💊🏛️ @NBCNews Medical Reporter covering FDA, drug pricing and health care
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Dr. Heidi Overton, President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Food and Drug Administration, repeatedly sidestepped questions about the abortion pill, vaccines and fruit-flavored vapes during her Senate confirmation hearing Thursday.
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BREAKING: The FDA approves Moderna's mRNA flu shot nbcnews.com/health/health-ne…
The draft agenda for this week’s FDA peptide meeting is up. Votes are scheduled on two peptides in the morning and two in the afternoon during the first day. One peptide on the final afternoon.
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Taylor Farms continues to be the subject of a Food and Drug Administration investigation into the growing cyclosporiasis outbreak, despite a false-positive test result, the agency said Monday.
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As ACA Marketplace premiums continue to rise, more people are struggling to afford health coverage after enhanced premium tax credits expired. Watch @NBCNews @BerkeleyJr explain the growing affordability challenges, featuring CBPP data: youtu.be/KthkxUfhW-c?si=pCtD…
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NEW: Montana began implementing Medicaid work requirements this month. Cancer advocacy groups say concerns have been building for months as they’ve sought clear answers from officials about how the state would ensure vulnerable patients keep coverage.
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NEW: Montana began implementing Medicaid work requirements this month. Cancer advocacy groups say concerns have been building for months as they’ve sought clear answers from officials about how the state would ensure vulnerable patients keep coverage.
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NEW - Starting Wednesday, people on Medicare will be able to get weight loss drugs, including Wegovy and Zepbound, for $50 a month. But patients hoping for quick or permanent access to the drugs may be disappointed.
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New: The number of people enrolled in Medicaid and Affordable Care Act plans fell by more than 5 million in the last 12 months, according to a new report from the advocacy group Protect Our Care.
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NEW: ARMR Sciences’ experimental vaccine aimed at preventing fentanyl overdoses showed promise in an early-stage clinical trial. It’s the first fentanyl vaccine to be tested in humans.
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NEW: As nicotine pouches like Zyn surge in popularity, manufacturers are introducing increasingly potent products, raising concerns among some public health experts and anti-tobacco advocates about addiction and other health risks.
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Nothing was certain when I came to California to start KFF with little more than an idea. Now 37 years later, @KFF is at the height of its effectiveness, and I have the perfect opportunity, thanks to our board, to hand over leadership to Larry Levitt and Molly Brodie next year.
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Scoop: Democratic think tank @SearchlightInst is pushing the party to embrace a new idea: Free primary care for all Americans.
The group wants Dems to rethink their approach to health care and break out of the M4A vs ACA rut. They’re unimpressed with CAP’s proposal and warn that Dems need to have a vision beyond opposing Trump and restoring expired subsidies.
“This is still our best issue, but we have not been on offense in a way that’s capturing people’s imaginations and getting them excited,” says @AJentleson. “We don’t need to be on defense or just advocating for incremental reforms.”
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Hospital CEOs came under criticism at a House hearing, with lawmakers accusing them of overcharging patients and exploiting the system. nbcnews.com/health/health-ne…
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New tidbit from @FDA press conference on real-time trials: Mallika Mundkur is now acting chief medical and scientific officer -- two hats previously worn by outgoing CBER Director Vinay Prasad.
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Most Alzheimer’s blood tests work by measuring levels of proteins that build up in the brain and are thought to play key roles in the disease. But it’s still an ongoing debate how well the tests can predict who will go on to develop Alzheimer’s disease, doctors say. nbcnews.com/health/health-ne…
NEW - The FDA approved Regeneron’s Otarmeni, the first gene therapy for genetic hearing loss.
The drugmaker said it will offer the drug for **free** to U.S. patients.
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Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., clashed with Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. during a Senate hearing Wednesday afternoon, criticizing the secretary over his vaccine policy and abortion medications and debunking a scientific study.
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NEW - New rules approved by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. could blunt the impact of a federal judge’s order freezing the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s vaccine advisory committee and putting many of its decisions on hold, experts say.
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New: the nation’s top drug lobbyist is stepping down.
STEVE UBL is moving on from PhRMA after a decade-plus, he told The Post in an interview.
Ubl's organization has been battling with Trump on his drug-price plans.
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