From POLITICO Pulse to All on Friday, September 10, 2021 02:29:53
Two months after declaring America - and his presidency - independent at last from the coronavirus, Joe Biden is mired in the most difficult stretch of his term.
From POLITICO Pulse to All on Saturday, October 02, 2021 03:25:03
Days of shuttle diplomacy and legislative maneuvering have left Biden's domestic agenda in no better shape than when this latest flurry of activity first began.
From POLITICO Pulse to All on Thursday, October 07, 2021 03:09:54
The search for a new leader for the world's largest medical research agency creates another huge challenge while the White House plots the next phase of the pandemic response.
From POLITICO Pulse to All on Saturday, October 09, 2021 03:52:48
A majority of the public favors making Covid-19 vaccinations a condition of attending class for students 12 and older, the latest POLITICO-Harvard survey finds.
From POLITICO Pulse to All on Wednesday, October 13, 2021 03:23:46
Commercial labs may have to plug some of the gap, along with health professionals who can administer other types of tests, like point-of-care antigen tests that have quick turnarounds.
From POLITICO Pulse to All on Saturday, October 16, 2021 06:59:16
The White House will impose a blanket vaccination requirement for all non-U.S. citizens crossing land borders beginning in January, no matter their reason for entering the country.
From POLITICO Pulse to All on Saturday, October 16, 2021 06:59:16
The session follows just a few weeks after the FDA authorized Pfizer and BioNTech's booster amid a storm of controversy over the White House's cheerleading of the extra dose and the quality of the data underpinning it.
From POLITICO Pulse to All on Friday, October 22, 2021 03:52:56
The FDA authorized Covid-19 booster shots for Moderna and Johnson & Johnson vaccine recipients, while also clearing the way for a "mix-and-match" approach.
From POLITICO Pulse to All on Friday, October 29, 2021 03:30:08
Democrats are mired in an extended impasse over the fate of extending dental, vision and hearing benefits to traditional Medicare, with centrist Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) balking at further expanding a program he argues is headed toward insolvency.
From POLITICO Pulse to All on Saturday, October 30, 2021 03:34:57
Even in a deeply divided Washington where progress is increasingly measured in absolutes, there are times when two things can be true about a single piece of legislation. Democrats' $1.75 trillion spending bill is one of them.
From POLITICO Pulse to All on Tuesday, November 02, 2021 03:49:35
Democrats are zeroing in on a deal to lower prescription drug prices that the party hopes it could add to President Joe Biden's $1.75 trillion social spending bill as soon as today.
From POLITICO Pulse to All on Thursday, November 04, 2021 03:59:37
Democrats clinched an agreement on prescription drug prices but still need to smooth divides in caucus - and among activists - over whether the proposal goes far enough.
From POLITICO Pulse to All on Wednesday, November 10, 2021 04:05:50
Insurers could further complicate the situation by refusing to cover any testing costs - leaving employees and their employers to hash out who's responsible for what expenses.
From POLITICO Pulse to All on Friday, November 12, 2021 04:15:30
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid is providing extra funds to basic health programs in Minnesota and New York after a change in its formula for calculating payments.
From POLITICO Pulse to All on Thursday, November 18, 2021 04:50:49
The long-awaited legislative text is here, and its architects are jockeying to squeeze the sprawling medical research package into Congress' packed calendar.
From POLITICO Pulse to All on Saturday, November 20, 2021 04:01:54
The agency is poised to authorize boosters from both Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna for everyone over 18, in a surprise decision that reflects the administration's growing concern over the recent surge in Covid-19 cases.
From POLITICO Pulse to All on Tuesday, November 23, 2021 04:19:58
Federal regulators on Friday green-lit booster shots for American adults, opening the door to millions of new vaccine rounds - and the potential to clear up some booster confusion.
From POLITICO Pulse to All on Wednesday, November 24, 2021 04:25:36
Robert Califf made more than $2.7 million over the last year as a senior adviser to Alphabet-owned Verily Life Sciences, according to new financial documents.
