Summaries of health policy coverage from major news organizations Wednesday, Apr 29 2026 9:06 AM Full Issue But NBC News reports that hospital CEOs pushed back during the House hearing Tuesday, saying high costs were a product of factors including low reimbursement rates and their obligation to treat sicker and sometimes uninsured patients. Meanwhile, a…
Summaries of health policy coverage from major news organizations Wednesday, Apr 29 2026 9:06 AM Full Issue FDA staff have expressed concerns about the use of camizestrant to treat metastatic breast cancer and capivasertib for patients with metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer. The Oncologic Drugs Advisory Committee will vote on these two drug applications Thursday. MedPage…
The Hill: CDC Warns Of Drug-Resistant Salmonella Cases In 13 States The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is warning of more than two dozen cases of possibly drug-resistant salmonella cases across 13 states. In an update last week, the CDC said all 34 people — several of whom are children— have the same strain…
Summaries of health policy coverage from major news organizations Wednesday, Apr 29 2026 9:06 AM Full Issue The jury attributed 88% of the fault to the University of Kansas Hospital Authority and 12% of the fault to LivaNova USA Inc., the medtech company that manufactured the device that was used in Stephen Nolte’s heart surgery…
Summaries of health policy coverage from major news organizations Tuesday, Apr 28 2026 Full Issue The federal government has paid to supply the test strips, which also check for other contaminants, to states since 2021, but the Trump administration now contends that harm-reduction measures encourage drug use, The New York Times reports. Experts assert that…
Fierce Healthcare: Doctors’ Liability Premiums Rise For 7th Straight Year Physicians’ medical liability insurance premiums rose for the seventh consecutive year in 2025, a first for the field since 2005, and at the second-highest rate since that same year, according to a new American Medical Association analysis. Among responses to an annual survey of leading…
Summaries of health policy coverage from major news organizations Tuesday, Apr 28 2026 Full Issue On Friday, Natrona County District Judge Dan Forgey granted a temporary restraining order against a new state law banning abortion after embryonic cardiac activity can be detected. Forgey claimed it was likely to be overturned on the grounds that it…
Summaries of health policy coverage from major news organizations Tuesday, Apr 28 2026 Full Issue At least three pharma firms — Novartis, Amgen, and Eli Lilly — say they’re closer to unraveling the mystery of lipoprotein(a), which is a more dangerous cousin to LDL cholesterol. Diet and exercise don’t influence lp(a) levels, CNBC reported, and…
Durante meses, un clima de mucho miedo se ha instalado en la comunidad inmigrante de San Bernardino, California. Esto ha hecho más difícil el trabajo de María González como promotora de salud en esta ciudad donde casi una cuarta parte de los habitantes nació en el extranjero. La situación comenzó a agravarse durante el verano,…
Samantha Liss Millones de personas que soliciten Medicaid en los próximos años tendrán que demostrar que han estado trabajando, estudiando o haciendo voluntariado durante al menos un mes antes de poder obtener o conservar este seguro de salud federal que gerencian los estados. Pero legisladores republicanos en algunos estados creen que las nuevas reglas —parte…