Peter Wehrwein, Managing Editor

Major Medicaid cuts may be overshadowing work requirements, but they remain a priority for Republicans. Work requirements are “bad health policy,” says Leanne Berge, J.D., CEO of the Community Health Plan of Washington, although they would not have as great an impact as the cuts that have been under discussion.

Six takeaways from a recent review about the brain-related comorbidities of Duchenne muscular dystrophy

Medicaid is a needs-based program, but the misconception that it is a program solely for poor people has made it a target for large federal budget cuts, says Leanne Berge, CEO of a not-for-profit health plan in Washington state.

But major cuts to federal for Medicaid are a likely outcome of the $1.5-$2 trillion in spending cuts over the next 10 years that the Republican-backed budget resolution calls for.

Unlike some other spending cuts, Medicaid cuts will have direct impact on people who voted for Republicans in November 2024, according to Leanne Berge, health plan leader

The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) that makes recommendations to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had been scheduled to meet next week.

Several weeks after reporting positive results for nerandomilast for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, Boehringer Ingelheim reported positive results from a similar phase 3 trial assessing its PDE4B inhibitor as a treatment for progressive pulmonary fibrosis.

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Vaccines are not mentioned in the order but there are references to overmedication of children and undue industry influence.

Those voting to support Robert F. Kennedy Jr as Secretary of HHS include Louisiana Republican Sen. Bill Cassidy. Mitch McConnell, a Republican from Kentucky, however, voted no.

The second part of our conversation with Craig Burton, MBA, executive director of the Biosimilars Council, a trade and lobbying group for the biosimilars industry.

We spoke recently with Craig Burton, MBA, executive director of the Biosimilars Council, a trade and lobbying group for the biosimilars industry.

Changing the narrative about health insurance.

Two-thirds of high severity likely due to upcoding, according to a RAND study of hospitalizations in five states.

PEPFAR, the main U.S.-funded global AIDS program was given a waiver from the foreign aid freeze, but there is still uncertainty and interruptions, partly because many PEPFAR programs are implemented through USAID, which has been largely shutdown by the news administration.

The quality-adjusted life years has shown staying power in cost-effectiveness calculations, but some say it has major flaws and have proposed alternatives.

The Louisiana Republican, who led a hepatitis B vaccination campaign before entering politics, has expressed concerns about Robert F. Kennedy Jr's views on vaccines.

The majority are in the very early preclinical stage of development, but applications for regulatory approval have been submitted for 11 gene therapies worldwide, and 35 are in phase 3 trials, according to report delineating the gene therapy development landscape.

The nominee for HHS secretary hedged this answers to questions about vaccine safety and efficacy at his second confirmation hearing today.

After several days of worry that the global AIDS program might come to abrupt end, Secretary of State Marco Rubio issued a humanitarian waiver that appears to have restored funding.

At today's confirmation hearing, Democratic senators were skeptical of the HHS Secretary nominee Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s claim that he is now pro-vaccine.

In 2021 book attacking Anthony Fauci, M.D., Robert F. Kennedy Jr. casts doubt on HIV being the sole cause of AIDS and presents arguments made by "HIV deniers" that believe it is bystander in the immunosuppression that characterizes AIDS.

The survey also showed that high drug costs and artificial intelligence are topmost among the respondent’s concerns.

As with PTSD, people develop acute stress disorder after exposure to traumatic events. The key difference in the diagnostic criteria is how long has the person been experiencing symptoms.

The company promoted an insider to take the helm at UnitedHealthcare, its insurance business.

Using a single PBM as the sole distribution channel is unprecedented.

The president also promises to end the chronic disease epidemic and make two genders U.S. policy.

Five-year survival rates improved greatly because of immunotherapy and other advances, according to the American Cancer Society's annual report on cancer incidence and mortality. But there is a wide gap between how well White patients fare compared to Black patients.

Will the Stelara biosimilars be a reprise of the Humira biosimilars in 2023 and be slow to catch on?

The report also discusses the spurt of Stelera biosimilar approvals in late 2024.