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A three-judge panel mulled Tuesday what authority it has to review RFK Jr.'s appointments to a federal vaccine advisory panel, weighing whether it will overturn an order suspending the hand-picked selections. news.bloomberglaw.com/health…
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New: Likely Louisiana senator-to-be Julia Letlow is already thinking about her health priorities for 2027, which include implementing a universal breast cancer risk assessment. It’s personal for Letlow, who shared she had a double mastectomy 3 years ago. news.bgov.com/bloomberg-gove…
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Update with new details: The Monday rollout of RFK Jr's new vaccine injury initiative included: -Ribbon cutting of a new NIH clinic focused on vaccine injured people -A proposal to pay doctors for reporting vaccine injuries -Modernizing the agency's vaccine adverse event reporting system -New requirements around electronic health records bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
New: HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is expected to announce a new vaccine injury research initiative at NIH on Monday bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
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Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier filed a lawsuit against Pfizer Inc. alleging the drug company and its chief executive misled individuals about the safety of its Covid-19 vaccine. news.bloomberglaw.com/health…
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Secretary Kennedy addressing today’s MAHA institute event on open data
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"The fix is in": The end of the fiscal year is crunch time to get federal dollars out the door, and the administration’s penchant for testing the limits of federal spending law gives lawmakers reason to worry the money may expire. w/ @SandhyaWrites news.bgov.com/bloomberg-gove…
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New: @cecelou18 and I dug into the 80+ new hires at the Justice Department's civil rights division, which has pivoted its focus under Trump. Some come from conservative advocacy & GOP politics. Two new lawyers are facing bar disciplinary proceedings. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law…
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Really important work analyzing new prior authorization data by my colleagues @jtozz @tanaz115 + @ikeswetlitz. Patients won about half of the time they appealed health insurance denials. For some plans, patients won their appeals around 90% of the time. 🎁: bloomberg.com/news/features/…
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Food sector stakeholders are duking it out with public health advocates at the White House over a forthcoming definition of ultra-processed foods. Companies argue it could create new legal risks, while health experts call it a key step toward regulation: news.bloomberglaw.com/health…
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