Tag: Department of Health and Human Services

Biden asserts authority to claim patents of drugs developed with federal research

Gabrielle M. Etzel · December 7, 2023 4:44 pm

Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) speaks with reporters as he heads to a vote on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2023, in Washington.

Senators threaten to tank ‘alarming’ Biden rule for vetting sponsors of immigrant children

Anna Giaritelli · December 4, 2023 9:47 pm

Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) listens as the House Rules Committee prepares a bill to reverse a Biden administration firearms-related regulation on so-called pistol braces, a stabilizing feature championed by some members of the conservative House Freedom Caucus, at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, June 12, 2023.

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Gain-of-function restrictions in HHS funding bill will hamper research

Henry Miller · November 21, 2023 2:25 pm

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) talks with reporters ahead of the debate and vote on supplemental aid to Israel, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 2, 2023.

House leaves town without passing health spending bill with conservative provisions

Gabrielle M. Etzel · November 15, 2023 6:44 pm

FILE - Dr. Monica Bertagnolli speaks at the University of California, San Francisco's cancer center in San Francisco, Friday, Oct. 7, 2022. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, Pool, File)

Monica Bertagnolli confirmed as next NIH director with GOP help

Gabrielle M. Etzel · November 7, 2023 6:26 pm

House Oversight Committee investigates FDA over national drug shortage

Gabrielle M. Etzel · November 3, 2023 4:43 pm

FILE - Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra testifies during the House Committee hearing on Ways and Means hearing, March 28, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib, File)

Republicans subpoena top HHS official over pandemic origins investigation

Gabrielle M. Etzel · November 2, 2023 8:31 pm

Speaker of the House Rep. Mike Johnson (R-LA) walks to the senate side for lunch with Senate GOP members at the Capitol Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2023.

House GOP adds socially conservative riders to government health funding bill

Gabrielle M. Etzel · November 2, 2023 4:21 pm

House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairwoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) arrives at a hearing at the Capitol, March 28, 2023.

GOP presses Biden to overturn nursing home rule based on ‘shocking’ assumption

Gabrielle M. Etzel · October 31, 2023 8:19 pm

House GOP ratchets up conflict with health agencies over COVID-19 origins investigation

Gabrielle M. Etzel · September 29, 2023 3:46 pm

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services building is seen, April 5, 2009, in Washington. About 500,000 people who recently lost Medicaid coverage are regaining their health insurance while states scramble to fix computer systems that didn't properly evaluate people's eligibility after the end of the coronavirus pandemic, federal officials said Thursday, Sept. 21, 2023.

Biden administration unveils ‘game-changing’ regulations for LGBT youth in foster care

Haisten Willis · September 27, 2023 6:36 pm

In this Saturday, Feb. 22, 2020, photo released by Xinhua News Agency, medical workers in protective suits work on nucleic acid testing work at a coronavirus detection lab in Wuhan in central China's Hubei Province. (Cheng Min/Xinhua via AP)

HHS pulls all federal funding from Wuhan Institute of Virology

Gabrielle M. Etzel · September 21, 2023 8:31 pm