Thursday, March 24, 2022: Mental Health

The Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals overturned rulings that would have required United Behavioral Health (UBH) to reconsider its denials of tens of thousands of claims for mental health and substance use care. The previous rulings, issued in 2019 and 2020 by Chief...

Wednesday, March 23, 2022: D.C. News

The White House said it will end its program to pay for COVID-19 treatments and testing for uninsured people within weeks due to a lack of funds. To date, the federal government has paid about $20 billion to help cover vaccination, testing, and treatment costs for...

Wednesday, March 23, 2022: D.C. News

Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer said he is working with Republicans to try to find a way to pay for new COVID-19 relief funding. Congressional leaders initially agreed to include roughly $15 billion in the government funding bill for new funding for vaccines,...

Wednesday, March 23, 2022: Life Sciences

The American Investment Council released a report indicating that private equity firms invested nearly $70 billion in the life sciences and medical device industries last year. Deals in both sectors reached the highest amount in a decade. Life sciences deal were worth...

Wednesday, March 23, 2022: Life Sciences

Moderna Inc. said it will ask regulators to authorize its COVID-19 vaccine for children between 6 months and 6 years old. The drugmaker said that two clinical trials showed the shot generated a similar immune response as among young adults, though it was less...