Category: Health

Nearly 200 nations faced a Monday deadline to file what the United Nations’ climate chief calls “among the most important policy documents governments will produce this century” — their plans on how they will cut emissions of heat-trapping gases. Most won’t make the deadline. The U.N. says that’s OK as long as they are working […]

GeneDx has a big market in mind for its genetic testing: every newborn baby. The 24-year-old-company wants to make the testing common at birth. The goal: Identify potential diseases or conditions so doctors can begin treating them before symptoms appear in some cases. GeneDx specializes in whole genome sequencing. That involves looking at about 20,000 […]

strike by nearly 5,000 healthcare workers from Providence Health in Oregon reaches the 3-week mark, representatives from the Oregon Nurses Association (ONA) union, which is representing the workers, and the health system are in mediation at the request of Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek (D). Even several members of Oregon’s Congressional delegation have called on the […]

MedPage Today story. Employees at HHS and its various sub-agencies are struggling to figure out how to implement President Donald Trump’s executive order requiring them to report in-person to their work sites full-time, and how the changes will affect them. An Early Executive Order The in-person work requirement was outlined in an executive order signed […]

said he received numerous pledges from Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and the Trump administration to protect medicine and science — particularly regarding vaccines — that clinched his support for the HHS secretary nominee. Cassidy said Kennedy and the administration promised an “unprecedentedly close collaborative working relationship” that includes the two of them meeting or speaking […]

dropped their case against Eithan Haim, MD, who had been accused of leaking the records of young patients who sought gender-affirming care at Texas Children’s Hospital. (The Texas Tribune) The family of a woman who was found dead on the rooftop of an Illinois hospital has filed a wrongful death suit. State health officials and […]

MedPage Today story. Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s statements before the Senate Finance Committee on Wednesday revealed a concerning lack of knowledge about the major health programs he’d oversee, should he be confirmed as HHS secretary. On several occasions during the 3.5-hour hearing, Kennedy seemed to conflate Medicare, Medicaid, and Medicare Advantage, and appeared to mistakenly […]

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