From POLITICO Pulse to All on Thursday, November 25, 2021 04:50:17
A plot to speed Robert Califf's FDA nomination through the Senate next month fell apart after the Biden administration failed to submit the necessary paperwork to Congress in time.
From POLITICO Pulse to All on Friday, December 03, 2021 04:06:25
The White House is rolling out a new slate of initiatives aimed at ramping up Covid-19 vaccinations and slowing the virus' spread in a desperate bid to avoid a winter surge.
From POLITICO Pulse to All on Thursday, December 09, 2021 04:04:32
While the U.S. has so far donated more doses abroad than any other country, two recent incidents have raised questions about how administration officials are determining where those shots should go.
From POLITICO Pulse to All on Tuesday, December 14, 2021 04:31:26
While getting more Americans vaccinated (and boosted) is a top priority for the Biden administration, no one news event in 2021 seemed to move the needle substantially.
From POLITICO Pulse to All on Saturday, December 18, 2021 04:35:35
The FDA ruling will eliminate long-standing rules that abortion pills be physically handed out by a provider, adding a new dimension to the nation's broader showdown over reproductive rights.
From POLITICO Pulse to All on Tuesday, December 21, 2021 05:06:01
West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin's declaration Sunday that he can't support the current Build Back Better bill set off a firestorm of criticism from fellow lawmakers.
From POLITICO Pulse to All on Thursday, January 06, 2022 04:44:41
The White House is bracing for soaring rates of Omicron to swamp the nation, threatening to strain hospitals, complicate travel and disrupt swathes of the economy.
From POLITICO Pulse to All on Friday, January 07, 2022 04:49:41
"It is critical that we protect our children and teens from COVID-19 infection and the complications of severe disease," CDC Director Rochelle Walensky said.
From POLITICO Pulse to All on Thursday, January 13, 2022 08:18:33
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced Tuesday it plans to cover Aduhelm, a monoclonal antibody treatment for Alzheimer's disease, only if patients are enrolled in ongoing clinical trials cleared by CMS.
From POLITICO Pulse to All on Wednesday, January 19, 2022 04:49:40
A year into her tenure, Rochelle Walensky faces a growing challenge inside the agency she runs: how to stop Covid-19 before the scientists charged with fighting the virus wear out from exhaustion.
From POLITICO Pulse to All on Friday, January 21, 2022 05:01:36
"Some people may call what's happening now the new normal," Biden said during a lengthy press conference. "I call it the job not yet finished. It will get better."
From POLITICO Pulse to All on Tuesday, January 25, 2022 04:24:10
The country needs to rethink its Covid-19 response and rebuild its public health system, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Rochelle Walensky told POLITICO
From POLITICO Pulse to All on Thursday, January 27, 2022 04:35:20
Democrats trying to salvage parts of the Biden social spending agenda will find a limited number of issues that resonate with voters heading into the midterm elections.
From POLITICO Pulse to All on Saturday, January 29, 2022 04:46:40
Little is known about how the Biden administration decides when and where to send U.S. doses across the world. But now we know what the Trump administration had in mind.
From POLITICO Pulse to All on Tuesday, February 01, 2022 05:04:32
State leaders and health experts, struggling to keep pace with the Omicron variant, are reconsidering their Covid-19 strategy for kids - favoring fewer tests and contact traces.
From POLITICO Pulse to All on Wednesday, February 02, 2022 04:10:05
President Joe Biden on Wednesday will relaunch his longtime passion project that focuses on cancer prevention, screening and coordination, six people familiar with the project and internal discussion tell PULSE.
From POLITICO Pulse to All on Sunday, December 15, 2024 08:53:08
Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle want China to be less involved in medical supply chains. The health care industry says it needs more incentives to boost domestic production.
From POLITICO Pulse to All on Sunday, December 15, 2024 08:53:08
A hybrid Democratic PAC has poured millions into key House races this election cycle in a bid to double the number of doctors supporting abortion rights in Congress and give Democrats control of the House.
From POLITICO Pulse to All on Sunday, December 15, 2024 08:53:08
Medicare Advantage insurers are gearing up to convince lawmakers that the Biden administration's policies have been detrimental to older Americans enrolled in the privately run alternative to Medicare.
