointees of political meddling and attempting to influence the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention strategies on the coronavirus pandemic in a manner that paints the administration in a more favorable light.
December 9, 2020 | 7:47 AM
Trump team proposes a rule that could stall Biden’s health care agenda
The move — widely seen as a political ploy by HHS — met a fierce backlash from consumer advocates and health providers who fear it would hamstring federal health officials in the Biden administration, just as they're seeking to control the COVID-19 pandemic, which has killed more than 280,000 Americans.
December 7, 2020 | 5:37 AM
President-elect Biden picks California Attorney General Xavier Becerra for top health post
Becerra, 62, would take the helm at the massive agency in the midst of the most challenging public health crisis in a century. The coronavirus has killed more than 280,000 Americans, and nearly fifteen million people in the country have been diagnosed with COVID-19.
November 16, 2020 | 5:14 PM
Rapid testing is less accurate than the government wants to admit
Rapid antigen testing is a mess. The federal government pushed it out without a plan, and then spent weeks denying problems with false positives.
