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The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies, chaired by Congressman Robert Aderholt (R-AL), held a hearing to discuss the critical need to strengthen public health systems and enhance the well-being of Americans. The hearing featured testimony from U.S. Department of Health and
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. testified before the House Committee on Appropriations and the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, facing questions on vaccines, HHS cuts, and other issues. Appearing before Congress for the first time since his confirmation hearings in late January, Kennedy fielded questions on his views on
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Senator Susan Collins questioned HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on the proposed cap on indirect costs for National Institutes of Health (NIH) funded research, as well as the impact of workforce reductions on laws such as the Building Our Largest Dementia (BOLD) Infrastructure for Alzheimer's Reauthorization Act,
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U.S. District Judge Irene Berger issued a preliminary injunction on Tuesday, directing the federal Department of Health and Human Services to restore services at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health's (NIOSH) Respiratory Health Division. The move comes as part of an ongoing class action lawsuit
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As the nomination of James O'Neill for Deputy Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) approaches the Senate Finance Committee's vote on Thursday, May 15, 2025, Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) has written to Mr. O'Neill, expressing concerns about his relationships with
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HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra, along with other senior leaders, hosted a roundtable with health care and consumer advocacy organizations to discuss how to educate consumers about the benefits of the Inflation Reduction Act, President Biden's historic lower cost prescription drug law. The participants discussed plans to raise awareness
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Legislation was introduced in the Senate by West Virginia Senator Shelley Moore Capito and Michigan Senator Gary Peters to reauthorize funding for the Youth Prevention and Recovery Initiative, a grant program that provides access to opioid addiction treatment for adolescents. The initiative, which was established as part of the Substance
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A groundbreaking study has found that nursing homes using a chlorhexidine bathing routine to clean the skin and nose with over-the-counter antiseptic solutions can prevent serious infections and reduce the amount of antibiotic-resistant organisms in the nursing home, such as methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). The study, published in the New
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) Epidemiology and Laboratory Capacity for Prevention and Control of Emerging Infectious Diseases (ELC) program provided strategic investments to health departments to reduce domestic infectious disease-related illnesses and death. As part of the American Rescue Plan (ARP), CDC provided $10 billion
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Fresh data on coronavirus have been presented in a new report detailing the role of the receptor tyrosine kinase Mer (Mertk) in regulating blood-brain barrier (BBB) integrity and angiogenesis. According to researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies, Mertk acts in vascular endothelial cells to tighten the BBB subsequent
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West Virginia Senator Shelley Moore Capito has announced funding from various federal departments and agencies to support health services, public safety, economic development, transportation, workforce development, logistics research, and environmental protection programs across the state. The funding includes $350,000 in HRSA funding for expanded mental health resources in schools,
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Researchers from Arizona State University have discovered a strategy to rescue dendritic cells from glycolysis inhibition, which improves cancer immunotherapy in mice. This breakthrough involves inhibiting glycolysis in cancer cells using PFK15, while simultaneously rescuing glycolysis in dendritic cells (DCs) using fructose-1,6-biphosphate (F16BP). The research, published in Nature Communications,