From POLITICO Pulse to All on Sunday, December 15, 2024 08:53:08
Anti-abortion groups plan to unveil a sprawling federal and state strategy today that would undermine the procedure's protections enacted by ballot measure in nearly a dozen states over the past two years.
From POLITICO Pulse to All on Sunday, December 15, 2024 08:53:08
President-elect Donald Trump has nominated anti-vaccine activist and environmental lawyer Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as the next HHS secretary, perhaps heralding a massive rethinking of the U.S. public health system.
From POLITICO Pulse to All on Sunday, December 15, 2024 08:53:08
Certain health care rules that the Biden administration finalized in its waning days could be targeted and killed by a Republican-controlled Congress and White House.
From POLITICO Pulse to All on Sunday, December 15, 2024 08:53:08
Mehmet Oz, the celebrity doctor and TV personality known as Dr. Oz, will be nominated by President-elect Donald Trump to run the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
From POLITICO Pulse to All on Sunday, December 15, 2024 08:53:08
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has pushed a number of views that would put him in the ranks of progressive Democrats. But progressives aren't lining up to support him as HHS secretary.
From POLITICO Pulse to All on Sunday, December 15, 2024 08:53:08
Legislation that would curtail Chinese biotechnology companies' ability to do business in the U.S. has significant bipartisan backing, but division among key GOP members is complicating its path forward.
From POLITICO Pulse to All on Sunday, December 15, 2024 08:53:08
Capitol Hill has its eye on California's new law that regulates how artificial intelligence is used by insurers in granting prior authorization for treatments.
From POLITICO Pulse to All on Sunday, December 15, 2024 08:53:08
The House is losing several health policy leaders after this Congress, and they'll likely want to make their mark in their last two months on Capitol Hill.
From POLITICO Pulse to All on Sunday, December 15, 2024 08:53:08
A flood of Biden administration regulatory actions could be forthcoming, though the incoming Congress or the Trump administration could overturn or discard them.
From POLITICO Pulse to All on Sunday, December 15, 2024 08:53:08
House Republicans are expected to vote this week on committee leadership for the new Congress, and those decisions will have significant ramifications for health care.
From POLITICO Pulse to All on Sunday, December 15, 2024 08:53:08
When asked whether his fourth Senate term would be his last, Sanders (I-Vt.) said: "I'm 83 now. I'll be 89 when I get out of here. You can do the figuring. I don't know, but I would assume, probably, yes."
From POLITICO Pulse to All on Sunday, December 15, 2024 08:53:08
Sen. Bill Cassidy - the incoming chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee - will soon have significant latitude over health policy with unified Republican control of Washington.
From POLITICO Pulse to All on Sunday, December 15, 2024 08:53:08
Vivek Ramaswamy, co-leader of President-elect Donald Trump's Department of Government Efficiency, is eyeing Medicare and Medicaid as potential sources to cut federal spending by trillions.
From POLITICO Pulse to All on Wednesday, January 08, 2025 04:19:41
Some Affordable Care Act exchange directors are preparing to quickly roll back health coverage that was recently extended to thousands of immigrants in their states.
From POLITICO Pulse to All on Thursday, January 09, 2025 04:26:08
Hospitals, CMS and advocacy groups are clashing over how well regulations intended to help patients shop around for health care and drive competition among hospitals are working heading into the Trump administration.
From POLITICO Pulse to All on Saturday, January 11, 2025 04:37:10
A Trump transition savant is helping to guide Robert F. Kennedy Jr. - President-elect Donald Trump's controversial pick to lead HHS - through the Senate confirmation process.
From POLITICO Pulse to All on Saturday, January 18, 2025 11:18:38
Groups representing employers that offer health insurance are gearing up to defend and try to bolster the largest source of health coverage for people under 65 in the U.S.
From POLITICO Pulse to All on Saturday, January 18, 2025 11:18:38
The latest anti-Robert F. Kennedy Jr. ads by a progressive nonprofit will target senators the group believes could cast the deciding vote in confirming Kennedy to lead HHS.
