Advisers to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration today endorsed a proposal to make big changes in the nation’s approach to vaccinating people against COVID-19.
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6.8 million expected to lose Medicaid when paperwork hurdles return
Since early in the pandemic, people on Medicaid have been able to stay enrolled without reapplying. That will change in April and millions of eligible people will lose the coverage.
6.8 million expected to lose Medicaid when paperwork hurdles return
Since early in the pandemic, people on Medicaid have been able to stay enrolled without reapplying. That will change in April and millions of eligible people will lose the coverage.
FDA considers major shift in COVID vaccine strategy
The new approach would simplify vaccination guidance so that, every fall, people would get a new shot, updated to try to match whatever variant is dominant.
Three years on, how COVID-19 has changed health care
Michel Martin talks with Advocate Health CEO Eugene A. Woods about how COVID-19 has changed health care in the U.S. since its arrival three years ago.
At the first March for Life post-Roe, anti-abortion activists say fight isn’t over
Seven months after overturning the constitutional right to an abortion, anti-abortion rights activists are celebrating their victories and planning their next steps at their annual march in D.C
At buzzy health care business conference, investors fear the bubble will burst
JPMorgan’s cheery confab returned to San Francisco, but the health care capitalists had economic anxiety, too.
With less access to paid leave, rural workers face hard choices about health, family
Coastal and politically progressive states have passed stronger paid sick and family leave policies than many states with larger rural populations.
The U.S. faces ‘unprecedented uncertainty’ regarding abortion law, legal scholar says
Roe author Mary Ziegler has chronicled the legal, political and cultural battles around abortion, and says the debate is far from over: “We’re at the very beginning of something very confusing.”
The U.S. faces ‘unprecedented uncertainty’ regarding abortion law, legal scholar says
Roe author Mary Ziegler has chronicled the legal, political and cultural battles around abortion, and says the debate is far from over: “We’re at the very beginning of something very confusing.”
