Read the post The Push to Increase Pediatric Research and Greater Diversity in Cancer Treatment Trials February 07, 2023 Advancements in cancer treatment and drug trials have improved survival rates. But children and...
Read the post As the Next Round of COVID Boosters Become Widely Available and Flu Season Begins, What Do We Know about Adult Vaccination Rates? October 19, 2022 With new COVID-19 boosters rolling out and flu season just around the corner, vaccinations are top...
Read the post Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities—Before and During the Pandemic September 28, 2021 News headlines during the pandemic have highlighted the disproportionate effect of COVID-19 across...
Read the post GAO’s review of the federal response to COVID-19 June 25, 2020 Facing unprecedented national public health and economic crises caused by the COVID-19 pandemic...
Read the post COVID-19 Potential Impact on Prisons’ Populations and Health Care Costs May 13, 2020 Recent reports of COVID-19 (coronavirus) outbreaks in prisons have raised concerns about health...
Read the post The Reward and Risk of Expediting COVID-19 Testing and Vaccine Development May 28, 2020 U.S. scientists are working quickly to develop new tests and vaccines to identify and combat COVID...
Read the post Protecting Nursing Home Residents from Infections like COVID-19 May 21, 2020 Recent COVID-19 related deaths at nursing homes have raised concerns about the health and safety of...
Read the post As COVID-19 aid arrives, be on the lookout for scams May 07, 2020 [Correction—This blog has been corrected to indicate that FDA has approved a home test collection...
Read the post CRISPR: A Technology That Could Help In the Fight Against COVID-19 April 23, 2020 As work continues around the globe to diagnose and treat patients with COVID-19 (coronavirus), today...
Read the post What is the Defense Production Act, and how is it being used in response to COVID-19? April 07, 2020 On March 27, the administration announced it would use the Defense Production Act in response to...
Read the post A Walk on the Sweet Side February 14, 2020 Love is a complicated concept. Artists, poets, and everyone else have struggled forever trying to...
Read the post The Importance of Good Oversight for Medicaid December 10, 2019 Medicaid plays an important role in providing health care coverage for low-income, medically needy...