From POLITICO Pulse to All on Tuesday, January 21, 2025 04:08:12
President-elect Donald Trump could take action in two key areas: restricting foreign organizations receiving U.S. funding from providing or promoting abortion and withdrawing from the World Health Organization.
From POLITICO Pulse to All on Wednesday, January 22, 2025 05:15:08
In his inaugural address, President Donald Trump promised to reform the public health system and reverse actions taken against military members who declined to follow the Covid-19 vaccine mandate.
From POLITICO Pulse to All on Thursday, January 23, 2025 04:21:56
Former Vice President Mike Pence's group, Advancing American Freedom, is offering Senate Republicans new reasons to reject Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s confirmation to lead HHS.
From POLITICO Pulse to All on Friday, January 24, 2025 04:28:32
President Donald Trump's first moves on Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act signal his administration's willingness to make major changes to the government programs.
From POLITICO Pulse to All on Tuesday, January 28, 2025 04:55:40
Federal workers are facing fresh anxieties with President Donald Trump's first week of actions targeting agencies, including those that lead the federal government's health policies.
From POLITICO Pulse to All on Wednesday, January 29, 2025 04:02:01
President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw from the World Health Organization is the latest in a five-year grudge against Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.
From POLITICO Pulse to All on Thursday, January 30, 2025 04:07:32
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will face his first vetting by lawmakers this morning when Senate Finance Committee members are sure to ask about his past comments on vaccines, federal health agency reform and abortion.
From POLITICO Pulse to All on Friday, January 31, 2025 04:11:09
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Donald Trump's choice to lead HHS, appears before a key Senate health committee stacked with lawmakers who could cast the deciding vote for or against him.
From POLITICO Pulse to All on Tuesday, February 04, 2025 04:34:57
The Senate Finance Committee will vote Tuesday on the recommendation of Kennedy's confirmation to lead federal health agencies, the committee announced Sunday.
From POLITICO Pulse to All on Thursday, February 06, 2025 04:35:46
After a nail-biting vote from the Senate Finance Committee on Tuesday, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is one step closer to becoming secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services.
From POLITICO Pulse to All on Tuesday, February 11, 2025 04:54:19
Staffers of a government effort to cut federal spending have been targeting HHS programs over the past few days - and are poised to target more of the agency's programs.
From POLITICO Pulse to All on Saturday, February 15, 2025 11:21:16
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was sworn in to lead the Department of Health and Human Services on Thursday, and his plans for the agency could make Elon Musk's budget-cutting spree look small in comparison.
From POLITICO Pulse to All on Thursday, February 20, 2025 04:42:08
President Donald Trump's executive order to expand access to in vitro fertilization doesn't immediately change any policy, but the move still angered some anti-abortion activists.
From POLITICO Pulse to All on Friday, February 21, 2025 04:46:21
Hours after pledging that the safety net program "isn't going to be touched," Trump surprised some of his own staff Wednesday when he endorsed a House budget that would gut Medicaid.
From POLITICO Pulse to All on Wednesday, February 26, 2025 04:53:16
D.C.-based law firms that specialize in federal employment law say they have gotten thousands of requests from fired federal workers, including those in health care agencies, for legal help to get their jobs back.
From POLITICO Pulse to All on Thursday, February 27, 2025 04:56:46
House Republicans advanced their budget framework for President Donald Trump's sweeping domestic policy agenda late Tuesday, a key step toward advancing GOP plans to make deep cuts to Medicaid.
From POLITICO Pulse to All on Friday, February 28, 2025 05:00:16
CDC staff cuts by the Trump administration eliminated several employees responsible for improving lab safety and testing for health threats - including mpox and H5N1 bird flu.
From POLITICO Pulse to All on Saturday, March 01, 2025 04:03:56
Republicans in Congress are looking to Medicaid to help finance their sweeping party-line bill driving President Donald Trump's agenda - a perpetually thorny endeavor.
From POLITICO Pulse to All on Wednesday, March 05, 2025 04:17:56
Mass firings across federal health agencies have racked workers who've held onto their jobs at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, an agency official who retired last week told Kelly.
