by Jordana Choucair | Feb 6, 2023 | Mental Health
Governors in at least a dozen states—including California, Ohio, South Carolina. and Georgia—are pushing for more money for mental health. The budget proposals seek to address the nationwide scarcity of mental health workers, the mental health needs in schools, and...
by Jordana Choucair | Feb 6, 2023 | Providers
A new report found that only 24.5 percent of the 2,000 hospitals studied were fully compliant with the federal Hospital Price Transparency Rule. Though the majority of hospitals have posted files, 75.5 percent of hospitals were deemed noncompliant because their files...
by Jordana Choucair | Feb 6, 2023 | Public Health/Prevention
The House plans to vote this week on a bill that would terminate the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) mandate for most foreign travelers to show proof of COVID-19 vaccination. In June, the Biden administration ended its policy that people...
by Jordana Choucair | Feb 6, 2023 | Public Health/Prevention
The Biden administration proposed new, more rigorous standards for school meal that would limit sugar, increase whole grains, and lower sodium. Previously, there was no federal standard for how much sugar could be included in school meals. Agriculture Secretary Tom...
by Jordana Choucair | Feb 3, 2023 | Life Sciences
The Biden administration unveiled new partnerships directed at cancer care and prevention. The 13 initiatives, announced on the anniversary of the revived Cancer Moonshot, are part of the White House’s overarching effort to reduce cancer death rates and improve...
by Jordana Choucair | Feb 3, 2023 | Opioid/Substance Use Disorders
A bipartisan group of lawmakers urged President Biden to reinstate the Office of National Drug Control Policy’s director to a cabinet-level position to help improve the administration’s efforts addressing the overdose epidemic. The group commended Biden...
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