From POLITICO Pulse to All on Thursday, March 06, 2025 04:21:23
During his confirmation hearing before the Senate HELP Committee this morning, Dr. Jay Bhattacharya will try to convince senators to confirm him to lead the NIH.
From POLITICO Pulse to All on Friday, March 07, 2025 04:24:58
If confirmed to lead the Food and Drug Administration, will Dr. Marty Makary carry out Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s plans to disrupt the medical establishment, or would he be a check on it?
From POLITICO Pulse to All on Tuesday, March 11, 2025 03:39:19
Two of President Donald Trump's choices to lead major health agencies will face Senate confirmation this week, while two others will be voted on by key Senate committees.
From POLITICO Pulse to All on Wednesday, March 19, 2025 03:16:05
Former GOP Rep. Larry Bucshon, who retired from Congress in January, is cautioning his Republican colleagues that cutting Medicaid could be politically perilous.
From POLITICO Pulse to All on Thursday, March 20, 2025 03:19:42
Democrats in several states have introduced bills to strengthen protections for abortion clinics in light of recent moves by the Trump administration to roll back enforcement.
From POLITICO Pulse to All on Friday, March 21, 2025 03:23:31
The governing body that oversees Maine's school sports is rebuffing efforts by HHS' Office for Civil Rights to penalize it for policies allowing transgender girls to play on women's teams.
From POLITICO Pulse to All on Friday, March 28, 2025 03:11:04
Patient advocacy groups and health care workers are ramping up pressure on Republican lawmakers to steer clear of massive cuts to Medicaid that GOP leadership is proposing.
From POLITICO Pulse to All on Wednesday, April 02, 2025 03:49:48
Control of the Wisconsin Supreme Court is up for grabs today, and the outcome could dictate whether women in the swing state continue to have access to abortion.
From POLITICO Pulse to All on Thursday, April 03, 2025 03:24:17
Thousands of federal workers are out of a job after reduction-in-force notices were sent across HHS on Tuesday, sparking frustration and fear across the health care industry.
From POLITICO Pulse to All on Tuesday, April 08, 2025 02:54:36
President Donald Trump wants to move a crucial program for children with disabilities into the Department of Health and Human Services. Special education advocates and Democrats warn that his plan is illegal.
From POLITICO Pulse to All on Wednesday, April 09, 2025 02:29:03
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is in Phoenix today as part of the second stop on his "Make America Healthy Again" tour promoting his agenda on healthy eating and reducing chronic diseases.
From POLITICO Pulse to All on Thursday, April 10, 2025 02:03:40
State health officials are scrambling to avoid millions of people losing health coverage before federal funding for Obamacare expires at the end of the year, Kelly reports.
From POLITICO Pulse to All on Saturday, April 12, 2025 02:15:29
House Republicans have passed a budget resolution that paves the way for President Donald Trump's "big, beautiful bill" - and for GOP lawmakers to propose Medicaid savings to the tune of $880 billion.
From POLITICO Pulse to All on Thursday, April 17, 2025 02:35:34
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s MAHA tour visited Indiana, where he heralded the latest governor to tout his love of healthy food and clean living.
From POLITICO Pulse to All on Friday, April 25, 2025 02:17:24
Big Pharma, long a lobbying powerhouse in Washington, is struggling to settle on a strategy for defending itself against President Donald Trump's Republican Party.
From POLITICO Pulse to All on Wednesday, April 30, 2025 02:34:08
Today marks 100 days since President Donald Trump took office - a period for the health care world that's been distinguished by the mass upheaval of the nation's health agencies and a reshaping of key policies.
From POLITICO Pulse to All on Thursday, May 01, 2025 02:37:29
A federal civil rights office inside HHS has shifted its focus from investigating cybersecurity breaches and protecting patient privacy to enforcing bans on diversity, equity and inclusion programs and transgender health care.
From POLITICO Pulse to All on Thursday, May 08, 2025 02:31:37
The continued spread of measles throughout the country isn't stopping some states from trying to make it easier for parents to skirt school vaccine requirements for their children.